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This bill establishes provisions relating to teacher recruitment and retention and creates the "Teacher Baseline Salary Grant Program" and the "Teacher Recruitment and Retention State Scholarship Program". The key provisions include: - Increasing the minimum teacher's salary to $38,000 by the 2025-26 school year, with annual adjustments for inflation thereafter. - Allowing school districts to differentiate teacher salaries to recruit and retain teachers in hard-to-staff subject areas or schools. - Creating the "Teacher Baseline Salary Grant Program" to provide grants to school districts to help them increase minimum teacher salaries. - Expanding the "Teacher Recruitment and Retention State Scholarship Program" to provide more scholarships for eligible students who commit to teaching in hard-to-staff schools or subject areas. The bill aims to address teacher recruitment and retention challenges by raising teacher salaries and providing financial incentives and scholarships to attract and keep teachers, particularly in high-need areas.

https://www.senate.mo.gov/24info/BTS_Web/Bill.aspx?SessionType=R&BillID=313