(a) Not later than March 15, 2024, each local and regional board of education shall submit the increasing educator diversity plan described in subsection (a) of section 10-220 to the Commissioner of Education for review and approval.

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(b) The Commissioner of Education shall review each increasing educator diversity plan submitted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. The commissioner may approve such plan or may return such plan to the local or regional board of education that submitted such plan with instructions to revise such plan. Not later than May 15, 2024, any such board shall revise such plan in accordance with such instructions and submit such revised plan to the commissioner for approval.

(c) For the school year commencing July 1, 2024, and each school year thereafter, each local and regional board of education shall implement the increasing educator diversity plan approved by the commissioner pursuant to subsection (b) of this section. Each such board shall make such plan available on the Internet web site of such board.

(d) The Department of Education shall make each increasing educator diversity plan available on the Internet web site of the department.