Teachers; establishing the Grow Your Own Educator Program; providing for grant application process. Effective date. Emergency.

Responsibility for the Grow Your Own Educator Program moved from the State Department of Education to the Office of Educational Quality and Accountability.

The 'Grow Your Own Educator Revolving Fund' is now designated for the Commission for Educational Quality and Accountability instead of the State Board of Education.

Reporting requirements were updated to reflect the new oversight agency, requiring reports to be submitted to the Office of Educational Quality and Accountability.

The document header was changed from 'Senate Conference Committee Substitute' to 'Engrossed Senate Bill' with House sponsors listed, and the page footer was updated to reflect the House Floor version.

The document structure was updated to include page headers (e.g., 'Req. No. 2144 Page 1') and line numbers, reflecting its status as a conference committee substitute rather than the original enrolled version.

The fund name was changed to 'Grow Your Own Educator Revolving Fund' to explicitly indicate that the money is intended to be reused over time rather than spent once.

The annual report required from school districts now must include the subject area of the degree the employee has already received, not just their current progress.

The annual report required from the State Department of Education was expanded to include a summary of all reports submitted by school districts in the previous year.

The agency responsible for the program was changed from the Office of Educational Quality and Accountability to the State Department of Education.

The list of House bill sponsors was updated to include three additional names.

The House amendment date was added to the title page, and the House passage date was updated to April 29, 2025, while the Senate passage date remained March 25, 2025.

A new House coauthor named Deck was added to the bill's authorship list.

Minor formatting adjustments were made to the text, including spacing and the removal of bracketed deletion markers.

Added a new reporting requirement (Subsection F, Item 3) mandating that the Office of Educational Quality and Accountability report the specific subject areas for employees receiving tuition assistance or loan repayment assistance.

Added House Coauthor 'Deck' to the bill's authorship list.

Updated the header to reflect the bill's status as 'Engrossed House Amendment' and included the date it passed the House of Representatives.

Added the date the bill passed the Senate (March 25, 2025) and left blank the date for House passage.