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Signed By Governor (Acts Ch. 43)

Introduced February 4, 2025

House
Signed By Governor
2025 Regular Session

AN ACT relating to teacher scholarships.

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.

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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

Feb 4, 2025 · House
Introduced In House
Feb 4, 2025 · House
To Committee On Committees (H)
Feb 6, 2025 · House
To Postsecondary Education (H)
Feb 11, 2025 · House
Reported Favorably, 1st Reading, To Calendar With Committee Substitute (1) And Committee Amendment (1-Title)
Feb 12, 2025 · House
2nd Reading, To Rules (clerical)
Feb 12, 2025 · House
Posted For Passage In The Regular Orders Of The Day For Thursday, February 13, 2025 (clerical)
Feb 14, 2025 · House
3rd Reading, Passed 93-0 With Committee Substitute (1) And Committee Amendment (1-Title)
Yea: 93
Nay: 0
Absent: 7
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Feb 18, 2025 · Senate
Received In Senate
Mar 12, 2025 · Senate
3rd Reading, Passed 37-0
Yea: 37
Nay: 0
Absent: 1
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Kimberly Banta

Representative · House District 063

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Jason Petrie

Representative · House District 016

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Jason.Petrie@kylegislature.gov
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Chad Aull

Representative · House District 079

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chad.aull@kylegislature.gov
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Tina Bojanowski

Representative · House District 032

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Tina.Bojanowski@kylegislature.gov
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Steve Bratcher

Representative · House District 025

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steve.bratcher@kylegislature.gov
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Josh Bray

Representative · House District 071

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Josh.Bray@kylegislature.gov
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Beverly Chester-Burton

Representative · House District 044

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beverly.chesterburton@kylegislature.gov
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Mike Clines

Representative · House District 068

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mike.clines@kylegislature.gov
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Daniel Grossberg

Representative · House District 030

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daniel.grossberg@kylegislature.gov
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Kimberly Moser

Representative · House District 064

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Kimberly.Moser@kylegislature.gov
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Tom Smith

Representative · House District 086

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Tom.Smith@kylegislature.gov

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