H580 • 2025

An Act relative to wages for substitute teacher

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Sponsor: William C. Galvin
Last action: 2026-01-15
Official status: Referred to Joint Committee on Education
Effective date: Not listed

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An Act relative to wages for substitute teacher

An Act relative to wages for substitute teacher By Representative Galvin of Canton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.

What This Bill Does

An Act relative to wages for substitute teacher By Representative Galvin of Canton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No.
580) of William C.
Galvin relative to wages for substitute teachers.
Education.

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Bill History

2026-01-15 House
Reporting date extended to Wednesday, March 18, 2026
2025-11-20 Joint
Hearing scheduled for 12/02/2025 from 01:00 PM-02:00 PM in A-2
2025-10-09 Joint
Hearing scheduled for 10/14/2025 from 11:00 AM-05:00 PM in Gardner Auditorium
2025-02-27 House
Referred to the committee on Education
2025-02-27 Senate
Senate concurred

Official Summary Text

An Act relative to wages for substitute teacher
By Representative Galvin of Canton, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 580) of William C. Galvin relative to wages for substitute teachers. Education.
Status:
Referred to Joint Committee on Education

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Bill H.580

(a) Teachers employed in a public elementary or secondary school as substitute teachers shall not be paid less per day than either 85 per cent of 1/185 th of the salary of a beginning teacher who holds a bachelor's degree or a wage less than the per hour wage set forth in section 1 of chapter 151, whichever is greater. The salary of the substitute teacher shall be computed as required in this subsection based on the statewide average salary for beginning teachers who hold bachelor's degrees. The department of elementary and secondary education shall compute the statewide average salary to be used for purposes of this subsection, using the latest data available to the department, but not data from earlier than the preceding school year.

(b) This section shall not apply to substitute teachers represented in a bargaining unit in the school district by which they are employed.

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