Tracy Family Foundation supporting rural teacher program
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The Mount Sterling-based Tracy Family Foundation has provided a $60,000 gift to support a program designed to attract quality teachers to the region.
The foundation in 2018 donated $76,000 to the Great River Teacher Corps at Western Illinois University. The money is used to provide scholarships for education students who will work in west-central Illinois schools after graduation.
Students chosen for the program receive $8,000 to $14,000 in scholarship assistance. In return, they agree to teach in a small or rural school in one of 22 counties for at least three years.
The first teachers to take part in the program graduated in May.