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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2674

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for student loan 

forgiveness to encourage individuals to become and remain librarians 

in low income areas. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 9, 2003

Mr. BECERRA 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 

for student loan forgiveness to encourage individuals to 

become and remain librarians in low income areas.

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Librarian Education 

5 and Development Act of 2003’’. 

6 SEC. 2. LOAN FORGIVENESS FOR LIBRARIANS. 

7 (a) FFEL LOANS.—

8 (1) AMENDMENT.—Section 428J(b) of the 

9 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C 1078–
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1 10(b)) is amended by striking paragraph (1) and in2 serting the following: 

3 ‘‘(1)(A) has been employed—

4 ‘‘(i) as a full-time teacher for 5 consecutive 

5 complete school years in a school that qualifies 

6 under section 465(a)(2)(A) for loan cancellation 

7 for Perkins loan recipients who teach in such a 

8 school; or 

9 ‘‘(ii) as a full-time librarian for 5 consecu10 tive complete school years in—

11 ‘‘(I) a public library that serves a geo12 graphic area within which the public 

13 schools have a combined average of 30 per14 cent or more of their total student enroll15 ments composed of children counted under 

16 section 1113(a)(5) of the Elementary and 

17 Secondary Education Act of 1965; or 

18 ‘‘(II) a school that qualifies under sec19 tion 465(a)(2)(A) for loan cancellation for 

20 Perkins loan recipients who teach in such 

21 a school; and 

22 ‘‘(B)(i) if employed as a secondary school teach23 er, is teaching a subject area that is relevant to the 

24 borrower’s academic major as certified by the chief 

25 administrative officer of the public or nonprofit pri-
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1 vate secondary school in which the borrower is em2 ployed; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) if employed as an elementary school teach4 er, has demonstrated, as certified by the chief ad5 ministrative officer of the public or nonprofit private 

6 elementary school in which the borrower is em7 ployed, knowledge and teaching skills in reading, 

8 writing, mathematics, and other areas of the elemen9 tary school curriculum; and’’. 

10 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 428J 

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

12 1078–10) is amended—

13 (A) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘sub14 section (b)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 

15 (b)(1)(A)(i)’’; and 

16 (B) in subsection (g)(1)(A), by striking 

17 ‘‘subsection (b)(1)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub18 section (b)(1)(A)(i)’’. 

19 (b) DIRECT STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS.—

20 (1) AMENDMENT.—Section 460(b)(1) of the 

21 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C 1087j) is 

22 amended by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting 

23 the following: 

24 ‘‘(A)(i) has been employed—
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1 ‘‘(I) as a full-time teacher for 5 con2 secutive complete school years in a school 

3 that qualifies under section 465(a)(2)(A) 

4 for loan cancellation for Perkins loan re5 cipients who teach in such a school; or 

6 ‘‘(II) as a full-time librarian for 5 

7 consecutive complete school years in—

8 ‘‘(aa) a public library that serves 

9 a geographic area within which the 

10 public schools have a combined aver11 age of 30 percent or more of their 

12 total student enrollments composed of 

13 children counted under section 

14 1113(a)(5) of the Elementary and 

15 Secondary Education Act of 1965; or 

16 ‘‘(bb) a school that qualifies 

17 under section 465(a)(2)(A) for loan 

18 cancellation for Perkins loan recipi19 ents who teach in such a school; and 

20 ‘‘(ii)(I) if employed as a secondary school 

21 teacher, is teaching a subject area that is rel22 evant to the borrower’s academic major as cer23 tified by the chief administrative officer of the 

24 public or nonprofit private secondary school in 

25 which the borrower is employed; and 
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1 ‘‘(II) if employed as an elementary school 

2 teacher, has demonstrated, as certified by the 

3 chief administrative officer of the public or non4 profit private elementary school in which the 

5 borrower is employed, knowledge and teaching 

6 skills in reading, writing, mathematics, and 

7 other areas of the elementary school cur8 riculum; and’’. 

9 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 460 

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

11 1087j) is amended—

12 (A) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘sub13 section (b)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 

14 (b)(1)(A)(i)(I)’’; and 

15 (B) in subsection (g)(1)(A), by striking 

16 ‘‘subsection (b)(1)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub17 section (b)(1)(A)(i)(I)’’. 

18 (c) PERKINS LOANS.—Section 465(a) of the Higher 

19 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087ee(a)) is amend20 ed—

21 (1) in paragraph (2)—

22 (A) by striking ‘‘section 111(c)’’ in sub23 paragraph (A) and inserting ‘‘section 

24 1113(a)(5)’’; 
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1 (B) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subpara2 graph (H); 

3 (C) by striking the period at the end of 

4 subparagraph (I) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

5 (D) by inserting after subparagraph (I) the 

6 following new subparagraph: 

7 ‘‘(J) as a full-time librarian in—

8 ‘‘(i) a public library that serves a geo9 graphic area within which the public schools 

10 have a combined average of 30 percent or more 

11 of their total student enrollments composed of 

12 children counted under section 1113(a)(5) of 

13 the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 

14 of 1965; or 

15 ‘‘(ii) an elementary or secondary school 

16 which is in the school district of a local edu17 cational agency which is eligible in such year 

18 for assistance pursuant to title I of the Elemen19 tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, and 

20 which for the purpose of this paragraph and for 

21 that year has been determined by the Secretary 

22 (pursuant to regulations and after consultation 

23 with the State educational agency of the State 

24 in which the school is located) to be a school in 

25 which the enrollment of children counted under 
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1 section 1113(a)(5) of the Elementary and Sec2 ondary Education Act of 1965 exceeds 30 per3 cent of the total enrollment of that school.’’; 

4 and 

5 (2) in paragraph (3)(A)(i), by striking out 

6 ‘‘(H), or (I)’’ and inserting ‘‘(H), (I), or (J)’’. 

7 SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

8 The amendments made by section 1 shall apply with 

9 respect to any year of service that is completed after the 

10 date of enactment of this Act.

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