Students are back to school, and some of them are being taught by college students majoring in education who are on teaching assignments. A former teacher who's now a state lawmaker has proposed a bill that would pay those student educators for their work in class.

Rep. Sean Brennan (D-Parma) taught history in high school before coming to the legislature.

"I went through student teaching. It's a lot of work. It's a full time job," Brennan said in an interview. But he added school districts don't pay student teachers, who are often balancing a lot of expenses.

"You are also paying tuition and housing and food and the utility bill," Brennan said. "It was tough back when I was doing it and now with inflation and rising costs of just about everything, it's become a barrier to entry for a lo

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