Senate education substitute targets teacher retention, one-time school energy relief
Senate Education’s committee substitute to House Bill 28 proposes a three-year loan-forgiveness pilot targeted at hard-to-staff teacher roles, updates accreditation language to match federal standards, allows retired educators to serve without jeopardizing retirement, and includes one-time energy and pupil-transportation funds plus an adequacy study to review the funding formula.
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Senator Tobin, describing the Senate Education Committee substitute to House Bill 28, said the package is ‘‘a teacher retention and recruitment tool’’ that would create a three-year pilot allowing loan forgiveness for educators working in special education, English-language-learner instruction and STEM fields.
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