TEACH Grant Program
The Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant Program provides up to $4,000 per year in grants for graduate and undergraduate students in聽specified majors听飞丑辞听intend to teach聽full-time in high-need subject areas for at least four years at schools classified as serving low-income students.
Students may receive up to $16,000 for undergraduate study and up to $8,000 for graduate study. Part-time students are eligible, but the maximum grant will be reduced.
While the TEACH Grant Program was originally funded at annual $4,000 awards, the federal budget sequester that went into effect on March 1, 2013, has adjusted the amounts that could be awarded students within subsequent timeframes. All other provisions of the program remained the same.
Instead of $4,000 annual amounts, awards first disbursed during these timeframes were reduced accordingly:
聽 - 10/01/2024 - 09/30/2025: $3,772 reflecting a 5.7% cut.
聽 - 10/01/2023 - 09/30/2024: $3,772 reflecting a 5.7% cut.
聽 - 10/01/2022 - 09/30/2023: $3,772 reflecting a 5.7% cut.
聽 - 10/01/2021 - 09/30/2022: $3,772 reflecting a 5.7% cut.
聽 - 10/01/2020 - 09/30/2021: $3,772 reflecting a 5.7% cut.*
聽 - 10/01/2019 - 09/30/2020: $3,764 reflecting a 5.9% cut.*
聽 - 10/01/2018 - 09/30/2019: $3,752 reflecting a 6.2% cut.*
聽 - 10/01/2017 - 09/30/2018: $3,736 reflecting a 6.6% cut.*
聽 - 10/01/2016 - 09/30/2017: $3,724 reflecting a 6.9% cut.
聽 - 10/01/2015 - 09/30/2016: $3,728 reflecting a 6.8% cut.*
聽 - 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2015: $3,708 reflecting a 7.3% cut.
聽 - 10/01/2013 - 09/30/2014: $3,964 reflecting a .89% cut.
聽 - 03/01/2013 - 09/30/2013: $3,712 reflecting a 7.2% cut.
Congressional action on the annual federal budget (hence the October 1 effective dates now) will continue to determine any other cuts or restoration to the program.
*Though not a substantial difference, some students delay requesting TEACH awards until after October 1 in order to receive the increased amount when there are increases in funding. Tuition bills remain聽due as scheduled, and payments are required accordingly to avoid late fees.
Grant-Becomes-Loan Provision
While students intending to teach can benefit from this grant money, accepting TEACH is unlike other grant programs. TEACH Grant requires specific (and detailed) obligations to be met:
- Completion of a four-year teaching obligation within eight years of graduating,
- Annual documentation of teaching in a聽qualified high-need subject area聽in a聽designated low-income serving school, and
- Timely response to聽requests for information聽from the U.S. Department of Education while enrolled in school, following departure from school, and while teaching.
Failure to meet all service provisions in full will result in all TEACH Grant funds being permanently converted to a聽loan with interest聽calculated to when the grant was received.
Future teachers can benefit from TEACH Grant funds in meeting their college costs, but failure to meet the聽conditions of the program聽can result in a聽loan with compounded interest.
Once a TEACH Grant converts to a loan, it cannot be converted back to a grant. As well, completing part of your teaching obligation does not prevent a portion of your grant from becoming a loan.
Because of these conditions,聽TEACH Grant Exit Counseling聽is required whenever you withdraw, graduate, or chage your academic program.
Student Eligibility
The first TEACH Grants were awarded to eligible 美高梅官网 students for the 2008-09 school year. To receive a TEACH Grant, you must:
- Complete the聽.
- Meet basic aid eligibility requirements of matriculation and聽academic progress.
- Be enrolled in a聽program of study聽designated as TEACH Grant-eligible.
- Meet one of the following academic achievement requirements
- Score above the 75th percentile on a college admissions test (e.g. SAT, ACT, or GRE),
-or- - Graduate from high school with a cumulative GPA of at least 3.25 to receive a grant as a freshman and
- Have a cumulative university GPA of at least 3.25 on your college coursework to receive a grant for each subsequent term.
- Score above the 75th percentile on a college admissions test (e.g. SAT, ACT, or GRE),
- Complete TEACH Grant聽counseling聽each year funds are received.
- Sign a聽TEACH Grant Agreement to Serve聽(ATS) each year funds are received and respond to requests by the U.S. Department of Education confirming your continuing intention to meet the teaching obligation.
More Information
Students wishing to pursue a TEACH Grant-eligible聽program of study聽or wanting to be considered for a TEACH Grant should begin the process by聽contacting their college representative聽as listed for initial counseling and an overview of the program requirements.