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Senate committee hears bill to pilot stipends for student teachers
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Chair Lou Frederick and the Senate Committee on Education heard testimony March 3 on Senate Bill 717, a measure that would direct the Higher Education Coordinating Commission to create a one-year pilot providing stipends to student teachers and pay to mentor teachers during the 2026-27 school year.
Chair Lou Frederick and the Senate Committee on Education heard testimony March 3 on Senate Bill 717, a measure that would direct the Higher Education Coordinating Commission (HECC) to create a one-year pilot program providing stipends to student teachers and pay to mentor teachers during the 2026-27 school year.
Sen. Chris Gorsek, D-Gresham, the bill sponsor, told the committee the stipend pilot aims to ease a financial barrier that drives prospective educators away. “Senate Bill 717 helps incentivize teaching,” Gorsek said. “We have schools with class sizes pushing 40 or more. We have failing literacy rates and we need more teachers to assist with all of this.”
The bill text requires HECC…
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