USA California State University Bakersfield Scholarship in Teaching Program 2010

The purpose of this Operations Memo is to provide an update on the status of the California Student Aid Commission’s (Commission) Assumption Program of Loans for Education (APLE). APLE is a state-funded, competitive teacher incentive program designed to encourage outstanding students to become teachers and serve in areas within California where there is an identified critical teacher shortage.

Student are advised that the Assumption Program of Loans for Education (APLE), a State program designed for students who are entering the teaching profession, enables students who are enrolled in a program leading to an initial teaching credential, to have educational loans assumed by the California Student Aid Commission.

The basic APLE program assumes up to $11,000 in educational loans in association with four consecutive years of fulltime teaching in a designated teacher shortage field or eligible California K-12 public school.
APLE participants who teach in mathematics, science, or special education in California public schools ranked in the lowest 60 percentile of API, may receive both the basic $11,000 and up to $1,000 of additional loan assumption during each of four years. Another $1,000 of benefits may be received in each of the four years by individuals teaching mathematics, science or special education in a school ranked in the lowest 20 percentile of the State’s API, resulting in a maximum of $19,000 in loan assumption benefits.

The APLE program will assume educational loans that were incurred to meet the costs associated with obtaining a baccalaureate degree or an initial teaching credential.

If you have received an educational loan, and plan to teach in a shortage field and/or in a school that qualifies as a result of serving high need populations, you are encouraged to apply. There are a substantial number of APLE allocations still available, and if you are eligible you will have an excellent chance of obtaining one.

Eligibility:
To be eligible to participate in the APLE program, an individual is required to teach in any one of the following:
* A designated subject, which includes mathematics, science, agriculture, foreign language, or education specialist instruction (formerly-special education)
* Designated schools serving populations of students from low-income families:
* Low-performing schools, defined as those in the bottom 50 percentile of the Academic Performance Index (API)
* Schools having a high percentage of teachers holding emergency permits,
* Schools serving rural areas
* State Special Schools

How to Apply: If you think you may be eligible for this program, and/or would like more information, you are encouraged to visit the CSU APLE Web site listed below, where you may print the application, and submit it to your campus APLE Coordinator immediately. Campus coordinators are listed on the CSU APLE Website (Step 4). The CSUB APLE Coordinator is Felicia Scoot, in the CSUB School of Education, at phone (661)654-6122 or (800)788-2782 ext. 6122.

Application Deadline: June 30, 2010

Contact Numbers: (661)654-6122 or (800)788-2782 Ext. 6122.