Bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Relating to: grants for fine arts teacher mentorship and making an appropriation. (FE)
Arts Organization miscellaneous Public instruction department of Teacher
- Introduced, stopped here
- Passes Assembly, not reached
- Passes Senate, not reached
- Governor signs, not reached
- Law, not reached
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What this bill does
Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau
Under this bill, the Department of Public Instruction must contract with a nonprofit organization to establish a fine arts teacher mentorship program to provide materials and services, including resources, advice, and mentorship connections, to beginning music, art, and performing arts teachers. The nonprofit organization must match the amount provided by DPI for the mentorship program. The nonprofit organization must also provide a quarterly report to DPI on the organization’s compliance with the mentorship program requirements and its expenditures on the mentorship program.
What it would cost
Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs
Sponsors
Full history
- Mar 13, 2026 · Assembly
Introduced by Representatives Novak, Bare, Emerson, Miresse, Ortiz-Velez, Stubbs and Sheehan; cosponsored by Senators Ratcliff and Roys
- Mar 13, 2026 · Assembly
Read first time and referred to Committee on Education
- Mar 17, 2026 · Assembly
Fiscal estimate received
- Mar 18, 2026 · Assembly
Representative Anderson added as a coauthor
- Mar 23, 2026 · Assembly
Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1