Student Loan Forgiveness Program Started

The North Dakota University System recently announced the Teacher Shortage Loan Forgiveness Program.  The program will reduce student loan indebtedness by $1,000 per year up to a maximum of three years for those who teach at a grade level or in a content area identified as a teacher shortage area by the superintendent of public instruction.

The defined shortage areas for academic year 2007-08 are:  agriculture education, art, business and office technology/business education, career clusters, diversified occupations, driver and traffic safety education, English as a second language, English language arts/English as a second language, family and consumer sciences, health careers, information technology, languages/Native American languages, marketing education, mathematics, music, science, social studies, special education programming, technology education---industrial arts, and trade and industrial education.

Additional information and loan applications are available at www.ndus.nodak.edu, and clicking on Student and Parent Information, and Financial Aid.  An application also may be obtained by calling 701-328-2960 or by writing the North Dakota University System at 600 E. Boulevard Avenue, Dept. 215, Bismarck, ND 58505-0230.