Underwood Smith Teacher Loan Assistance Program

The Underwood-Smith Teacher Loan Assistance program has been created to help teachers who are teaching high need subject areas or in geographic areas of high need pay back their federal student loans. Priority is given to first-time teachers. If a teacher is teaching full-time in either a high need field or in a geographic area that has a critical need then the teacher can qualify for $2,000 toward repaying their student loans in return for teaching two (2) years at a West Virginia public school and can receive up to $15,000 total toward their student loans. This is an effort to help West Virginia public schools recruit and retain teachers.

Applications and additional information can be found here.

Please direct any questions to the State's financial aid office at 304.558.4618.