Amendment #959 to H4000

Educator Residency Programs

Ms. Peisch of Wellesley moves to amend the bill in section 2 by inserting after item 7061-9815 the following item:-

“7061-XXXX   For teacher residency programs that train, coach, and prepare educator candidates for state educator certification testing and offer apprenticeships to prospective educators; provided, that preference shall be given to programs that primarily serve educator candidates of color; provided further, that funds from this item may be used to provide prospective educators with tuition-based scholarships and to cover costs associated with taking certification tests; and provided further, that all programs receiving funds from this item shall provide disaggregated racial and ethnic data regarding program participants to DESE, which shall annually evaluate each such program…………..$2,500,000”

Additional co-sponsor(s) added to Amendment #959 to H4000

Educator Residency Programs