"Award" means a loan under the Delaware Teacher Corps Program, the repayment of which is forgiven when the borrower is employed in the teaching profession for the specified period of time.
"Delaware Higher Education Office (DHEO)" is the Department of Education's office which administers specific programs related to higher education, including, but not limited to, scholarship and loan programs.
"Full-Time Student" means a student enrolled in a minimum of college credit hours as required by the student's college or university for full-time status. Generally, for an undergraduate program this is a minimum of 12 credit hours per term or for a graduate program a minimum of 9 credit hours.
"High Priority Program" means classifications with the highest shortage of teachers and persistent need for teachers available for employment. These classifications of a subset of the identified Critical Need Areas. They will be posted annually on the Delaware Higher Education Office (DHEO) website and are based on federal and state reporting.
"Qualifying Employment" means employment as a teacher in a Delaware public school, whether as an employee of the State, the Department of Education, a school district or an individual school, as an educator in the Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families or as an employee of a private organization providing educational services to Delaware school children under a contract with the State, the Department of Education, a school district or an individual school.
"Resident of the State" means the student meets the definition of residency as defined in 14 Del.C. ยง3402(f).
"Semester" means a half-year term in a school or college, typically lasting fifteen to eighteen weeks.
"Student Account Access Site" means the webpage on the DHEO's website where students can access scholarship opportunities.
"Tuition" means the cost of attendance excluding room, board, mandatory fees, books and supplies.
"Undergraduate" means a student at a college or university who has not yet earned a bachelor's or equivalent degree; typically the first four years of college attendance.
3.0 Application Acceptance and Submission Period
3.2.2 Applicants are required to submit:
3.2.2.1 A completed application form, including activities; and
3.2.2.2 An unofficial transcript.
3.3 Incomplete applications shall not be accepted or processed.
4.1.1 Be a Resident of the State; and
4.1.2 Be a Full-Time Student; and
4.1.3 Be enrolled at a Delaware college or university; and
5.3 An Award is to be used for, and not in excess of, Tuition.
6.3 All payments will be disbursed directly to the eligible student's college or university only.
7.2 For each year of Qualifying Employment, one year of the Award payment will be forgiven.