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Connecticut education leaders report teacher vacancies easing overall but special education staffing remains strained
Summary
Department officials and superintendents said overall teacher vacancies at the start of the school year declined from a year earlier, helped by enhanced reciprocity and alternative certification pathways, but special education paraprofessional shortages persist and remain a pressing district concern.
State education officials and district representatives told legislators that the overall number of teaching vacancies at the start of the school year declined compared with last year, but staffing shortages persist, especially among special education paraprofessionals and related support roles.
“Those numbers are lower from February, and they're also lower from last August,” a department official said when explaining the twice‑annual vacancy…
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