MA H546

Bill

Relative to improving teacher preparation and certification

Introduced
01/22/2019

In Committee
11/12/2019

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

191st General Court

Bill Summary

Relative to teacher preparation and certification. Education.

AI Summary

This bill aims to improve teacher preparation and certification in Massachusetts. It creates a Massachusetts Master Teacher Corps program to incentivize and reward highly effective teachers to work in high-need schools, and requires the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to develop an outreach plan to attract underrepresented populations to the teaching profession. The bill also grants hiring autonomy or preference to school administrators in low-performing schools for educators participating in the Master Teacher Corps program. Additionally, the bill establishes a teacher preparation and certification task force to investigate the feasibility of requiring teacher candidates to participate in a teacher residency program, and to review the current teacher certification requirements.

Committee Categories

Budget and Finance, Education

Sponsors (11)

Carolyn Dykema (D), Tricia Farley-Bouvier (D), Kim Ferguson (R), Ken Gordon (D), Jonathan Hecht (D), James Kelcourse (R), Kay Khan (D), David Linsky (D), Mike Moore (D), Alice Peisch (D), Alan Silvia (D),

Last Action

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means (on 11/12/2019)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H546

(15 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H546
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/191/H546.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
H1246	Relative to establishing a tuition free program for teachers and paraprofessionals	Accompanied a study order, see H5125	Similar To
H16	Relative to the Massachusetts Teachers Retirement System	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means	Similar To
H17	Relative to pension forfeiture	Accompanied H21	Similar To
H18	Establishing a special commission on retirement credit purchases	Accompanied a study order, see H4722	Similar To
H2165	To expand teacher creditable service	Accompanied a study order, see H4722	Similar To
H2265	Authorizing the Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement System to grant creditable service to Thomas Richard Kinsky	Accompanied a study order, see H4722	Similar To
H2267	Relative to the Massachusetts teacher retirement system	Accompanied a study order, see H4722	Similar To
H2272	Relative to certain Option B and Option C retirees	Accompanied a study order, see H4722	Similar To
H2315	To grant A. John Crisafulli three years of creditable service	Accompanied a study order, see H4722	Similar To
H2351	Relative to teachers' retirement credits for parochial schools	Accompanied a study order, see H4722	Similar To
H455	Relative to wages for substitute teacher	Accompanied a study order, see H5159	Similar To
S1113	Regarding protections extended to lay teachers in parochial schools	Accompanied a new draft, see S2711	Similar To
S1558	Providing for an equitable Massachusetts Teachers’ Retirement System pension for Paul C. Nordberg	Accompanied a study order, see S2545	Similar To
S2451	Relative to creditable service for Lisa Emma, a member of the Massachusetts Teachers' Retirement System	Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on Senate Ways and Means	Similar To
S771	To improve the excellence to teaching programs	Accompanied a study order, see S2541	Similar To

Bill

Bill Name

Last Action

Type

H1246

Relative to establishing a tuition free program for teachers and paraprofessionals

Accompanied a study order, see H5125

Similar To

H16

Relative to the Massachusetts Teachers Retirement System

Bill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means

Similar To

H17

Relative to pension forfeiture

Accompanied H21

Similar To

H18

Establishing a special commission on retirement credit purchases