Teacher Recruitment and Retention Act
Pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-8,112, the purpose of the Nebraska Teacher Recruitment and Retention Act is to provide financial incentives to recruit and retain teachers in Nebraska classrooms.
This program provides $2,500 retention grants to teachers in their 2nd, 4th, and 6th year of teaching. It also provides $5,000 high-need retention grants to teachers who obtain an endorsement in special education, mathematics, science, technology, or dual credit.
For the 2023-2024 school year, only retention grants will be awarded to teachers who are in their 2nd, 4th, and 6th year of teaching.
Beginning in the 2024-2025 school year, the high-need retention grants will be awarded.
The application closed June 13, 2024 at 11:59pm.
If you have any questions, please email: nde.trra@nebraska.gov
Teacher Recruitment and Retention Act 2023
- 2024-25 school year application will be available in November.
The table below illustrates the number of applications received for the Teacher Recruitment and Retention Act Program. This program is currently underway, and all applications are being reviewed and processed. This information will be updated once all payments have been made.
| Total applications received | Total number of awards to be distributed | Total amount to be distributed |
| 4561 | 2000 | $5,000,000 |