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Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program - School Eligibility

Oregon Department of Education's Role

Oregon Department of Education’s role in the Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program is to add eligible schools by school year to the Teacher Cancellation Low Income (TCLI) Directory. Once a school is listed in the TCLI Directory, teachers in the school may contact their loan provider to understand the necessary steps to determine eligibility for Federal Program Loan Forgiveness.

This Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program PowerPoint presentation serves as a reference guide to assist in learning more about the process.

For Teachers and Others Looking into Loan Forgiveness and Cancellation

Contact the originator of your loan or the financial aid office from which you received your degree to obtain information specific to your loan, qualifications, and options. Information available in the Teacher Loan Forgiveness Informational Document is intended to assist educators seeking Loan Forgiveness Program resources.

Criteria to be listed on the TCLI Directory for the State of Oregon

  1. School must be registered as a school with Oregon Department of Education (having an Institution ID#). If you would like to apply for an ODE ID#, you may submit an Electronic Grants Management System (EGMS) Institution Request Form. Please direct any questions about this process to ODE.Institutions-Request@ODE.Oregon.gov.
  2. School must be a public or other nonprofit elementary or secondary school.

    Non-Public schools must be nonprofit and a copy of IRS approval for non-profit status must be included with the School Eligibility Application.

  3. School must be in a school district that qualifies for funds under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education (ESEA) Act of 1965, as amended.
  4. School must have 30.02+% of the school’s total enrollment made up of children who qualify for services provided under Title I (low income students). This percentage may be determined through the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) or the school may submit alternative poverty documentation such as Household Income Survey information (Visit the School Nutrition Programs - Special Provisions Webpage under Resources, expand CEP Resources, Calculators, and Template Letters to download the Oregon Family Income Survey form).

To Check if a School is Listed on the Teacher Cancellation Low Income (TCLI) Directory

  1. Go to the TCLI Directory on the Federal Student Aid website
  2. In the "Directory Search" section, click on "Search"
  3. State: Oregon
  4. Year: Select the School Year you are verifying (current school year is not updated until the end of the school year - June & posted by July)
  5. School or Education Service Agency Name: Enter the first word of the school's name (for "Forest Grove Elementary School", type in "forest")
  6. Location: Leave blank
  7. Click on "Search"

How Schools are added to the TCLI Directory

Oregon schools are added to the TCLI Directory either through the School Eligibility Application or through meeting the criteria through the data collections.

Schools added through the School Eligibility Application

If a school is not listed on the TCLI Directory and would like to be added, the school must submit a School Eligibility Application showing the school meets the necessary criteria to be listed on the TCLI Directory. Once the school has been verified to meet the necessary criteria it is added to the TCLI Directory. Eligible schools applying for the CURRENT school year will be added to the Directory at the end of the school year, once data has been submitted to the state. Therefore, the current list will be reflecting the previous school year's data.

Schools Added Through Data Collections

Schools added by ODE through data collections show that they meet the necessary criteria to be listed on the TCLI Directory through the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) data collection, Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) data collection or other required data collections depending on the school type. Schools verified as eligible through data collections are added to the TCLI Directory in May of each year.

Example of schools and ESDs added each year if they meet the necessary criteria:

Teachers Please Note

The Oregon Department of Education acts only as a liaison for the Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program in that we approve eligible schools to be added to the Teacher Cancellation Low Income (TCLI) Directory.

Once a school is listed in the TCLI Directory, teachers in the school may contact their loan provider to understand the necessary steps to determine eligibility for the Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program.

For teachers and others looking into loan forgiveness and cancellation, contact the originator of your loan or the financial aid office from which you received your degree to obtain information specific to your loan, qualifications, and options. Information available in the Teacher Loan Forgiveness Informational Document is intended to assist educators seeking Loan Forgiveness Program resources.

Links

For more information on this topic contact Jennifer Sappington.