STEM NYS Teacher Salary Reimbursement Program
All non-public schools in New York State can apply for partial reimbursement for STEM teacher salaries!
About the Program
This first-in-the-nation program, which reimburses nonpublic schools for the salaries of qualified grades 3–12 STEM teachers, helps us achieve our goal of making schools more affordable and even better.
Teach NYS led an advocacy campaign involving thousands of parents and students, and worked alongside bipartisan policymakers in Albany, to pass the original STEM bill in 2017. Since then, Teach NYS has successfully advocated for additional funding for this program, bringing total funding up to $412 million for the first nine years of the program.
Program Facts
- This NYSED program reimburses nonpublic schools for a portion of the salaries of STEM subject teachers.
- Teach will always continue to successfully maintain and/or increase total funding each year. We successfully increased from $5 million in Year 1 to $85.5 million for Year 9 alone.
- Teachers must be eligible and teach any grade 3-12.
- Nearly any eligible STEM subject is eligible, such as Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math classes.
Teach NYS’s Role
- Championed the program since Day 1.
- Helped over 165 schools with on about 876 applications in round 8 alone.
- Assisted with about 1/3 of all applications ever submitted.
- Hosts webinars, weekly open hours, and walks schools through the application process.
- Reviews and compiles applications for member schools
- Offers exclusive, highly-discounted graduate degree partnerships for member schools’ teachers to become eligibility for reimbursement.
- Creates and offers resources, such as guides, checklists, master schedules, boot camps, and more.
- Helps schools identify and recruit more eligible teachers.
- Liaise with NYSED on behalf of schools.
Total STEM Funding Figures
Year 1: 2017-18
$5 million
Awarded
Year 2: 2018-19
$15 million
Awarded
Year 3: 2019-20
$30 million
Awarded
Year 4: 2020-21
$30 million
Awarded
Year 5: 2021-22
$40 million
Awarded
Year 6: 2022-23
$58 million
Awarded
Year 7: 2023-24
$73 million
Closed
Year 8: 2024-25
$75.5 million
Closed
Year 9: 2025-26
$85.5 million
Not Open
Teacher Eligibility
For a teacher to qualify for a reimbursement, the teacher must:
- Not teach any religious subjects at the school and:
- Meet one of the following criteria:
- Be certified to teach [any subject or age] in New York State
- Hold a Master’s degree or Ph.D. in any STEM subject or Education
- Hold a Bachelor’s degree in any STEM subject or Education and is currently enrolled in a Master’s or Ph.D. program in a STEM subject or Education.
