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Two state programs that help fund public school staffing and supplies would be expanded, starting July 2026, to explicitly cover speech-language pathologists and speech-language technicians working in schools. Currently, the Salary Supplement for Highly Needed Educators program allows school districts to offer extra pay to teachers in hard-to-fill positions, and the teaching supplies program provides $500 per year for pre-K through 6th grade classroom teacher positions and $250 for grades 7-12; this bill updates the definitions in both laws so speech-language pathologists and technicians count as eligible staff, allowing them to receive salary supplements if their district designates their role as hard-to-fill, and to receive the same annual supply funding as classroom teachers. The bill also makes several technical wording changes to clarify that these benefits apply to "individuals" in qualifying positions rather than only to "teachers," updating cross-references throughout both sections accordingly.