| Last Action | to Education (H) |
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| Title | AN ACT relating to teacher advancement. |
| Bill Documents |
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| Bill Request Number | 939 |
| Sponsor | A. Koenig |
| Summary of Original Version | Create a new section of KRS Chapter 161 to establish a teacher advancement fund to provide tuition assistance to the public postsecondary education institutions for teachers completing a master's degree or the continuing education option for Rank II; the teacher advancement fund shall be administered by the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority under administrative regulations which shall be promulgated by December 1, 2008; beginning July 1, 2009, a practicing teacher in a public school who agrees to teach for five years after completion of the Rank II shall receive tuition assistance at a public postsecondary education institution for courses leading to a master's degree or the continuing education option for Rank II; provide a schedule of reimbursement for a teacher who does not complete the five-year teaching commitment; prohibit a teacher from receiving the tuition assistance if the teacher is receiving other federal or state funds for tuition costs. |
| Index Headings of Original Version |
Administrative Regulations and Proceedings - Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority, teacher advancement fund Education, Elementary and Secondary - Master's degree, tuition assistance for Education, Finance - Teacher advancement fund, creation of Education, Higher - Master's degree for teachers, tuition assistance for Universities and Colleges - Master's degree for teachers, tuition assistance for Teachers - Master's degree, tuition assistance for |
| 01/22/08 |
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| 01/24/08 |
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