Section 10-145 - Certificate necessary to employment. Forfeiture for noncompliance. Substitute teachers(a) No teacher, supervisor, administrator, special service staff member or school superintendent, except as provided for in section 10-157, shall be employed in any of the schools of any local or regional board of education unless such person possesses an appropriate state certificate, nor shall any such person be entitled to any salary unless such person can produce such certificate dated prior to or on the first day of employment, except as provided for in section 10-157; provided nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prevent the board of education from prescribing qualifications additional to those prescribed by the regulations of the State Board of Education and provided nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prevent any local or regional board of education from contracting with a licensed drivers' school approved by the Commissioner of Motor Vehicles for the behind-the-wheel instruction of a driver instruction course, to be given by driving instructors licensed by the Department of Motor Vehicles. No person shall be employed in any of the schools of any local or regional board of education as a substitute teacher unless such person (1) holds a bachelor's degree, provided the Commissioner of Education may waive such requirement for good cause upon the request of a superintendent of schools, and (2) is on a list maintained by the local or regional board of education pursuant to subsection (f) of section 10-222c. A local or regional board of education may employ a person as a substitute teacher in the same assignment without a substitute authorization issued by the Department of Education for a period not to exceed sixty school days.(b) If the State Board of Education determines that a local or regional board of education is not in compliance with any provision of sections 10-144o to 10-149, inclusive, and section 10-220a, the State Board of Education may require the local or regional board of education to forfeit of the total sum which is paid to such board of education from the State Treasury an amount to be determined by the State Board of Education, which amount shall be not less than one thousand dollars nor more than ten thousand dollars. The amount so forfeited shall be withheld from a grant payment, as determined by the commissioner, during the fiscal year following the fiscal year in which noncompliance is determined pursuant to this subsection. Notwithstanding the penalty provision of this section, the State Board of Education may waive such forfeiture if the board determines that the failure of the local or regional board of education to comply with such a provision was due to circumstances beyond its control.Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-145
(1949 Rev., S. 1432; 1961, P.A. 517, S. 116; 1971, P.A. 456, S. 5; P.A. 78-218, S. 93; May Sp. Sess. P.A. 86-1, S. 21, 58; P.A. 87-499, S. 5, 34; P.A. 89-137, S. 1, 14; P.A. 93-353 , S. 49 , 52 ; P.A. 07-241 , S. 5 ; June 19 Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-1 , S. 15 ; Sept. Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-6, S. 48; P.A. 11-27 , S. 1 ; P.A. 15-215 , S. 16 ; P.A. 16-67 , S. 4 .)
Amended by P.A. 23-0159, S. 18 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2023 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2023.Amended by P.A. 16-0067, S. 4 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2016 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2016.Amended by P.A. 15-0215, S. 16 of the Connecticut Acts of the 2015 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2015.Amended by P.A. 11-0027, S. 1 of the the 2011 Regular Session, eff. 7/1/2011.Amended by P.A. 09-0006, S. 48 of the Sept. 2009 Sp. Sess., eff. 10/5/2009.Amended by P.A. 09-0001, S. 15 of the June 19, 2009 Sp. Sess., eff. 7/1/2009. Cited. 96 C. 720 . Certificate to teach or as superintendent is not "appropriate" certificate for principal or vice principal; certificate issued under old law continues valid even for new employee so far as it is appropriate for position; "new" teacher includes one formerly employed who has definitely severed connection with the schools. 123 C. 515 . Cited. 138 C. 280 ; 152 Conn. 151 . Teacher employed without an appropriate state certificate is illegally employed and cannot obtain tenure during this period. 167 C. 444 . Cited. 177 C. 68 ; 200 C. 21 ; 210 Conn. 286 ; 221 C. 549 ; 240 C. 119 . Cited. 5 CA 253 ; 32 CA 6 . Prevention of the issuance of a certificate by malicious or false representations is a legal wrong. 14 CS 28.