Scholarship and Loan Forgiveness Programs

The Scholarship Program offers selected individuals an opportunity to pursue a master's or bachelor's degree in specified bilingual and monolingual areas of education and pupil personnel services.  A full scholarship is offered in exchange for a service commitment.

The Loan Forgiveness Program offers prospective employees who have obtained New York State Certification as teachers and clinicians in specified shortage areas the repayment of student loans.

Currently, scholarships and loan forgiveness are available for the following critical teaching shortage areas:

• Bilingual Special Education
• Monolingual and Bilingual Visually Impaired

In addition, scholarships and loan forgiveness are available in the following speech and clinical school positions:

• Monolingual and Bilingual Speech and Hearing Handicapped
• Bilingual School Counseling
• Bilingual School Psychology
• Bilingual School Social Work

For more information regarding these Scholarship programs, please click here.

For more information regarding Loan Forgiveness, please click here.