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RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS from the U.S. Department of Education (ED) include: * Teacher Loan Forgiveness -- The Taxpayer-Teacher Protection Act (P.L. 108-409) * IDEA Public Meetings Information about ED funding opportunities, including discretionary grant application packages, are at: http://www.ed.gov/fund/landing.jhtml ******************************************************************* Teacher Loan Forgiveness -- The Taxpayer-Teacher Protection Act (P.L. 108-409) ******************************************************************* Teachers who teach math, science, or special education & who have taught for five years in a Title I school may be eligible for new loan forgiveness limits. The Taxpayer-Teacher Protection Act (P.L. 108-409) authorizes up to $17,500 in loan forgiveness to eligible highly qualified math, science & special education teachers. This increase of $12,500 above the previous loan limits is meant to ease the shortage of teachers in key subject areas. For more information, please see: http://www.ed.gov/teachers/how/tools/initiative/updates/2005/0124.html http://www.ifap.ed.gov/dpcletters/GEN0414.html. ******************************************************************* Sybil Finemel Library Director MLIS.CIO. Los Angeles CA Contributor, lii.org, Librarians' Index to the Internet http://lii.org/ Virtual Reference Desk Volunteer 24/7 Reference Librarian. sfinemel@comcast.net "Manners are of more importance than laws. Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine us, by a constant, steady, uniform, insensible operation, like that of the air we breathe in." Edmund Burke (1729-1797) -------------------------------------------------------------------- All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. LM_NET Help & Information: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/ EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://elann.biglist.com/el-announce/ LM_NET Supporters: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/ven.html --------------------------------------------------------------------