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News and Links of Interest to Teachers TEACHER LOAN FORGIVENESS Attention teachers! The Taxpayer-Teacher Protection Act, signed into law last year, authorizes up to $17,500 in loan forgiveness for eligible, highly qualified math, science, and special education teachers. This dramatic increase -- $12,500 above the previous limit of $5,000 -- is meant to ease the shortage of teachers in important subject areas. To be eligible, teachers (with no outstanding loan balances before October 1, 1998, and who have borrowed before October 1, 2005) must be highly qualified, as defined by the No Child Left Behind Act; must have taught full-time, for five consecutive years, in a Title I school; and must have taught secondary math or science or elementary or secondary special education to students with disabilities. Also, an eligible teacher who has already received loan forgiveness may receive further loan forgiveness -- "up to the difference between $17,500 and the amount previously forgiven." FOR MORE INFORMATION,
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VA Reimbursement for Certification Tests Texas veterans who have remaining GI Bill Entitlement are authorized to be reimbursed by the Veterans Administration for the cost of TExES/ExCET/TOPT examinations. More for information, contact Meryl Ketter (Texas Troops to Teachers) at 1-800-810-5484. Blinn College seeks to provide equal education without regard to race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, disability, or any other constitutionally or statutorily impermissible reason. This policy extends to all programs and activities supported by the college. |