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07/14/2003 Archived Entry: "U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES"

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

The U.S.House of Representatives passed legislation this week that will help Kansas schools recruit math, science, and special education teachers - three areas with significant teacher shortages.

The legislation allows the forgiveness of a larger amount of student loans for eligible instructors who teach math and science for secondary schools or special education for elementary and secondary schools. The amount of forgiveness will be raised from the current $5,000 to $17,500. To be eligible, the instructors must agree to teach for five years in schools with high enrollments of low-income families.

This legislation will help improve the ability for Kansas schools to recruit and retain high-quality teachers.

I wonder if the potential science teachers have learned we're heading back to the Dark Ages again with the argument in the State Board of Education over evolution. The board is split evenly on this issue so I'm sure they will waste hours of valuable time discussing this and making Kansas the subject of ridicule worldwide...AGAIN.