Financial Information for Teachers

Iowa College Student Aid Commission:

The Iowa College Student Aid Commission has detailed information on the numerous federal and state teacher loan forgiveness programs. The website http://www.iowacollegeaid.gov/commissioncentral/loanforgiveness/teacher.html outlines the criteria for each program that is available. Many fully-licensed classroom teachers are eligible for these programs so please visit this valuable website. You may qualify for federal Stafford Loan forgiveness through federal and state programs. Your Perkins Loans may also be forgiven through a federal loan forgiveness program. Don't miss out on the opportunity to have some of your loan debt forgiven!

This website also discusses the loan forgiveness program targeted for teachers in Iowa who are endorsed in the following shortage areas:

Regular Education:

5-12 Science (all)

K-8& 5-12 Music

5-12 Mathematics

5-12 Foreign Language (all)

5-12 Industrial Technology

5-12 Family and Consumer Sciences

K-12 English as a Second Language

K-6 & 7-12 School Media Specialist

K-12 Talented & Gifted

5-12 Agriculture

 

Special Education:

Instructional Strategist I

Instructional Strategist II LD-BD

Instructional Strategist II MD

Instructional Strategist II PD

Pk-K Early Childhood Special Education

Birth to 21 Itinerant Hearing Impaired

Birth to 21 Itinerant Visually Impaired

 

The teacher shortage areas for Special Education and General Education are determined annually by the director of the Iowa Department of Education.

 

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