As used in the Teacher Loan Repayment Act:A. 'department' means the higher education department;B. 'designated high-need teacher positions' means teacher positions in specific public schools that are: (1) for teachers who are endorsed and teach bilingual education;(2) for teachers who are endorsed and teach early childhood education or special education;(3) for teachers who are endorsed and teach science, technology, engineering, mathematics or career technical education courses; or(4) for teachers who are minorities; and (5) in a public school that is low-performing or serves a high percentage of economically disadvantaged students; andC. 'loan' means a grant of money to defray the costs incidental to a teacher education, under a contract between the federal government and a teacher, requiring repayment of principal and interest. History: Laws 2013, ch. 177, § 3; 2019, ch. 193, § 2. ANNOTATIONSThe 2019 amendment, effective June 14, 2019, defined 'designated high-need teacher' as used in the Teacher Loan Repayment Act; and in Subsection B, after 'designated', deleted 'high-risk' and added 'high-need', after 'that', added 'are', and deleted former Paragraphs B(1) and B(2) and added in the Teacher Loan Repayment Act; and in Subsection B, after 'designated', deleted 'high-risk' and added 'high-need', after 'that', added 'are', and deleted former Paragraphs B(1) and B(2) and added new Paragraphs B(1) through B(5).
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