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Committee hears bill to provide $7,500 stipend to student teachers to address teacher pipeline
Summary
House Bill 310 would establish a grant to pay student teachers $7,500 each (subject to appropriations). Sponsors and advocates said the stipend would reduce financial barriers that cause some teacher-candidates to drop out of preparation programs; the committee held a hearing but did not vote.
The committee held a hearing on House Bill 310 (LC61100107), a proposal to create a grant program that would pay eligible college student teachers $7,500 each to compensate them for unpaid student-teaching internships. Representative Phil, the bill sponsor, told the committee student teaching commonly requires a full-time, unpaid commitment (commonly described as 40 hours per week or roughly 500 hours for the semester) that many candidates cannot reconcile with paid work, tuition and living expenses.
Representative Phil said the stipend would be distributed as a grant through local school districts and identified the proposal as a…
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