CANYON, Texas (KFDA) - West Texas A&M University will offer a 50 percent discount on tuition and feed for educators at school districts within the Region 16 Education Service Center.

The University’s new WT Educators Excellence Initiative will allow any full-time teacher, administrator, librarian, nurse, counselor or paraprofessional at Region 16’s 60 school districts and three charter schools, as well as Region 16 ESC employees, to pursue a degree at WT for half the cost.

The offer is extended to nearly 9,000 people throughout the Panhandle.

“WT has been and remains committed to serving locally first, and we know that our region’s schools continue to face a shortage of qualified teachers,” said WT President Walter V. Wendler. “We are committed to do our part to help ensure high-quality

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