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HB 1510

An Act amending Title 74 (Transportation) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in sustainable mobility options, further providing for definitions, for fund, for application and approval process, for Federal funding, for coordination and consolidation, for operating program, for asset improvement program, for new initiatives program, for programs of Statewide significance and for program oversight and administration, providing for small purchase threshold and repealing provisions relating to evaluation of private investment opportunities.

2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Mike Armanini and 25 co-sponsors

HB 1510 would create centralized financial-planning resources for new teachers, allow on-site school child care, and authorize interim studies on health insurance pools and licensu

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Bill Summary · HB 1510

Summary — HB 1510 (North Dakota, 2025 session)

Purpose

HB 1510 would have created state-supported resources and policy work aimed at improving teacher recruitment, retention, and early-career supports. The bill focused on three areas: (1) providing centralized financial‑planning information for new and recently hired teachers, (2) authorizing on‑site child care in school buildings, and (3) directing interim studies on health‑insurance pooling and teacher licensure/recruitment.

Key provisions

  • New teacher financial‑planning resource (new section to NDCC ch. 15.1‑18.2)

    • The Teachers’ Fund for Retirement Board (and earlier drafts included the Bank of North Dakota and other actors) must submit materials to the Superintendent of Public Instruction.
    • Topics required: teacher salary‑matrix frameworks; comparisons of insurance plans available to teachers; descriptions of benefits in teacher contracts; information on IRC §457 deferred compensation, Teachers’ Fund for Retirement plans, and other benefits/resources to help maximize lifetime/earning potential.
    • The Superintendent compiles these materials into a report and distributes it to teacher preparation programs, district administrators (superintendents, business managers, principals), and school districts for educating and informing new/recently hired teachers.

  • On‑site child care (new section to NDCC ch. 50‑06)

    • Permits a school district to provide or allow providers to deliver child care services in a building on school premises (i.e., on‑site care in school settings).
    • Requires the Department (in cooperation with invited education stakeholders) to review and revise rules under ch. 28‑32 to implement the section by July 1, 2026.

  • Legislative management studies (interim 2025–26)

    • Health insurance pool for school district employees: study feasibility, cost‑benefit, plan and administrative designs, comparisons with other states, impact on teacher salaries, and compensation structures to maximize lifetime earnings. Report due to the 70th Legislative Assembly.
    • Teacher licensing and recruitment: study feasibility of interstate teacher mobility compact, licensure reciprocity, and universal licensing; include Workforce Development Council input; report to the 70th Legislative Assembly. (This study provision appears in later amendment language.)

Who would be affected

  • New and recently hired K–12 teachers (direct beneficiaries of the compiled financial‑planning report).
  • Teacher preparation programs, school district leaders (superintendents, business managers, principals), and school districts (recipients of the report).
  • School districts seeking to operate or host on‑site child care for teachers’ children.
  • State agencies and boards (Superintendent of Public Instruction, Teachers’ Fund for Retirement Board, Department of Public Instruction, Department regulating child care rules).
  • All school district employees indirectly through the proposed study of a health‑insurance pool.

Procedural status and timeline

  • Introduced: March 14, 2025.
  • Implementation deadlines in the bill: rule revision for on‑site care by July 1, 2026; interim studies conducted during the 2025–26 interim with reports to the 70th Legislative Assembly.
  • Final legislative action (per provided status): Second reading — failed to pass (yeas 22, nays 24). The bill did not advance into law in that form.
  • Note: Earlier/alternate engrossments of HB 1510 included appropriations ($2,000,000 from the foundation aid stabilization fund and $2,000,000 general fund for teacher programs), but these funding provisions were removed in later versions and the final (amended) text focused on resources, rulemaking, and studies.

Potential impacts / considerations

  • If enacted, the bill aimed to centralize and standardize information that could help teachers make better retirement and benefits decisions and make benefit comparisons more transparent for new educators.
  • Allowing on‑site child care may help teacher retention and attendance, but implementation would raise operational, licensing, liability, and funding questions for districts.
  • The proposed studies could inform larger structural reforms (insurance pooling, licensure portability) that might affect costs, benefit design, and teacher compensation over time.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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