<p>bsally619,</p>
<p>I don't believe the govt pays off every teacher's student loans. My fiance is teaching her first year at a California elementary school in a lower economic area that is considered an "underachieving" school. She is on that same five year loan pay down system (which won't cover all of her loans by the way, but a substantial amount). The program is designed to make jobs at such schools more attractive to teachers who would normally take one look at such a school and run the other way. </p>
<p>Based on the fact that it is a system that only pertains to "underachieving" schools, she told me that if she were to teach at a school in our area of Valencia, where the schools are anything but failing, the govt would not help with her loans at all.</p>
<p>So it sounds like something you might want to research a bit more. Specifically look into which schools you would need to work at to qualify for the loan pay back, and also how much per year they will pay up to 5 years. I know they don't just say "Oh, you're debt is $32k? You're good to go!"...it's more something along the lines of 1k for the first year, 2k the second, 3k the third, 4k for the fourth, and 5k for the fifth year. </p>
<p>But again, really look into it so you know exactly what is available to you.</p>
<p>Good luck. :)</p>