Money coming for student teachers
Lawmakers hope a stipend will help entice more people to get into education.
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Lawmakers hope a stipend will help entice more people to get into education.
HARRISBURG (TNS) — Anyone planning to do their student teaching in 2024-25 better set their alarms to be ready around 9 a.m. today when applications for stipends through Pennsylvania’s new
State Rep. Gina Curry, D-Delaware County, said the appropriation for this program needs to go even higher. She said $75 million is what is really needed to fully meet the demand for the stipends.
More than 3,500 applications were received for a state-funded stipend to cover an otherwise unpaid semester of student teaching.
Pennsylvania Student Teacher Support Program offers student teachers a $10,000 stipend to ease the burden of effectively teaching full time without pay.