The TEACH Grant Program provides grants of up to $4,000 per year to undergraduate and graduate students who are completing, or who intend to complete, coursework necessary to begin a career in teaching. In exchange for receiving a TEACH Grant, a grant recipient must agree to complete four years of qualifying teaching service within eight years after ceasing enrollment at the institution where they received their TEACH Grants and must regularly provide documentation of their progress toward satisfying the service obligation. If a grant recipient fails to complete the service obligation or does not meet requirements for documenting the service obligation, the TEACH Grants that the individual received are converted to Direct Unsubsidized Loans that must be repaid, with interest charged from the date of each TEACH Grant disbursement. In accordance with 34 CFR 686.12, an eligible student must sign a TEACH Grant Agreement to Serve or Repay (Agreement) prior to receiving a TEACH Grant for each award year. By signing the Agreement, a TEACH Grant recipient agrees to meet the terms and conditions of the service obligation and promises to repay all TEACH Grants received as Direct Unsubsidized Loans if the recipient fails to complete the service obligation.
The U.S. Department of Education (the Department) is requesting an extension without change of the TEACH Grant Agreement currently approved under OMB No. 1845-0083.
Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before December 7, 2026.
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