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Senate advances bill offering large incentives for districts to adopt extended school-year schedules
Summary
Senate Bill 41, backed by Senator Stevenson, was moved to third reading after debate about implementation logistics, district flexibility and potential costs. The bill creates one-time incentive awards (figures cited during debate) and a state-school-board review process to approve district plans.
Senate Bill 41, a package measure aimed at encouraging districts to offer year-round teacher contracts and thereby boost teacher pay, was advanced to third reading after the floor adopted Amendment No. 1 to give the State Board of Education discretion over awards.
Sponsor Senator Evan Stevenson described the bill as an incentive program that would allow districts to submit proposals to the state school board for grants to convert to extended-year calendar options. ‘‘This bill is intended to provide an incentive for school districts to make the…
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