Teacher Recruitment and Retention Act
Pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-8,112, the purpose of the Teacher Recruitment and Retention Act is “to provide financial incentives to recruit and retain teachers in Nebraska classrooms.”
This grant program provides $2,500 retention grants to teachers in their 2nd, 4th, and 6th year of teaching. This is for total years of teaching experience. It also provides a one-time $5,000 high-need recruitment grant to teachers who obtain an endorsement in special education, mathematics, science, technology, or dual credit.
The 2024-2025 school year application is now closed. Announcements about the grant are anticipated to go out to all who applied by the middle of February.
If you have any questions, please email: nde.trra@nebraska.gov
Teacher Recruitment and Retention Act
- 2024-25 school year application is now closed.
The table below illustrates the number of applications received for the Teacher Recruitment and Retention Act Program. This program is currently wrapping up, and all applications have been reviewed. All payments are being processed. It is anticipated that all payments will be processed by the end of the year.
| Total applications received | Total number of awards being distributed | Total amount to be distributed |
| 4561 | 2000 | $5,000,000 |