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House bill 4.99 would extend Montana’s Grow Your Own teacher pipeline and fund last-dollar grants
Summary
A legislative hearing on House Bill 4.99 argued the proposal would expand a program that helps rural and tribal Montana recruit and train local teachers by funding dual-credit pathways, apprenticeships and last-dollar grants of up to $5,000 per year.
Representative Cetus Crow, sponsor of House Bill 4.99, told the House Education Committee that the bill seeks to “revise and extend the grow your own grant program” to build a pipeline of educators for rural and reservation school districts in Montana.
The bill would authorize the Montana University System to administer a Grow Your Own Educator program and provide last-dollar grants intended to help students cover the remaining cost of postsecondary coursework tied to teacher preparation. “The success of the program is contingent upon an appropriation of funding,” Representative Crow said, summarizing the bill’s funding requirement.
The proposal would allow eligible postsecondary institutions to partner with one or more school districts to develop or expand local teacher training pathways. Testimony from Beth…
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