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Committee hears bill to pilot K–3 foreign-language stipends; tables measure for further drafting
Summary
Senate Bill 2275 would create a pilot stipend program—up to $2,500 per teacher—for kindergarten through grade 3 teachers who teach students a foreign language. DPI data show 10 schools offered K–6 language instruction in 2023–24. The committee did not vote and agreed to revisit the bill with drafted amendments.
Senate Bill 2275, proposing a pilot stipend program for kindergarten through grade 3 teachers who provide foreign-language instruction, received testimony and detailed discussion at the Senate Education Committee but was not voted out; the committee agreed to work on amendments and revisit the bill at a later committee work session.
Sponsor Senator Larry Lueg told the committee the bill would replicate a measure he filed in the prior session that passed the Senate but failed in the House; the bill is voluntary for districts and is intended to encourage earlier foreign-language exposure. Lueg said the $2,500 figure is intended as a teacher stipend to encourage districts to try programs where local teachers or outside instructors would provide language lessons for young students.
Anne Ellefsen, director of academic support at the Department of Public Instruction, testified that DPI pulled data for the 2023–24…
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