6/14/2023
Continue to check our LLRTA website for updated information.*

The LLRTA's Teacher Education Scholarship supports aspiring teachers in Sangamon and Menard counties. In 2022, the Executive Board initiated a new approach, which aimed to provide long-term funding of the scholarship program.

Long-Term Funding Initiative Levels

Sustaining Level: Contribution up to $150

Loyalty Level: Contributions from $150 -$250

Memorial Level : Contributions from $250-$500

Eligibility questions to be considered by the applicant and Scholarship Committee

1. Is the applicant in the last year of a college program?

2. Has the applicant been accepted into a Teacher Education program?

3. If the applicant is not participating in a Teacher Education program, then what is the rationale for selecting the applicant?
4. Is the applicant a resident of Sangamon or Menard County?

From 2023: Congratulations to Katie Milhiser, recipient of our 2023 $1,000 Teacher Education Scholarship! Katie attends Illinois College and plans to use the scholarship to pursue her goal of becoming a math teacher in middle or high school and eventually earn a Master's degree.

LLRTA Teacher Education applications are due May 15, 2024!

Note: Updates about the Scholarship Program will appear on this website.

The $1,000 LLRTA Teacher Education Scholarship is available to students who are permanent residents of Sangamon or Menard County, have a major in teacher education, and will enter their junior or senior year at the university/college in
the
fall semester of 2024.** Information about the scholarship is available at the following locations:

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Springfield,

Illinois State University,

Western Illinois University,

Eastern Illinois University,

Illinois College, and

Lincoln Land Community College.