CT State Advisory Council executive committee approves sending revised bylaws to full council

Missy Wrigley, chair of the Connecticut State Advisory Council for Special Education executive committee, opened the meeting at 9:33 a.m. and led a review of proposed revisions to the council’s bylaws. After discussion of membership recordkeeping, administrative-support wording, committee makeup and inclusive language, the executive committee voted to approve the draft bylaws as written (formatting excepted) and to send both a redline and a final version to the full council for the required review period.

The bylaws review dominated the 90‑minute meeting. Committee members debated who should maintain membership records and how to describe the support role of the Connecticut State Department of Education. One consistent suggestion was to state that "the membership committee will maintain a record of member activity with the…