Idaho Rural & Underserved Educator Incentive Program — 2026 Cohort 5

FundingUp to $12,000 over four years ($1,500 year 1; $2,500 year 2; $3,500 year 3; $4,500 year 4), subject to annual appropriation and continued eligibility.

DeadlineSeptember 30, 2026; the official Idaho State Board of Education page does not publish a closing time or time zone.

Last verifiedSeptember 23, 2026

Required next actionKeep the opportunity published through September 30, 2026 and monitor the official Idaho State Board of Education page for amendments or a successor cohort. Do not create ordinary organization cold outreach from this record because the applicant is the individual educator, not the school district or charter school. Do not infer personal email addresses. N9+ and QC Healthcare outreach are not warranted.

Broad Eligibility

Individual Idaho educators who are full-time (1.0 FTE) Instructional and/or Pupil Service Staff, hold a renewable five-year standard certificate, work in an eligible rural district/charter or Title I-A school, and have at least $1,000 in qualifying federal education loan balance or eligible educational expenses. Administrators, part-time staff, and classified staff are ineligible.

Atlas Analysis

Atlas Opportunity Score 55/100. N9+ Fit 0/100; QC Healthcare Fit 0/100; Dr. Miltie Direct Vendor Fit 0/100. This is an individual educator loan-repayment and eligible-expense reimbursement program, not an organizational healthcare-technology procurement pathway. Funding priority is federal education loans first, then eligible coursework/certifications/professional development, then other eligible educational expenses. The issuer requires EDUID, LEA number and superintendent name, plus loan-debt evidence or an eligible-expense verification spreadsheet with receipts/invoices as applicable. Applications are submitted through the issuer's Reviewr portal.

The Idaho State Board of Education is accepting applications for the Rural & Underserved Educator Incentive Program (RUEIP), 2026 Cohort 5 from July 1 through September 30, 2026. The official page does not publish a specific closing time.

Eligible applicants are individual Idaho educators who are full-time (1.0 FTE) Instructional and/or Pupil Service Staff, hold a renewable five-year standard certificate, work in an eligible rural district/charter or Title I-A school, and have at least $1,000 in qualifying federal education loan balance or eligible educational expenses. Administrators, part-time staff, and classified staff are ineligible.

Funding: the scheduled incentive is $1,500 in year 1, $2,500 in year 2, $3,500 in year 3, and $4,500 in year 4, for a maximum scheduled total of $12,000, subject to annual legislative appropriation and continued eligibility. Funding priority is federal education loans first, then eligible coursework/certifications/professional development, then other eligible educational expenses.

Atlas assessment: Atlas Opportunity Score 55/100. N9+ Fit Score 0/100 and Dr. Miltie Direct Vendor Fit 0/100. This is an individual educator loan-repayment and expense-reimbursement incentive, not an organizational healthcare technology procurement pathway, so Atlas does not recommend Dr. Miltie/N9+ outreach.

Source verificationOfficial government source · boardofed.idaho.govAtlas last verified this record September 23, 2026. Always use the funder's current application materials, amendments and portal instructions as the controlling source.View source and application materials ↗