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114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3684 

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide that an individual 

may remain eligible to participate in the teacher loan forgiveness program 

under title IV of such Act if the individual’s period of consecutive 

years of employment as a full-time teacher is interrupted because the 

individual is the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces who is 

relocated during the school year pursuant to military orders for a permanent change of duty station, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 6, 2015 

Mr. CHABOT (for himself, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. RUSSELL, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, and Ms. SEWELL of Alabama) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce 

A BILL 

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide 

that an individual may remain eligible to participate in 

the teacher loan forgiveness program under title IV of 

such Act if the individual’s period of consecutive years 

of employment as a full-time teacher is interrupted because the individual is the spouse of a member of the 

Armed Forces who is relocated during the school year 

pursuant to military orders for a permanent change of 

duty station, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Preserving Teacher 

3 Loan Forgiveness for Military Spouses Act of 2015’’. 

4 SEC. 2. CONTINUING ELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN STU5 DENT LOAN CANCELLATION PROGRAM FOR 

6 TEACHERS WHOSE PERIOD OF CONSECUTIVE 

7 EMPLOYMENT IS INTERRUPTED BECAUSE OF 

8 MILITARY ORDERS REQUIRING SPOUSE TO 

9 RELOCATE TO NEW RESIDENCE. 

10 (a) CONTINUING ELIGIBILITY.—Section 460(g) of 

11 the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

12 1087j(g)(4)) is amended by adding at the end the fol13 lowing new paragraph: 

14 ‘‘(4) CONTINUING ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN

15 MILITARY SPOUSES.— 

16 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding para17 graph (1) of subsection (b), an individual who 

18 is employed as a full-time teacher for 5 com19 plete years which are not consecutive years may 

20 be eligible for loan cancellation pursuant to 

21 such subsection if the individual was a qualified 

22 military spouse with respect to any year during 

23 which the individual was not employed as a full24 time teacher. 

25 ‘‘(B) QUALIFIED MILITARY SPOUSE DE26 FINED.—In this paragraph, the term ‘qualified 


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1 military spouse’ means, with respect to a year, 

2 an individual who— 

3 ‘‘(i) during the previous year, served 

4 as a teacher in a school or location meeting 

5 the requirements of subparagraph (A) of 

6 subsection (b)(1) and met the require7 ments of subparagraph (B) of subsection 

8 (b)(1); 

9 ‘‘(ii) is the spouse of a member of the 

10 Armed Forces who is relocated during the 

11 year pursuant to military orders for a per12 manent change of duty station; 

13 ‘‘(iii) did not serve as a teacher in a 

14 school or location meeting the require15 ments of subparagraph (A) of subsection 

16 (b)(1) during the year or any portion of 

17 the year because the individual accom18 panied the spouse to a new residence as a 

19 result of such military orders; and 

20 ‘‘(iv) during the following year, re21 sumed service as a teacher in a school or 

22 location meeting the requirements of sub23 paragraph (A) of subsection (b)(1) and 

24 met the requirements of subparagraph (B) 

25 of subsection (b)(1). 


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1 ‘‘(C) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—Not later 

2 than 90 days after the end of the second aca3 demic year during which this paragraph is in 

4 effect, and every 2 years thereafter, the Sec5 retary shall submit to Congress a report de6 scribing the number of individuals who, as a re7 sult of this paragraph, remained eligible for 

8 loan cancellation pursuant to subsection (b) 

9 during the 2 most recent academic years.’’. 

10 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

11 subsection (a) shall apply with respect to individuals who 

12 first become employed as full-time teachers on or after the 

13 date of the enactment of this Act. 

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