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State Board’s Scholarships and Grants program outlines rural educator incentive spending and requests IT support position
Summary
The Office of the State Board of Education presented scholarship and grant spending, including Opportunity Scholarship growth and rural/underserved educator incentive cohorts; the board requested a software engineer position to maintain student-facing systems and requested performance data on retention and recruitment outcomes.
Kevin Campbell, budget and policy analyst, and Josh Whitworth, executive director of the State Board of Education, briefed the committee on Scholarships and Grants, a special program that administers several scholarship programs and incentive funds.
Scholarships and Grants administers five programs including the Rural and Underserved Educator Incentive Program (sometimes referenced as the Bridal and Underserved Educator Incentive Program), the Opportunity Scholarship, the Armed Forces and Public Safety Officer Scholarship, GEAR UP federal scholarships and the Idaho Work Study Program. The program is housed…
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