HB 565 -- Missouri Teacher Corps

Co-Sponsors:  Auer, Carter, Hilgemann, May (108), Boykins,
Thompson (72)

This bill creates the Missouri Teacher Corps for the purpose of
recruiting 100 college seniors or graduates without an education
degree to commit to teach in selected schools for a 2-year
period.  The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education in
cooperation with state colleges and universities will provide
intensive short-term training.  Members of the corps will
receive financial assistance towards a master's degree in
curriculum and instruction for a two-year period, and the degree
program will follow a nights-weekends-summer schedule.