Relating to the education workforce; and declaring an emergency.
Summary
Directs Department of Education to develop and implement plan to establish and maintain statewide data system on education workforce in state and to convene steering committee to assist in development of business case for statewide data system . Prescribes requirements and uses of system. Requires department to convene steering committee related to data collection requirements. ] Directs Teacher Standards and Practices Commission to develop and implement plan to establish and maintain statewide portal for jobs in education. Requires each public education provider to ensure that each member ] encourage members of education workforce participates ] to participate in specified surveys related to education workforce and to ensure that members of education workforce have opportunity to participate in survey . Prescribes pay requirements for ] Authorizes school district to pay additional percentage of wage or salary or to pay one-time payment to licensed educators and classified school employees who provide significant special education support. Prescribes work hour requirements for classified school employees who provide significant special education support . Directs Department of Education to establish and maintain Safe School Culture Grant program to develop network of instructors certified in nonviolent crisis intervention methods. Prescribes reporting requirements related to program. Establishes just cause requirement for classified school employees related to dismissal, demotion and discipline. Establishes Task Force on Substitute Teachers. Prescribes membership and duties of task force. Sunsets task force on December 31, 2024. Establishes standards by which school district must classify substitute teaching assignment as temporary position. Requires school district to pay for training required for substitute teacher to apply for or be assigned to substitute teaching assignment. Allows teacher to provide services of substitute teacher only under written contract for employment entered into with school district, education service district or public charter school. Provides that substitute teacher is considered employee of district or school. Establishes retirement and benefit rights for certain substitute teachers. ] Directs department to conduct study and develop plan for implementation of statewide minimum salary schedule for education workforce. ] Directs Educator Advancement Council to conduct study on pay for student teachers. ] Establishes Task Force on Statewide Educator Salary Schedules. Prescribes membership and duties of task force. Sunsets task force on December 31, 2024. Allows moneys in Statewide Education Initiatives Account to be used for funding educator apprenticeships and mentorships. ] Directs department to develop and execute public relations campaign to promote public education professions. ] Allows certain retired teachers to convert teaching license into substitute teaching license without paying additional fees or additional requirements . Exempts retired person from certain limitations on employment if person is employed as licensed or classified staff member by school district or education service district. Sunsets exemption on July 1, 2029. ] Extends employment protections for school district superintendents to education service district superintendents. Exempts person from certain Central Background Registry requirements for child care if person has undergone criminal records check requirements related to school district employment or teacher licensure. Modifies duties of Educator Advancement Council to include administration of beginning teacher and administrator mentorship program. Declares emergency, effective July 1, 2023.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2023
Committee Review
Jun 2023
Senate Passage
Jun 2023
House Passage
Jul 2023
Signed into Law
Aug 2023
Introduced Jan 9, 2023
Signed Aug 1, 2023
Floor votes · Senate Jun 23, 2023 · House Jun 24, 2023
How they voted
21–3
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 29
Jun 23, 2023
D
Democratic17
100% Yea
I
Independent1
0% Nay
R
Republican11
36% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
24
Key actions
9
Committee
8
Aug 1, 2023
Signed into law
Governor signed.
upper
Jul 6, 2023
Lower · Passed
Speaker signed.
lower
Jun 27, 2023
Upper · Passed
President signed.
upper
Jun 24, 2023
Lower · Passed
Rules suspended. Third reading. Carried by Neron. Passed.
lower
Jun 24, 2023
Lower · Passed
Recommendation: Do pass.
lower
Jun 23, 2023
Introduced
Vote explanation(s) filed by Gelser Blouin, Knopp.
upper
Jun 23, 2023
Committee
Referred to Ways and Means.
lower
Jun 23, 2023
Introduced
First reading. Referred to Speaker's desk.
lower
Jun 23, 2023
Upper · Passed
Third reading. Carried by Dembrow. Passed.
upper
Jun 21, 2023
Upper · Passed
Recommendation: Do pass with amendments to the A-Eng. bill. (Printed B-Eng.)
upper
Jun 7, 2023
Upper · Passed
Returned to Full Committee.
upper
May 22, 2023
Committee
Assigned to Subcommittee On Education.
upper
Apr 12, 2023
Committee
Referred to Ways and Means by order of the President.
upper
Apr 12, 2023
Upper · Passed
Recommendation: Do pass with amendments and be referred to Ways and Means. (Printed A-Eng.)
upper
Jan 11, 2023
Committee
Referred to Education.
upper
Jan 9, 2023
Introduced
Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
No sponsor information available.
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