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House narrows principal mentoring stipend after federal definition change
Summary
Lawmakers amended the Principal Leadership and Mentoring Act to limit an extra stipend to hard‑to‑staff schools after a federal definition change briefly expanded eligibility to about 80% of schools.
The Alabama House on April 22 approved changes to the Principal Leadership and Mentoring Act that lawmakers said restore the program’s original intent after a federal eligibility definition unexpectedly widened the pool of stipend recipients.
Under the mentoring law, principals who complete a certified mentoring program are eligible for a $10,000 stipend and assistant principals receive $5,000. The statute also included an additional stipend for principals and assistant principals serving in schools the state identifies as hard to staff. House leaders said a change in a federal “community eligible” definition caused roughly 80% of…
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