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2003-2004 Teacher Shortage Areas Designated
The
United States Department of Education has designated the following areas in
South Dakota as “teacher shortage areas” for the 2003-2004 school year:
Shannon
County
Todd
County
Corson
County
Bennett
County
Jackson
County
Mellette
County
Crow Creek Indian Reservation
Lower Brule Indian Reservation
Cheyenne River
Indian Reservation
The
designation covers all subjects taught at the elementary and secondary level
in schools located in the designated areas.
This
federal designation of “teacher shortage area” enables teacher/borrowers who
had no outstanding Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) program loan on July
1, 1987, but who had an outstanding FFEL program loan on July 1, 1993, to
qualify for deferment of loan replacement under the Federal Stafford and
Federal Supplemental Loans for Students (SLS) programs anytime within the life
of the borrower’s loan(s).
The
principals at the schools are the delegated authority to provide certification
that the borrowers or scholars are teaching in the teacher shortage area.
For
information concerning deferment under the Federal Stafford Loan or SLS
programs, the borrower should contact the lender that currently holds his or
her loan or the Federal Student Aid Hotline at 1-800-4FED-AID.
In
addition, this designation allows Paul Douglas scholars who are teaching in
the designated area to qualify for the reduction of teaching obligations under
the Paul Douglas Teacher Scholarship Program.
Details
concerning the reduction of a teacher's obligation under the Paul Douglas
Teacher Scholarship Program can be obtained from Roxie Thielen, Department of
Education, 700 Governors Drive, Pierre, SD 57501-2291,
roxie.thielen@state.sd.us, or telephone 773-5669. |
