Introduced February 4, 2025
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.
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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Legislative History
Primary Sponsor
Kimberly Banta
Representative · House District 063
Co-sponsors (10)
Jason Petrie
Representative · House District 016
Chad Aull
Representative · House District 079
Tina Bojanowski
Representative · House District 032
Steve Bratcher
Representative · House District 025
Josh Bray
Representative · House District 071
Beverly Chester-Burton
Representative · House District 044
Mike Clines
Representative · House District 068
Daniel Grossberg
Representative · House District 030
Kimberly Moser
Representative · House District 064
Tom Smith
Representative · House District 086
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