A Barr Reeve grad who is working on becoming a teacher is one of 200 recipients in Indiana of the Next Generation Hoosier Educator’s Scholarship from the Indiana Commission for Higher Education. 367 students applied for it in 82 of Indiana’s 92 counties. Grant Harrison is working on a teaching degree from IU. The recipients were chosen through a competitive process based on academic achievement and other factors, recipients will receive $7,500 annually (up to $30,000 total) for committing to teach in Indiana for at least five years after graduating college. To qualify for the scholarship, students had to either graduate in the highest 20 percent of their high school class or earn a score in the top 20th percentile on the SAT or ACT.To continue earning the scholarship in college, students must earn a 3.0 cumulative GPA and complete at least 30 credit hours per year. Students who received the scholarship for the 2020-21 academic year are listed by county here.
