Defunding student loan repayment program another hit to teachers amid state’s staffing shortage

Defunding student loan repayment program another hit to teachers amid state’s staffing shortage

The email this summer came as a shock to Alanna Lawrence.

Defunding of student loan repayment program another hit to teachers amid state’s staffing shortage - Open Campus

The email this summer came as a shock to Alanna Lawrence.  For the past two years, Lawrence and her husband, Jeremy, had received $9,000 each toward their student loans, thanks to a state-funded program that helps teachers pay off their debt. They teach in the Vicksburg-Warren School District, which the State Board of Education has designated an area critically short of teachers.  They were expecting $6,000 more each this year. But, they learned…