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Committee backs pilot to pay Pell‑eligible student teachers and add signing grant to ease teacher pipeline
Summary
The committee approved LC492630S (presented as HB 310), a pilot providing a $5,000 student‑teaching stipend for 500 Pell‑eligible student teachers and a $2,500 signing grant for those who accept Georgia public‑school employment; sponsors framed it as a targeted workforce development effort and the measure passed by voice vote.
A committee member presented LC492630S (referred to in the hearing as HB 310), a pilot program to provide up to $5,000 to 500 Pell‑eligible student teachers during the unpaid student‑teaching semester and an additional $2,500 signing grant if recipients accept employment in a Georgia public school and meet the employment threshold described in the program.
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