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Bills · 2023-2024 Regular Session

SB 497

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Relating to: grants to school districts to pay student teachers an hourly wage, granting rule-making authority, and making an appropriation. (FE)

Public instruction department of School — Administration Teacher — Certificate Wage

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Beginning in the 2024-25 school year, this bill requires a school board to pay

each student teacher who student teaches in the school district an hourly wage of at

least $15 per hour. The bill also requires the Department of Public Instruction to

reimburse school boards for the cost of paying student teachers an hourly wage of $15

per hour. Under the bill, annually on the third Monday in June, DPI must provide

aid to school boards in an amount equal to $15 times the total number of hours

student teachers student taught in the school district during the preceding school

term.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Agard (D) , Carpenter (D) , Hesselbein (D) , L. Johnson (D) , Larson (D) , Pfaff (D) , Smith (D) , Spreitzer (D)

23 cosponsors

Bare (D) , C. Anderson (D) , Cabrera (D) , Clancy (D) , Conley (D) , Considine (D) , Emerson (D) , J. Anderson (D) , Jacobson (D) , Joers (D) , Madison (D) , Moore Omokunde (D) , Myers (D) , Neubauer (D) , Palmeri (D) , Ratcliff (D) , Shankland (D) , Shelton (D) , Sinicki (D) , Snodgrass (D) , Stubbs (D) , Subeck (D) , Vining (D)

Full history

  1. Oct 16, 2023 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Pfaff, Larson, L. Johnson, Hesselbein, Smith, Agard, Spreitzer and Carpenter; cosponsored by Representatives Shelton, Shankland, C. Anderson, Clancy, Jacobson, Myers, Bare, Madison, Cabrera, Conley, Considine, Emerson, Joers, Palmeri, Ratcliff, Sinicki, Snodgrass, Subeck, Vining, Stubbs, Moore Omokunde, J. Anderson and Neubauer

  2. Oct 16, 2023 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  3. Nov 9, 2023 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Apr 15, 2024 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1