Kentucky lawmakers are advancing plans to help more students become teachers through Senate Bill 22 — what lawmakers are calling a “grow your own” teacher recruitment strategy.
"Young people can actually get a teaching certificate and have no student debt when they graduate because they're paid," said state Sen. Jimmy Higdon, R-Lebanon.
The bill would allow school districts and colleges to partner to create a pathway for high school students to become educators.
The lack of teachers — just one of the staffing issues on the agenda — with the committee also seeking to ease the strain of bus driver shortages.
Senate Bill 46 would allow school districts to use non–school-bus passenger vehicles that seat 10 people to transport students.
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