In an effort to address the shortage of nurses and the lack of instructors to staff courses teaching nursing in Illinois, the Nurse Educator Loan Repayment Program encourages longevity and career change opportunities. The program is intended to pay eligible loans to add an incentive to nurse educators in maintaining their teaching careers within the State of Illinois. The annual awards to qualified nurse educators may be up to $5,000 to repay their student loan debt, and may be received for up to a maximum of four years.

• Be a U.S. citizen or an eligible non-citizen
• Be an Illinois resident
• Have an outstanding balance due on an eligible educational
• Be a nurse educator who meets licensing requirements of the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
• Have worked as a nurse educator instructing practical or professional nurses in an approved Illinois institutionfor at least the past 12 consecutive months prior to the date of each application for this program
• Not be in defaulton any federal guaranteed educational loan, nor owe a refund on any scholarship or grant program administered by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC).

For more information, please visit the link below:

http://isac.org/students/after-college/forgiveness-programs/nurse-educator-loan-repayment-program.html