Not later than July 1, 2026, the Connecticut Educator Preparation and Certification Board, established pursuant to section 10 of this act, shall develop standards regarding the criteria to be used when reviewing educator preparation programs and alternate route to certification programs for new or continuing program approval. Such standards shall include a requirement that (1) any educator preparation program or alternate route to certification program shall obtain continuing program approval every seven years, and (2) the methodology for determinations regarding continuing program approval shall be based on final accreditation decisions of the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation and be classified in the following categories: Approval, provisional, probationary or denial of approval.
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 10-NEW