Education/Paraprofessional/Certified Teacher/Pay

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Under the current salary scale for teachers, if a permitted paraprofessional in a school wishes to become a certified teacher in the same school, they may have to take a pay cut to do so. This Act provides teachers who previously worked as paraprofessionals in the schools to receive partial credit towards their experience on the teacher salary scale for their time working within the schools as paraprofessionals.

Every action

7 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

1. Jun 1, 2023CommitteeIntroduced and Assigned to Education Committee in Senate · Senate Education
2. Jun 7, 2023CommitteeReported Out of Committee (Education) in Senate with 7 Favorable · Senate Education
3. Jun 8, 2023SenatePassed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
4. Jun 8, 2023CommitteeAssigned to Education Committee in House · House Education
5. Jun 14, 2023CommitteeReported Out of Committee (Education) in House with 2 Favorable, 13 On Its Merits · House Education
6. Jun 30, 2023HousePassed By House. Votes: 41 YES41–0 vote
7. Aug 9, 2023GovernorSigned by Governor

Roll calls

2 recorded votes: 2 on the floor, 0 in committee. Each shows how every member voted.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 14 cosponsors: 10 Democrats, 4 Republicans.

• SE S. Elizabeth LockmanD Primary sponsor · District 3
• LV Laura V. SturgeonD Joint sponsor · District 4
• KW Kimberly WilliamsD Joint sponsor · District 19
• SM Sherae'a MooreD Joint sponsor · District 8