A bill for an act relating to education, including by modifying provisions related to the calculation of the teacher salary supplement district cost per pupil, teacher preparation requirements, out-of-state placement of certain specified students requiring special education, the duties of the department of education, and minimum teacher salaries, and including effective date provisions.

Teacher salary supplement district cost per pupil is now calculated by categorizing school districts into up to ten tiers based on actual enrollment, with different cost calculations for districts with more than 3,500 pupils versus those with 3,500 or fewer pupils.

Teacher preparation programs must include pre-student teaching field experiences totaling at least 80 hours for initial programs and 50 hours for intern programs, with at least 10 hours occurring before program acceptance.

If a school district's calculated teacher salary supplement is insufficient to meet minimum salary requirements, the department of management must increase the per-pupil amount to meet those requirements.

Out-of-state placement for special education students requires the child to be under 18 (or under 21 if full-time student), eligible for health care under chapter 249A, have health care coordination determining out-of-state placement is necessary, and be certified by the department of health and human services.

The bill takes effect immediately upon enactment, with specific provisions for correcting teacher experience reporting errors from fall 2023 to fall 2024 surveys affecting the 2025 budget year.

Removed the Governor's signature page and formatting artifacts from the final enrolled version, replacing them with a clean legislative text layout.

Added page headers and line numbers to the enrolled version for official record-keeping and reference purposes.

Corrected minor text formatting issues, such as replacing hyphenated words and fixing spacing inconsistencies in the legislative text.