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Liu, Edward C.; Stiff, Sean M. – Congressional Research Service, 2023
In August 2022, the U.S Department of Education (ED) announced it would invoke the Higher Education Relief Opportunities for Students Act of 2003 (HEROES Act) to cancel up to $20,000 of federal student loan debts for borrowers who fell below certain income thresholds. The HEROES Act authorizes the Secretary to "waive or modify" statutory…
Descriptors: Student Loan Programs, Loan Repayment, Federal Legislation, Debt (Financial)
Grover, Lisa S.; Quisenberry, Brooke – National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, 2022
Finding funds to build and renovate facilities is a major hurdle for public charter schools because most state laws do not provide charter schools with the full amount of state and local funding that other public schools receive. Although an increasing number of states are passing laws to address charter school facility funding gaps, inequities…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Educational Finance, State Legislation, Educational Facilities
Rafa, Alyssa; Roberts, Maxine – Education Commission of the States, 2020
Hiring and retaining teachers of color is one approach that policymakers can use to support improved academic achievement and opportunities for racially and ethnically diverse students. National data show that while the student population is becoming more diverse, the teacher workforce remains largely white and female. While teachers from all…
Descriptors: Diversity (Faculty), Minority Group Teachers, Teacher Selection, Racial Factors
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Podolsky, Anne; Kini, Tara – Learning Policy Institute, 2016
Recruiting and retaining talented individuals into the teaching workforce, especially in schools in underserved urban and rural communities, is challenging when college graduates face more lucrative professional alternatives and often carry significant student debt. Two promising approaches to attracting and keeping teachers in the profession are…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Loan Repayment, Scholarships, Teacher Recruitment
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Maranto, Robert; Shuls, James V. – Rural Educator, 2012
Rural schools, particularly high poverty rural schools, often have difficulty hiring and retaining qualified teachers. Here, we discuss three programs the Arkansas Department of Education has used to attract teachers to teacher Geographic Shortage Districts (GSDs) through material incentives. Unfortunately, none of the programs have had much…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Teacher Recruitment, Rural Schools, Teacher Persistence
Loyd, Britt – 1986
This report presents study results concerning student financial aid and the payback periods for state grants, federal grants, and federal loans to the State of Arkansas and to the Federal Government. The study reveals that student aid for postsecondary education in Arkansas has significant, positive effects on the state's tax revenue and on the…
Descriptors: College Outcomes Assessment, Cost Effectiveness, Income, Loan Repayment