# Connecticut HB 07168: AN ACT CONCERNING TEACHER RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION.

Connecticut HB 07168, AN ACT CONCERNING TEACHER RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION., is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Education Committee; status failed, last action 2025-03-26 (Favorable Change of Reference, Senate to Committee on Appropriations); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Connecticut HB 07168
- State: Connecticut
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: AN ACT CONCERNING TEACHER RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION.
- Status: failed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-03-06
- Last action: 2025-03-26, Favorable Change of Reference, Senate to Committee on Appropriations
- Sponsor: Education Committee
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: education
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 1 (37 yes, 7 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 0

## Summary

To establish a (1) tuition assistance program for students in teacher preparation programs at a public institution of higher education, and (2) scholarship program for teachers who completed an alternative route to certification program and are pursuing a master's degree, and to appropriate fifty million dollars from the Cannabis Social Equity and Innovation Fund for the tuition assistance program.

## Bill overview

No economic impacts identified for this bill.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Education Committee

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-03-21 | House | ED Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable Substitute Change of Reference) | pass | 37 | 7 |   |

## Actions (7)

- 2025-03-26: Favorable Change of Reference, Senate to Committee on Appropriations (legislature)
- 2025-03-25: Favorable Change of Reference, House to Committee on Appropriations (legislature)
- 2025-03-25: Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office (legislature)
- 2025-03-24: Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office (legislature)
- 2025-03-21: Joint Favorable Substitute Change of Reference Appropriations (legislature)
- 2025-03-07: Public Hearing 03/12 (legislature)
- 2025-03-06: Referred to Joint Committee on Education (legislature)

## Bill text

- ED Joint Favorable Substitute Change of Reference, 2025-03-21: [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/H/PDF/2025HB-07168-R01-HB.PDF)
- Raised Bill, 2025-03-06: [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/H/PDF/2025HB-07168-R00-HB.PDF)
- ED Joint Fav. Rpt: [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/JFR/H/PDF/2025HB-07168-R00ED-JFR.PDF)
- ED Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable Substitute Change of Reference): [PDF](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TS/H/PDF/2025HB-07168-R00ED-CV24-TS.PDF)

## Related bills

- HB 05013: AN ACT ADDING CERTAIN PLANTS TO THE INVASIVE PLANTS LIST. (signed)
- SB 01558: AN ACT CONCERNING INCOME TAXES IMPOSED BY OTHER JURISDICTIONS ON RESIDENTS OF THE STATE. (signed)
- SB 01396: AN ACT CONCERNING EARNED BUT UNPAID WAGE OR SALARY INCOME ADVANCES. (signed)
- SB 01187: AN ACT CONCERNING FORECLOSURE, ASSIGNMENT AND OTHER ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS FOR UNPAID SEWER ASSESSMENTS AND OTHER FEES AND CHARGES. (signed)
- HB 07236: AN ACT CONCERNING HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS. (signed)
- HB 07192: AN ACT IMPLEMENTING RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE BIPARTISAN DRUG TASK FORCE. (signed)

## Sources
- [ED Joint Favorable Substitute Change of Reference (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/H/PDF/2025HB-07168-R01-HB.PDF)
- [Raised Bill (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TOB/H/PDF/2025HB-07168-R00-HB.PDF)
- [ED Joint Fav. Rpt (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/JFR/H/PDF/2025HB-07168-R00ED-JFR.PDF)
- [ED Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable Substitute Change of Reference) (PDF)](https://www.cga.ct.gov/2025/TS/H/PDF/2025HB-07168-R00ED-CV24-TS.PDF)

## Related
- [HB 05013: AN ACT ADDING CERTAIN PLANTS TO THE INVASIVE PLANTS LIST.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CT-HB05013-2025)
- [SB 01558: AN ACT CONCERNING INCOME TAXES IMPOSED BY OTHER JURISDICTIONS ON RESIDENTS OF T…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CT-SB01558-2025)
- [SB 01396: AN ACT CONCERNING EARNED BUT UNPAID WAGE OR SALARY INCOME ADVANCES.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CT-SB01396-2025)
- [SB 01187: AN ACT CONCERNING FORECLOSURE, ASSIGNMENT AND OTHER ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS FOR UNP…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CT-SB01187-2025)
- [HB 07236: AN ACT CONCERNING HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND SEXUAL ASSAULT VICTIMS.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CT-HB07236-2025)
- [HB 07192: AN ACT IMPLEMENTING RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE BIPARTISAN DRUG TASK FORCE.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CT-HB07192-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/CT-HB07168-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).