Montana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Montana HB837: Establish retired teacher induction and mentoring program
Status: Failed, May 20, 2025
What the bill says
A bill for an act entitled: "an act establishing the retired teacher induction and mentoring program; authorizing a school district to compensate a retired teacher for participating in the induction and mentoring program; providing definitions; providing an appropriation; and providing an effective date.".
From the engrossed text:
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT ESTABLISHING THE RETIRED TEACHER INDUCTION AND MENTORING PROGRAM; AUTHORIZING A SCHOOL DISTRICT TO COMPENSATE A RETIRED TEACHER FOR PARTICIPATING IN THE INDUCTION AND MENTORING PROGRAM; PROVIDING DEFINITIONS; PROVIDING AN APPROPRIATION; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE." BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: NEW SECTION. Section 1. Retired teacher induction and mentoring program. (1) There is a statewide retired teacher induction and mentoring program administered by the office of public instruction. The purpose of the program is to support teachers who are new to the profession of teaching or are hired in a district where they have not worked before by matching the new teachers with former teachers who have retired after teaching in the same district. (2) The board of trustees of a school district have the discretion to participate in the program on a case-by-case basis. To participate, the trustees shall match a new teacher in the district with a former teacher for a period of time not to exceed 3 months for the purposes of having the former teacher provide general support and guidance to the new teacher. (3) (a) The district shall compensate the former teacher for participating in the induction and mentoring program by paying the former teacher on an hourly basis at a …
Sponsors
- Isaly, Jamie (D, 58) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : (H) Died in Process
- : (H) Missed Deadline for Appropriation Bill Transmittal
- : (H) Tabled in Committee
- : (H) Hearing
- : (H) 1st Reading
- : (H) Referred to Committee
- : (H) Introduced
- : (LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
- : (LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
- : (LC) Draft in Assembly
Subjects: Appropriations, Education - Teachers, Education - K-12
Common questions
- What is HB837?
- HB837 is a bill in the Montana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Establish retired teacher induction and mentoring program.
- What does HB837 do?
- In its own words: A bill for an act entitled: "an act establishing the retired teacher induction and mentoring program; authorizing a school district to compensate a retired teacher for participating in the induction and mentoring program; providing definitions; providing an appropriation; and providing an effective date.".
- What is the status of HB837?
- Failed as of May 20, 2025. Latest action: (H) Died in Process (May 20, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB837?
- Isaly, Jamie (D, 58).
- Where is the official record for HB837?
- On the Montana Legislature website: https://bills.legmt.gov/#/laws/bill/2/LC2791
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