BILL · 2025–26 SESSION

SB 5693: Teacher residency & apprent.

Concerning teacher residency and apprenticeship programs.

Summary

Describes a teacher residency, establishes requirements for Teacher Residency Programs, and directs the Professional Educator Standards Board to establish a process for approving the transition of an existing Teacher Preparation Program to a Teacher Residency Program.
Describes a Teacher Apprenticeship Program and establishes requirements for Teacher Apprenticeship Programs.
Expands eligibility for the Alternative Route Conditional Scholarship Program to participants in Teacher Residency Programs.
Renames educator certificates.

From the Senate Bill Report (Orig.) (SB 5693), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to teacher residency and apprenticeship programs;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

SB 5693 (2023–24) Salmon recovery/liability · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5693 (2021–22) Operating budget, supp. · Enacted with partial veto · Chapter 297, Laws of 2022
SB 5693 (2019–20) Agricultural supply chains · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5693 (2017–18) Sexually violent predators · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5693 (2015–16) Special commitment center · Enacted · Chapter 271, Laws of 2015
SB 5693 (2013–14) Higher ed support · Did not pass · died in committee
SB 5693 (2011–12) "Copy"/public records act · Did not pass · stalled on the Senate floor
SB 5693 (2009–10) Art for public buildings · Did not pass · died in committee