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Under the College Cost Reduction
and Access Act of 2007, Congress established legislation to
offer additional grant funds to students pursuing an
undergraduate, graduate
or certification in an eligible
education program.
for Requirements,
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WHILE
ENROLLED AT AN ELIGIBLE INSTITUTION
ð
$4,000 per academic year -
$16,000
undergraduate maximum -
$8,000
graduate maximum
ð
Must complete the
FAFSA
and be a U.S. CITIZEN or eligible non-citizen
ð
Must sign
AGREEMENT TO SERVE for each year the grant is received and
will be available electronically on Department of ED
website
ð
Must complete
COUNSELING - initial/subsequent (each year)/exit – method to
be determined
ð
Grant is not
NEED BASED AID
ð
Must be enrolled in
coursework that is necessary to begin a career in teaching
ð
Available for
UNDERGRADUATE or GRADUATE
ð
Must maintain
3.25 cumulative GPA or score above the 75th
percentile of national test scores
ð
Grant funds
received cannot exceed COST OF ATTENDANCE
AFTER GRADUATION OR NOT ENROLLED
ð
Each agreement
signed must be fulfilled by 4 YEARS of service
ð
Applicant has 8
YEARS to complete service
ð
Current
HIGH
NEED fields are 1)Bilingual education and English language
acquisition, 2)Foreign language, 3)Mathematics, 4)Reading
Specialist, 5)Science, 6)Special Education, 7) A field
documented as high need or ‘shortage subject area’ by the
Federal Government, a State government, or an LEA and approved
by the
Department of Education.
FOR YEARS OF SERVICE TO QUALIFY
ð
must teach in a
HIGH NEED SUBJECT and
LOW INCOME AREA after
graduation.
ð
must teach
FULL-TIME and be certified as a HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEACHER
ð
must SELF REPORT
teaching service after each year completed
ð
subject to be
taught must be HIGH NEED SUBJECT and LOW INCOME AREA
at the time applicant BEGINS teaching service (if a
subject is removed from high need during service or institution
is no longer considered to be a low income area, service still
counts toward requirements if teacher continues at that
institution)
****PLEASE NOTE : IF YOU DO NOT
COMPLETE SERVICE REQUIREMENT, GRANT FUNDS WILL REVERT TO AN
UNSUBSIDIZED LOAN, WITH INTEREST ACCRUED FROM THE DATE THE GRANT
WAS DISBURSED.****
    
For more information:
Teach Grant Program
Federal Student Aid TEACH Fact Sheet
What you need to know |
