HB263
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Amend KRS 164.773, relating to the Student Teacher Stipend Program, to specify that an eligible student is a Kentucky resident as determined by the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority (authority) and is student teaching at a Kentucky public school or certified nonpublic school; specify that the authority shall disburse stipend funds to eligible students directly or through the participating institution; allow the authority to establish criteria for an eligible student who is student teaching outside of Kentucky but is otherwise eligible.
Introduced: February 4, 2025
Last action: March 19, 2025
Plain-language summary
This bill updates the rules for Kentucky's Student Teacher Stipend Program, which provides financial support to college students while they are doing their student teaching. It clarifies that recipients must be Kentucky residents doing their student teaching at a Kentucky public or approved private school, and it allows the program to set guidelines for students who student teach outside the state but otherwise qualify. The agency that runs the program can now send stipend money…
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