Teachers of Tomorrow / TOTSMBE 2026-2030

The Request for Procurement (RFP) is posted at: https://www.nysed.gov/funding-opportunities/procurement-254-teachers-tomorrow-totsmbe-2026-2030 The purpose of the Teachers of Tomorrow Program is to provide a variety of incentives that will encourage prospective teachers to teach in a school district experiencing a teacher shortage or subject shortage, especially in districts with low-performing schools. The statewide shortage subject areas for 2025-26 are: Career and Technical Education (7-12), Language Arts, (7-12), Library/Media Specialist (Pre-K-12), Mathematics (7-12), and Sciences (7-12), Special Education (7-12). The statewide shortage subject areas are updated each year and can be found on the U.S. Department of Education website(link is external). For the purposes of this Request for Proposal, early learning or early childhood education is a priority per the Deputy Commissioner of P-12. There are two grant programs for this funding opportunity. Program One (1): The Teachers of Tomorrow - these grant funds are distributed on a competitive basis to eligible districts to fund activities in each of the following categories: Teacher Recruitment Incentives Summer in the City Internships for City School Districts in Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, and Yonkers and NYC Department of Education Master Teacher Program Tuition Reimbursement Program Summer Teacher Training Program for NYC Department of Education schools ONLY Transitional Certification Program for NYC Department of Education Schools ONLY Program Two (2): The Teachers of Tomorrow Science, Mathematics, Bilingual Education and English as New Language Tuition Reimbursement Program funds are allocated to eligible districts to attract qualified teachers who have received or will receive a transitional teaching certificate, to teach in a low-performing school that is experiencing a shortage of teachers in science, mathematics, bilingual education, and/or English as a new language. Districts may fund activities in each of the following three categories: Tuition Reimbursement for Professional Certification in Science, Mathematics, and English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Tuition Reimbursement for Initial Certification in Science, Mathematics, and ESOL Tuition Reimbursement for the Bilingual Education Extension Eligible Applicants Eligible applicants are school districts experiencing a teacher shortage and school districts with a school building that has been designated as a low-performing school. In allocating grants to school buildings, a school district shall give priority in the following order: Schools designated as under Receivership Low-performing schools (Comprehensive Support and Improvement (CSI), Additional Targeted Support and Improvement (ATSI), or Targeted Support and Improvement (TSI) Schools that are designated as teacher and/or subject shortage areas, Schools that are designated as teacher- and/or subject-shortage areas. Amount of Funding $100,000,000.00 for the four-year cycle. The previous cycle funding for these grants was approximately $25 million annually. For this grant cycle, NYSED projects that $20,000,000 will be allocated annually for Program One (Teachers of Tomorrow) and $5,000,000 will be allocated for Program Two (Teachers of Tomorrow Science, Mathematics, Bilingual Education and English as New Language Tuition Reimbursement Program) for a total of $25,000,000. Funding beyond Year One will be contingent upon the State Legislature appropriating funds. In the event that the budget for this program is reduced, all grant awards will be reduced proportionately. For example, if NYSED awards a grant of $100,000 and funding is cut by 10%, NYSED will reduce that award by 10% or $10,000, for a revised amount of $90,000. Business enterprises awarded an identical or substantially similar procurement contract within the past five years: None