HB2381
National Board Certification Incentive Reward Program and Fund; eligibility.
Summary
As Introduced. National Teacher Certification Incentive Reward Program and Fund; eligibility; incentive grant awards.
Renames the National Teacher Certification Incentive Reward Program and Fund as the National Board Certification Incentive Reward Program and Fund, expands eligibility for incentive grant awards from such Fund pursuant to such Program from solely teachers who have obtained national certification from the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards to ... (More) (i) all public school staff who are candidates for initial national certification or maintenance of national certification to cover certain costs of obtaining or maintaining such certification and (ii) all public school staff who have successfully obtained or maintained such certification. The bill also declares as eligible for an annual incentive grant award in the amount of $7,500 all public school staff who have obtained or maintained such certification and an additional $2,500 in any year during the life of certificate in which the public school staff member is employed in a Title 1 school. Current law declares as eligible for an annual incentive grant award of $5,000 in the first year and $2,500 in each subsequent year all teachers who have obtained or maintained such certification. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/08/2025 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104508D
- 01/08/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/18/2025 - House: Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee
- 01/18/2025 - House: Placed on Education Agenda
- 01/21/2025 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting and referred to Appropriations (7-Y 1-N)
- 01/21/2025 - House: Placed on Education Agenda
- 01/22/2025 - House: Reported from Education and referred to Appropriations (17-Y 4-N 1-A)
- 01/22/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/22/2025 - House: Assigned Approps sub: Elementary & Secondary Education
- 01/23/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2381)
- 01/23/2025 - House: Placed on Appropriations Agenda
- 01/24/2025 - House: Subcommittee recommends laying on the table (8-Y 0-N)
- 02/04/2025 - House: Left in Appropriations
