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Committee hears expansion to loan‑assistance program that prioritizes impacted schools but allows leftover funds statewide
Summary
House Bill 509 would prioritize beginning teachers in impacted schools for the Quality Educator Loan Assistance Program and allow unused funds to be awarded to other beginning teachers; proponents said the change would increase participation without increasing the appropriation.
Representative Deb O. Powers opened the hearing on House Bill 509 and described the bill as an effort to improve Montana's Quality Educator Loan Assistance Program by preserving priority for teachers in impacted schools while allowing leftover funds to be used for beginning teachers elsewhere in the state.
"This bill will still give priority to beginning teachers in impacted schools that won't change. But if there is money left over in the program then it can be used for beginning teachers who apply from other parts of the state," Powers said, adding the change…
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