53A-6-701 - Scholarships for teachers to obtain endorsements or master's degrees -- Conditions.
53A-6-701. Scholarships for teachers to obtain endorsements or master's degrees --Conditions.
(1) The State Board of Education may award scholarships to teachers in necessarilyexistent small schools or small school districts to pay for education expenses related to obtaining:
(a) an endorsement; or
(b) a master's degree.
(2) The maximum amount of a scholarship shall be $3,000.
(3) (a) As a condition of each scholarship, the scholarship recipient upon obtaining anendorsement or master's degree shall be obligated to teach for two years in a necessarily existentsmall school or small school district, as provided in Subsection (3)(b) or (c).
(b) A scholarship recipient upon obtaining an endorsement shall be obligated to teach fortwo years the subject for which the endorsement was obtained.
(c) A scholarship recipient upon obtaining a master's degree shall be obligated to teach fortwo years the subject for which the master's degree was obtained.
Enacted by Chapter 253, 2002 General Session