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Board adopts policy change allowing uncertified daily substitutes for assignments up to 60 days as state law permits
Summary
Following public testimony from the Greenwich Education Association and classroom teachers, the board adopted a policy aligning the district with recent state language that allows uncertified daily substitutes to remain in the same assignment for up to 60 school days; teachers and union leaders urged caution and protections for special education.
The Greenwich Board of Education voted 7–0 to update district policy to mirror state language permitting uncertified daily substitutes to remain in a single assignment for up to 60 school days when a certified long-term substitute cannot be secured.
What the change is: Under the amended policy, the district may employ a person lacking a State Department of Education substitute authorization for the same classroom assignment for a period not to exceed 60 school days. The board and administration said the change aligns district practice…
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