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Committee advances bill to broaden teacher loan-assistance beyond math and science
Summary
House Bill 124 would rename and broaden Alabama's AmSTEP loan-assistance program to reach educators in shortage fields beyond math and science; the committee approved a favorable report after questioning how shortages are identified and why existing funds went unused.
House Bill 124, sponsored by Representative Collins, would broaden an existing loan-assistance program and retitle it (Collins said it "changes it from AmSTEP to LaSia") so that participants in educator shortage fields beyond math and science can qualify.
Representative Barbara Drummond questioned why existing funds for the current program had not been fully used and whether policy barriers were preventing uptake. "Why haven't they used all of the money?" Drummond asked,…
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