Harding, Stephen
30th District (R)
Senate Republican Leader
Towns Represented
Bethlehem (p), Brookfield (p), Canaan, Cornwall, Goshen, Kent, Litchfield, Morris, New Fairfield (p), New Milford, North Canaan, Salisbury, Sharon, Sherman, Torrington (p), Warren, Washington (p), Winchester
Committees
Environment (Ranking Member); Education; Finance, Revenue and Bonding; Judiciary
Voting Record
Year | Vote Name | Score |
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2024 |
CEA Policy Proposal Package
SB 381
Favorable vote indicates support in the Education Committee for a minimum teacher salary, COVID recognition payments to educators, fairer “just cause” standard of discipline, improvements to mandated reporter procedures, and additional CEA priorities. |
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2024 |
Teacher Certification, Mandated Reporters & more
HB 5436
Favorable vote indicates support for important changes to teacher certification, improvements to mandated reporter procedures, changes to EdTPA, supports for paraeducators, and more. |
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2024 |
Teacher Certification (EDU Comm)
HB 5436
Favorable vote indicates support in Education Committee for important changes to teacher certification. |
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2024 |
Professional Development & School Climate
HB 5437
Favorable vote indicates support for reviewing and updating PD requirements, improving school culture & climate, and more. |
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2024 |
Behavior Notification & Assessment Audit
SB 154
Favorable vote indicates support for better student behavior notifications to parents, an standardized assessment audit, and more. |
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2024 |
School Indoor Air Quality
HB 5524
Favorable vote indicates support for and expansion of the IAQ Grant program. |
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2024 |
School Indoor Air Quality
SB 5
Favorable vote indicates support for an extension of the state IAQ Working Group. |
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2024 |
Indoor Air Quality
SB 287
Favorable vote indicates support in the Education Committee for extending the work of the IAQ Working Group and IAQ/HVAC grants to more districts and schools. |
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2024 |
Book Bans
HB 5417
Favorable vote indicates support in the Education Committee for establishing safeguards preventing the banning of books in school libraries. |
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2024 |
Paraeducators
HB 5348
Favorable vote indicates support in the Education Committee for supports and benefits for paraeducators. |
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2024 |
Goodwin Magnet Teacher Rights
SB 14
Favorable vote indicates support for ensuring teacher rights are maintained at Goodwin Univ. Magnet School, among other things. |
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2024 |
2024 Budget Implementer
HB 5523
Favorable vote indicates support for the budget implementer that included $550,000 to the Teachers Retirement Board for Retiree Healthcare and adding CEA to the Education Mandate Review Advisory Council. |
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2024 |
Indoor Air Quality
HB 5347
Favorable vote indicates support in the Education Committee for reopening and extending the IAQ Grant program. |
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2023 |
CEA Policy Proposal Package
HB 6880
Favorable vote indicates support for play based learning, earlier kindergarten start date, elimination of teacher evaluation ratings, along with other actions aimed at addressing teacher recruitment and retention. |
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2023 |
Safe Classrooms, Standardized Assessment & IAQ
SB 1
Favorable vote indicates support for addressing challenging student behavior/safe classrooms, taking steps to reduce standardized assessments, and continuing the works of the Indoor Air Quality work group, along with a number of other provisions. |
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2023 |
Play-Based Learning
SB 2
Favorable vote indicates support for play based learning. |
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2023 |
Changes to Teacher Evaluation in Education Committee
HB 6757
Favorable vote indicates support in the Education Committee for making meaningful changes to the Teacher Evaluation. |
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2023 |
Standardized Assessment & Special Education
HB 6762
Favorable vote indicates support for taking steps to reduce standardized assessments in CT and the formation of a special education task force designed to examine case loads among other things. |
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2023 |
Standardized Assessment & Special Education in Education Committee
HB 6762
Favorable vote indicates support in the Education Committee for taking steps to reduce standardized assessments in CT and the formation of a special education task force designed to examine case loads among other things. |
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2023 |
Indoor Air Quality in Education Committee
SB 1198
Favorable vote indicates support in the Education Committee for adopting the recommended indoor air quality standards developed by the IAQ task force. |
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2023 |
2023 Budget
HB 6941
Favorable vote indicates support for the 2023 bi-partisan budget, including increases to ECS funding and $150 million for improved indoor air quality in schools. |
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2023 |
School Funding Committee Bill in Education Committee
HB 5003
Favorable vote indicates support in the Education Committee for greater ECS funding to our districts. |
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2023 |
Educator Tuition Assistance
HB 5441
Favorable vote indicates support for tuition assistance for educators in certain districts. |
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2023 |
Protecting Teachers' Personal Information
SB 1157
Favorable vote indicates support for protecting teachers' personal information from Freedom of Information inquiries. |
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2023 |
New Charter School Approval Process in Education Committee
SB 1096
Favorable vote indicates opposition in the Education Committee to removing our legislative elected officials from the charter school approval process. |
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2023 |
Kindergarten Start Age Waiver
HB 5003
Favorable vote indicates support for the final version of this bill that provides for waivers for students who are developmentally ready to begin kindergarten. |
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