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Teacher Cancellation Low Income

​​​​​​​​​​The ​Georgia Department of Education (GaDOE) does not administer any teacher loan forgiveness programs. However, GaDOE does report to the U.S. Department of Education a list of schools that are eligible for inclusion in the Teacher Cancellation Low Income (TCLI) directory. To learn more ab​out loan forgiveness options, contact your loan provider or review the information available on the U.S. Department of Education Federal Student Aid website.

​School TCLI eligibility details:

  • Eligible schools are those with a free or reduced lunch percentage higher than 30.4 percent. Title I status is not considered when determining a school's eligibility. Eligibility for an educational program within a system (district) is based on the district free or reduced lunch percentage.

  • Schools are added or removed from a year's eligibility list whenever the free or reduced lunch percentage crosses the 30.4 percent threshold. Adding or removing a school to the list does not impact the eligibility status from prior years.

  • Due to the lag in free or reduced lunch data each year, schools are qualified based on data from the prior school year. However, COVID-19 caused interruptions to reporting that affect recent reporting years.

    • For 2019-2020, eligibility is based on the free or reduced lunch percentages from 2018-2019.

    • For 2020-2021, eligibility is based on the free or reduced lunch percentages from 2019-2020 (data collection for 2019-2020 was unaffected by COVID-19).

    • For 2021-2022, eligibility is based on the free or reduced lunch percentages from 2019-2020 (the U.S. Department of Education approved applying two-year-old data due to free or reduced lunch data collection challenges caused by COVID-19).

    • For 2022-2023, eligibility is based on the free or reduced lunch percentages from 2022-2023 and will be uploaded to the TCLI system in late November 2022.

    • For 2023-2024 and future years, eligibility will be based on the free or reduced lunch percentages from the prior year.​

To request that a school be reviewed for inclusion in the TCLI directory, email nhandville@doe.k12.ga.us with the following information.

  • System (district) name

  • School name or program name

  • School year(s) requested

  • Percentage of students who were free or reduced lunch for each year requested​​​

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