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Committee hears proposal to create $7,500 stipend for student teachers to ease financial strain and improve teacher retention
Summary
House Bill 310 would create a grant program (subject to appropriations) providing up to $7,500 per student teacher to compensate the unpaid, full-time student-teaching semester. The committee heard testimony from student teachers, educator associations and advocates and discussed program costs and evidence of likely benefits.
The House Education Committee held a hearing on House Bill 310, which would establish a grant program to provide up to $7,500 per student teacher in good standing to offset unpaid student-teaching expenses. Representative Phil presented the bill as a workforce development measure designed to reduce financial barriers that lead some education majors to drop out before completing their clinical student-teaching experience.
Student-teaching typically requires an unpaid, full-time placement — commonly described in committee testimony as roughly 40 hours per week for a semester (or 500 hours). Supporters told the committee that many student teachers…
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