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LIFTFunded by CollegeInvest and established by the Colorado Commission on Higher Education, Colorado’s LIFT program helps teachers in high-demand disciplines repay their student loans. Qualified teachers can get up to $2,000 a year toward loan repayment for up to four years.

Who Qualifies?

(For complete qualifications, see the 1st year application and instructions)

  • Graduates of Colorado colleges and universities
  • Colorado teachers who are working full time in mathematics, science, special education, linguistically diverse education
  • Colorado teachers who are teaching at least half time in a high-poverty rural elementary school where 28% or more of its students qualify for the National School Lunch program. (For a listing of qualifying rural elementary schools, click here.)  

Which loans qualify?

CollegeInvest Stafford loans and Stafford loans through a LIFT participating lender (US Bank, ASAP Union Bank & Trust and Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities Education Loan Program).

 

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