Update
Strengthening the Educator Pipeline Through Service Scholarships: California’s Golden State Teacher Grant Program
Report originally published November 20, 2025
After initial publication, the following changes were made to the report. These updates were published December 2, 2025. Changes to numbers reflect a change in how “age” was calculated for Golden State Teacher Grant recipients.
- Changes to Key Findings (p. v in the report):
- The sentence “over half of GSTG recipients were over age 30” was changed to “over 40% of GSTG recipients were over age 30.”
- The sentence “over half of GSTG recipients were over age 30” was changed to “over 40% of GSTG recipients were over age 30.”
- Changes to Table 3. Characteristics of GSTG Recipients, 2020-21 to 2024-25 (p. 8 in the report):
- Data on the age of GSTG teacher candidate recipients were updated as follows:
- 25 and under: from “17.3%” to “33.6%”
- 26-30: from “31.2%” to “25.4%”
- 31-35: from “19.0%” to “14.9%”
- 36-45: from “20.2%” to “17.1%”
- 46-55: from “9.0%” to “7.4%”
- Over 55: from “3.4%” to “1.7%”
- Data on the age of GSTG teacher candidate recipients were updated as follows:
- Changes to Who Does the Golden State Teacher Grant Support? (p. 9 in the report):
- The sentence “just over half of GSTG teacher candidate recipients are over age 30” was changed to “just over 40% of GSTG teacher candidate recipients are over age 30.”
- The sentence “just over half of GSTG teacher candidate recipients are over age 30” was changed to “just over 40% of GSTG teacher candidate recipients are over age 30.”
- Changes to Key Takeaways and Policy Recommendations (p. 30 in the report):
- The sentence “More than half of GSTG recipients were over age 30” was changed to “More than 40% of GSTG recipients were over age 30.”
- The sentence “More than half of GSTG recipients were over age 30” was changed to “More than 40% of GSTG recipients were over age 30.”
- Changes to Appendix A: Data and Methods - Table A2. Basic Descriptives of Golden State Teacher Grant Recipients in the Administrative and Survey Data (p. 36 in the report):
- Data on the age of GSTG teacher candidate recipients in the administrative data were updated as follows:
- 25 and under: from “17.3%” to “33.6%”
- 26-30: from “31.2%” to “25.4%”
- 31-35: from “19.0%” to “14.9%”
- 36-45: from “20.2%” to “17.1%”
- 46-55: from “9.0%” to “7.4%”
- Over 55: from “3.4%” to “1.7%”
- Data on the age of GSTG teacher candidate recipients in the survey data were updated as follows:
- 25 and under: from “14.6%” to “30.2%”
- 26-30: from “26.8%” to “22.3%”
- 31-35: from “18.5%” to “14.2%”
- 36-45: from “23.3%” to “21.0%”
- 46-55: from “11.9%” to “9.9%”
- Over 55: from “5.1%” to “2.3%”
- Data on the age of GSTG Pupil Personnel Services candidate recipients in the administrative data were updated as follows:
- 25 and under: from “15.2” to “34.9%”
- 26-30: from “40.0%” to “31.2%”
- 31-35: from “21.0%” to “15.6%”
- 36-45: from “17.4%” to “14.0%”
- 46-55: from “5.5%” to “3.9%”
- Over 55: from “0.9%” to “0.4%”
- Data on the age of GSTG Pupil Personnel Services candidate recipients in the survey data were updated as follows:
- 25 and under: from “14.1%” to “33.1%”
- 26-30: from “39.0%” to “30.6%”
- 31-35: from “20.3%” to “15.7%”
- 36-45: from “18.6%” to “14.7%”
- 46-55: from “6.9%” to “5.4%”
- Over 55: from “1.2%” to “0.5%”
- Data on the age of GSTG teacher candidate recipients in the administrative data were updated as follows:
- Changes to Appendix A: Data and Methods – Analyses (p. 38 in the report):
- The sentence “Age of recipient was calculated by subtracting their birth year from the current year (2025)” was changed to “Age of recipient was calculated by subtracting their birth year from the year of grant application.”