Teacher in the fields of mathematics, science, foreign languages, or bilingual education, or in any other field of expertise determined by a state education agency to have a shortage of qualified teachers in that state. Click Here to Learn More
Stafford loan $5,000 Cancellation for five years of teaching in high poverty schools OR you may receive up to $17,500 in loan forgiveness if you were a highly qualified full-time mathematics or science teacher in a secondary school or a highly qualified special education teacher. Click Here to Learn More
For general information about student aid, call the Federal Student Aid Information Center or visit the FSA Students Web site:
Federal Student Aid Information Center
1-800-4-Fed-Aid
www.studentaid.ed.gov
Kansas Scholarship for $5,000/year.
This Kansas Teacher Service Scholarship requires a commitment to teaching in Kansas and teaching in a specified curriculum or underserved geographic area. Click here to learn more
the Board of Regents office. Payments cannot be deferred.
Grow Your Own Teacher:
Grow Your Own Teacher Program applications are accepted once a year. It is technically a forgivable loan - not a scholarship. A four-year participant in GYOT would have a payback obligation to teach for three years in the Wichita Public Schools; thus a forgivable loan. Click here for more information
NEW Changes to the Teacher Loan Program...
Attention Teachers: Do you teach math, science or special education? Have you taught for five years in a Title I school? If you answered yes to both of these questions, the U.S. Department of Education would like you to know that you may be eligible for new loan forgiveness limits recently signed into law by President George W. Bush.
The Taxpayer-Teacher Protection Act (P.L. 108-409) authorizes up to $17,500 in loan forgiveness to eligible highly qualified math, science and special education teachers. This dramatic increase of $12,500 above the previous loan limits is meant to ease the shortage of teachers in key subject areas. The increased amount of teacher loan forgiveness is available to new borrowers (teachers with no outstanding loan balances prior to Oct. 1, 1998, who borrow eligible loans prior to Oct. 1, 2005). The additional loan forgiveness will provide substantial relief for existing teachers and an incentive for prospective teachers to teach in subjects and schools that have difficulty hiring highly qualified candidates.
For detailed information on the program and to find out if you qualify for the loan forgiveness, please call the Department's Federal Student Aid Customer Service hotline at 1-800-433-7327. More information on the loan forgiveness limits is posted on the Web at: http://www.ifap.ed.gov/dpcletters/GEN0414.html.
More information on the Department's Teacher-to-Teacher Initiative is posted on the Web at: http://www.ed.gov/teachers/how/tools/initiative/about/information.html.
Below is the link to Kansas Board of Regents website list of grants available.
http://www.kansasregents.org/financial_aid/awards.html
State Funded Graduate Programs
Recipients must be Kansas residents. Additional information is available from the Board of Regents office. Call 785-296-3517.
Kansas Special Education Teacher Service Scholarship (PDF)
Designed to encourage licensed teachers to pursue full endorsement as a Special Education Teacher in Kansas. Recipients sign agreements to teach on a full-time basis for not less than three years or on a part-time basis for a period of six years.
Kansas Teacher Education Service Scholarship (PDF)
Designed to encourage licensed teachers to pursue graduate work in education or students with an associate's degree to pursue an undergraduate degree in education to teach in Kansas. Recipients sign agreements to teach on a full-time basis for a period of not less than one year for each 15 credit hours or on a part-time basis for a period of time that is equivalent to full-time.