TEACH GRANT PROGRAM

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TEACH GRANT PROGRAM

• Prepared by the NCHELP Program Regulations
  Committee
• This presentation provides a summary of the Teach
  Grant Program established under the College Cost
  Reduction and Access Act and Regulations, final
  rule published in the Federal Register, 6/23/08.
  The reader should refer to the detail of the law
  and sub-regulatory guidance from the U.S.
  Department of Education in determining all
  relevant issues.

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General Information

• The College Cost Reduction and Access Act (CCRAA)
  established the Teacher Education Assistance for
  College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant
  Program effective for the 2008-2009 Award Year
  (July 1, 2008).

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General Information

• Negotiated Rulemaking ran on a compressed
  schedule
• January 8-10, 2008
• January 22-24, 2008
• February 6-8, 2008
• TEACH Grant negotiators reached consensus on
  proposed Regulations.
• NPRM published 3/21/08

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General Information

• Final Regulations published in the Federal
  Register on 6/23/08
• Regulations can be found in Title 34, Section VI,
  Part 686

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Basic Information

• TEACH Teacher Education Assistance for College
  and Higher Education Grants
• Effective for 2008-09 award year
• Must be repaid as a Direct Unsubsidized Loan if
  the student does not teach

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Basic Information

• The recipient must teach for at least four years
  within eight years of completing the program, as
  a highly qualified teacher, at a Title 1 school,
  and in a high-need subject area.
• High-need subject areas include mathematics,
  science, a foreign language, bilingual education
  and English language acquisition, special
  education, reading specialist or other high
  need fields.

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Basic Information

• Recipients can be undergraduate students,
  graduate students, students enrolled in a
  post-baccalaureate teacher credential program or
  current or former teachers or retirees.

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Basic Information

• The recipient may receive -
• up to 4,000 per year for the first undergraduate
  or post-baccalaureate (non-degree) program,
  16,000 aggregate.
• up to 4,000 per year for graduate student -
  8,000 aggregate.
• Amounts will be prorated for less than full-time
  enrollment.
• Full time - 4,000
• ¾ time - 3,000
• ½ time - 2,000
• Less than ½ time 1,000
• The award, when combined with other assistance,
  cannot exceed the cost of attendance.

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Student Eligibility

• Student must
• Be completing coursework necessary to begin a
  career in teaching, or
• Planning to complete coursework necessary to
  begin a career in teaching, and
• Meet all Title IV student eligibility
  requirements.
• A FAFSA is required.
• Student must meet all Title IV student
  eligibility requirements.

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Student Eligibility

• All applicants must
• undertake initial counseling,
• sign an Agreement to Serve,
• enroll in a TEACH Grant eligible institution in a
  TEACH Grant eligible program, and
• be completing, or planning to complete,
  coursework necessary to begin a career in
  teaching in a high need field.

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Student Eligibility

• Academic standard
• Above the 75th percentile on one battery of an
  admissions test, such as SAT, ACT, GRE, etc. or
• GPA of at least 3.25 for each payment period
• From high school or college for first year
  students or
• From college for other students.

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Recipient Requirements

• Each award year, a TEACH Grant recipient must
  sign an Agreement to Serve that explains that
  the recipient must
• Teach for 4 years within 8 years of completing or
  ceasing enrollment in a TEACH Grant eligible
  program
• As a full-time highly qualified teacher in a low
  income elementary or secondary school in a
  high-need field.

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Recipient Requirements

• High-need fields include science, mathematics, a
  foreign language, bilingual education and English
  language acquisition, special education, as a
  reading specialist or other high-need fields.
• TEACH Grant recipients must teach in a high-need
  field in the majority of classes taught.
• Other high-need fields must be listed in the
  Department of Educations Nationwide Listing of
  Teacher Shortage Areas.

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Recipient Requirements

• An elementary or secondary school is considered
  to be serving low-income families if 30 of the
  students are low-income. Such schools are listed
  in the Departments Low-Income School Directory.

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Recipient Requirements

• A TEACH Grant recipient who fails or refuses to
  complete the required teaching service must repay
  the grant(s) as an Unsubsidized Direct Stafford
  Loan, with interest accruing from the date that
  each grant disbursement was made.
• A TEACH Grant that is converted to a loan cannot
  reconvert to a TEACH Grant.

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Recipient Requirements

• Converted loans will have all the regular loan
  benefits and responsibilities of an unsubsidized
  Direct Loan.
• The converted loan will not apply to the annual
  loan limits.
• The converted loan will not impact a schools
  default rate if the borrower defaults.

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Recipient Requirements

• Suspension of the 8-year period for completion of
  the service obligation based on
• Enrollment in a TEACH Grant eligible program.
• A condition covered under the Family and Medical
  Leave Act.
• Called or ordered to active duty status for more
  than 30 days as a member of the Armed Forces
  Reserves or the National Guard.

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Recipient Requirements

• The TEACH Grant recipient must submit evidence of
  employment as certified by the chief
  administrative officer of the school upon
  completion of each year of teaching service.
• The 8-year service period begins following
  completion or otherwise ceasing enrollment.

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Recipient Requirements

• A TEACH Grant will be converted to a loan (with
  repayment period beginning after 6- month grace
  period) if
• The recipient, regardless of enrollment status,
  requests the conversion.
• Within 120 days of ceasing enrollment, the
  recipient fails to notify the Department that he
  or she is employed as a full-time teacher in
  accordance with the Agreement to Serve, or
  intends to pursue such employment.

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Recipient Requirements

• A TEACH Grant will be converted to a loan if
• Within one year of ceasing enrollment without
  completing the program
• The recipient has not been determined eligible
  for a suspension.
• The recipient has not re-enrolled in a TEACH
  Grant eligible program.
• The recipient has not begun teaching service in
  accordance with the Agreement to Serve.

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Recipient Requirements

• TEACH Grants will be converted to a loan if
• The grant recipient completes the course of study
  and
• Does not actively confirm to the Department, at
  least annually, his or her intention to satisfy
  the Agreement to Serve.
• Fails to begin or maintain qualified employment
  within a timeframe that would allow the recipient
  to complete their teaching service.

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Recipient Requirements

• TEACH Grant recipients Agreement to Serve is
  discharged if
• The grant recipient dies.
• The grant recipient becomes totally and
  permanently disabled and the grant recipient
  applies for and satisfies the eligibility
  requirements for a total and permanent disability
  discharge under the Direct Loan Program.

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