A local lawmaker is touting final legislative approval of a bill to increase the recruitment and retention of minority teachers.  Danbury Representative Michael Ferguson says as a former Board of Ed member, he understands the importance of students seeing themselves in the educators they look up to, especially in a community as diverse as Danbury. 

The bill requires the state Department of Education to take steps to identify, use and support a number of programs and practices to improve minority teacher recruitment. The bill previously cleared the Senate and now awaits Gov. Dannel Malloy's signature.