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          SENATE THIRD READING
          SB 1666 (Alarcon)
          As Amended June 15, 2000
          2/3 vote.  Urgency 

           SENATE VOTE  :  Vote not relevant  
           
           RULES                                                           
                    (vote not relevant)

           SUMMARY:   Makes numerous changes in current law and creates new  
          programs relative to the recruitment of, and incentives, for  
          teachers.  Specifically,  this bill  :

          1)Eliminates the cap on earnings for teachers who retired before  
            January 1, 2000, if the teacher provides direct instruction in  
            grades K-12 or support services in training new teachers.  The  
            provision sunsets on July 1, 2005.

          2)Creates the Teaching as a Priority Block Grant for  
            low-performing schools ranked in the bottom half of the  
            academic performance index.  Participating schools receive  
            funding on a per-pupil basis and may use it for any of a  
            number of teacher recruitment and retention incentives.  

          3)Increases from $1,500 to $2,500 per intern per year, the  
            maximum amount of state funding local school districts and  
            county offices of education may receive for operating a  
            teacher intern program. 

          4)Increases the award available through the National Board for  
            Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) Certification  
            Incentive Program from $10,000 to $20,000 for teachers  
            agreeing to teach at a low-performing school for at least   
            four years.  Funding is contingent upon annual Budget Act  
            appropriation.

          5)Establishes the Teacher Recruitment Incentive Program to be  
            administered by the Sacramento County Office of Education.   
            The program would award grants for the operation of regional  
            recruitment centers.  

          6)Adds a teaching requirement, as specified, for recipients of a  
            Cal Grant T award and requires the Student Aid Commission to  
            report, annually, as specified. 








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          7)Increases from 5,500 to 6,500 the number of Assumption  
            Programs for Loans for Education (APLE) warrants awarded  
            annually and makes a variety of changes to generally  
            streamline and facilitate the administration of the APLE  
            program, which is a loan forgiveness program for teaching  
            candidates.  

          8)Creates the Governor's Teaching Fellowships program, which  
            would provide 250 merit-based grants of $20,000 each to  
            graduate students who, upon becoming credentialed teachers,  
            agree to teach at a low-performing school for four years.  The  
            program would be administered by the Chancellor's Office of  
            the California State University. 

           FISCAL EFFECT  :  The 2000-2001 Budget contains funding for the  
          above new programs and program expansions, including the  
          following amounts:  $118.7 million for the Teaching as a  
          Priority Block Grant; $15 million for the NBPTS Certification  
          Incentive Program; and, $9.4 million for the Teacher Recruitment  
          Incentive Program.  

           COMMENTS  :  This bill is sponsored by Governor Gray Davis as part  
          of his six-bill education reform package. 


           Analysis prepared by  :  Leonor Ehling / BUDGET / (916) 319-2099



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