Budget Amendment ID: FY2022-S3-249

EDU 249

Educator Preparation and Residency Programs

Messrs. Hinds, Gomez, O'Connor and Cyr moved that the proposed new text be amended in section 2, by inserting after item 7061-9815 the following item:-

“XXXX-XXXX   For teacher residency and educator preparation 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”