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Committee hears bill to broaden access to beginning-teacher loan assistance
Summary
Lawmakers discussed HB 509, which would preserve priority for impacted schools while allowing unused Quality Educator Loan Assistance funds to serve beginning teachers statewide; informational witnesses described program mechanics and application timing.
Representative Debbo Powers introduced House Bill 509 to the House Education Committee as a way to increase the number of beginning teachers who can benefit from the state’s Quality Educator Loan Assistance Program without raising the program’s annual allocation.
Powers, a former teacher and principal, said the program—first created in 2008, reestablished with funding in 2019 and renewed in 2020—provides repayment assistance for eligible beginning educators. The bill would preserve priority access for teachers in impacted (generally rural or…
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