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  6. HB175 Alabama 2021 Session
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HB175 Alabama 2021 Session

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  • 1 Bill Summary
  • 2 Bill Actions
  • 3 Bill Text
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Bill Summary

Sponsors
  • Joe Lovvorn
  • Tim Wadsworth
  • Ritchie Whorton
Session
Regular Session 2021
Title
Math and Science Teacher Education Program, computer science teachers included in student loan repayment program, certain other qualifed teachers may earn certification in math, science, or computer science to participate, requirements per participation modified, Secs. 16-5-54.1, 16-5-54.2, 16-5-56 added; Secs. 16-5-51 to 16-5-55, inclusive, am'd.
Description

Under existing law, the Alabama Commission on Higher Education administers the Alabama Math and Science Teacher Education Program (AMSTEP) which provides student loan repayment for public high school math and science teachers to serve in underserved areas of the state

This bill would include computer science teachers in the program

This bill would allow teachers certified in another field of study who complete a program in math, science, or computer science at a baccalaureate or master's level and earn certification in math, science, or computer science; qualified teachers who teach in Alabama but reside in other state; and individuals issued an Alabama bachelor's level professional educator certificate in math, science, or computer science pursuant to an alternative certification program to participate in the loan repayment program

This bill would allow teachers employed in a school designated as a failing school to qualify for supplemental funds and participate in the program

This bill would also reduce the teaching load requirement from a full-time teaching load of math, science, or computer science courses to three-fourths of the full-time teaching load being comprised of math, science, or computer science courses for which the teacher is properly certified

Relating to the Alabama Math and Science Teacher Education Program; to amend Sections 16-5-51, 16-5-52, 16-5-53, 16-5-54, and 16-5-55, Code of Alabama 1975, and to add Sections 16-5-54.1, 16-5-54.2, and 16-5-56, to the Code of Alabama 1975; to allow teachers certified in computer science and certain qualified teachers certified in other fields, who return to college to complete a program in math, science, or computer science and obtain certification in any of those fields, to qualify for the loan repayment program; to expand the loan repayment program to teachers of math, science, or computer science in failing schools; and to reduce the teaching load requirement from a full-time teaching load of math, science, or computer science courses to three-fourths of the full-time teaching load being comprised of math, science, or computer science courses for which the teacher is properly certified.

Subjects
TeachersTeachers' Retirement System

Bill Actions

Action Date Chamber Action
February 2, 2021 H Read for the first time and referred to the House of Representatives committee on Ways and Means Education

Bill Text

Download HB175 Alabama 2021 Session PDF

Bill Documents

Type Link
Bill Text HB175 Alabama 2021 Session - Introduced
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