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2023 SESSION
HB 2111 Standards of Quality; work-based learning, teacher leaders and mentors, principal mentors.
Introduced by: Jeffrey M. Bourne | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Standards of Quality; work-based learning; teacher leaders and mentors; principal mentors; certain personnel positions and initiatives. Makes several changes to the Standards of Quality, including requiring the establishment of units in the Department of Education to oversee work-based learning and principal mentorship statewide and requiring the Board of Education to establish and oversee the local implementation of teacher leader and teacher mentor programs in Standard 5. The bill also makes several changes relating to school personnel in Standard 2, including (i) requiring each school board to employ teacher leaders and teacher mentors at specified student-to-position ratios; (ii) lowering the ratio of English language learner students to teachers; (iii) lowering the ratio of assistant principals to students in each elementary, middle, and high school; (iv) lowering the ratio of school counselors to students in grades kindergarten through 12; and (v) increasing the required number of specialized student support positions from at least three to at least four such positions per 1,000 students. Such specialized student support positions include school social workers, school psychologists, school nurses, licensed behavior analysts, licensed assistant behavior analysts, and other licensed health and behavioral positions.
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HISTORY
- 01/10/23 House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/11/23 23102524D
- 01/10/23 House: Referred to Committee on Education
- 01/24/23 House: Assigned Education sub: Early Childhood/Innovation
- 01/25/23 House: Subcommittee recommends reporting (7-Y 1-N)
- 01/25/23 House: Subcommittee recommends referring to Committee on Appropriations
- 01/30/23 House: Reported from Education (21-Y 0-N)
- 01/30/23 House: Referred to Committee on Appropriations
- 02/07/23 House: Left in Appropriations