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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2892

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

forgiveness to encourage individuals to become and remain school administrators in low income areas. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 24, 2003

Mr. STUPAK 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 school administrators 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. LOAN FORGIVENESS FOR SCHOOL ADMINIS4 TRATORS. 

5 (a) FFEL LOANS.—

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

7 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 school superintendent, 

10 principal, or other administrator for 5 consecu11 tive complete school years in a school district of 

12 a local educational agency in which 50 percent 

13 or more of the schools are schools that so qual14 ify under such section 465(a)(2)(A); and 

15 ‘‘(B) (i) if employed as a secondary school 

16 teacher, is teaching a subject area that is relevant 

17 to the borrower’s academic major as certified by the 

18 chief administrative officer of the public or nonprofit 

19 private secondary school in which the borrower is 

20 employed; and 

21 ‘‘(ii) if employed as an elementary school teach22 er, has demonstrated, as certified by the chief ad23 ministrative officer of the public or nonprofit private 

24 elementary school in which the borrower is em25 ployed, knowledge and teaching skills in reading, 
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1 writing, mathematics, and other areas of the elemen2 tary school curriculum; and’’. 

3 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 428J 

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

5 1078–10) is amended—

6 (A) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘sub7 section (b)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 

8 (b)(1)(A)(i)’’; and 

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

10 ‘‘subsection (b)(1)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub11 section (b)(1)(A)(i)’’. 

12 (b) DIRECT STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS.—

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

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

15 amended by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting 

16 the following: 

17 ‘‘(A)(i) has been employed—

18 ‘‘(I) as a full-time teacher for 5 con19 secutive complete school years in a school 

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

21 for loan cancellation for Perkins loan re22 cipients who teach in such a school; or 

23 ‘‘(II) as a full-time school super24 intendent, principal, or other administrator 

25 for 5 consecutive complete school years in 
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1 a school district of a local educational 

2 agency in which 50 percent or more of the 

3 schools are schools that so qualify under 

4 such section 465(a)(2)(A); and 

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

6 teacher, is teaching a subject area that is rel7 evant to the borrower’s academic major as cer8 tified by the chief administrative officer of the 

9 public or nonprofit private secondary school in 

10 which the borrower is employed; and 

11 ‘‘(II) if employed as an elementary school 

12 teacher, has demonstrated, as certified by the 

13 chief administrative officer of the public or non14 profit private elementary school in which the 

15 borrower is employed, knowledge and teaching 

16 skills in reading, writing, mathematics, and 

17 other areas of the elementary school cur18 riculum; and’’. 

19 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 460 

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

21 1087j) is amended—

22 (A) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘sub23 section (b)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 

24 (b)(1)(A)(i)(I)’’; and 
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1 (B) in subsection (g)(1)(A), by striking 

2 ‘‘subsection (b)(1)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub3 section (b)(1)(A)(i)(I)’’. 

4 SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

5 The amendments made by section 1 shall apply with 

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

7 date of enactment of this Act.

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