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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2403 

To provide loan forgiveness to teachers of integrated career and technical 

education coursework at rural secondary schools. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 14, 2009 

Mr. WILSON of Ohio introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Education and Labor 

A BILL 

To provide loan forgiveness to teachers of integrated career 

and technical education coursework at rural secondary 

schools. 

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 ‘‘Rural Career and 

5 Technical Education Expansion Act of 2009’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. LOAN FORGIVENESS FOR TEACHING CAREER AND 

2 TECHNICAL EDUCATION COURSEWORK AT 

3 RURAL SECONDARY SCHOOLS. 

4 (a) FFEL PROGRAM.—Section 428J of the Higher 

5 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1078–10) is amend6 ed— 

7 (1) in subsection (c)(3)— 

8 (A) in the header, by striking ‘‘SCIENCE, 

9 OR SPECIAL EDUCATION’’ and inserting 

10 ‘‘SCIENCE, SPECIAL EDUCATION, OR CAREER

11 AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION COURSEWORK AT

12 RURAL SECONDARY SCHOOLS’’; 

13 (B) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking 

14 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 

15 (C) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by striking 

16 the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 

17 and 

18 (D) by adding at the end the following new 

19 subparagraph: 

20 ‘‘(C) a teacher at a rural secondary 

21 school— 

22 ‘‘(i) who meets the requirements of 

23 subsection (b); and 

24 ‘‘(ii) whose qualifying employment for 

25 purposes of such subsection is teaching ca26 reer and technical education coursework on 


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1 a full-time basis, including at least one 

2 course or credit that is integrated 

3 coursework.’’; and 

4 (2) by amending subsection (h) to read as fol5 lows: 

6 ‘‘(h) DEFINITIONS.—For the purpose of this section: 

7 ‘‘(1) CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION.— 

8 The term ‘career and technical education’ means or9 ganized educational activities that— 

10 ‘‘(A) offer a sequence of courses that— 

11 ‘‘(i) provides individuals with coherent 

12 and rigorous content aligned with chal13 lenging academic standards and relevant 

14 technical knowledge and skills needed to 

15 prepare for further education and careers 

16 in current or emerging professions; 

17 ‘‘(ii) provides a secondary school di18 ploma or its recognized equivalent; and 

19 ‘‘(iii) may include prerequisite courses 

20 (other than a remedial course) that meet 

21 the requirements of this subparagraph; 

22 and 

23 ‘‘(B) include competency-based applied 

24 learning that contributes to the academic 

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1 solving skills, work attitudes, general employ2 ability skills, technical skills, and occupation3 specific skills, and knowledge of all aspects of 

4 an industry, including entrepreneurship, of an 

5 individual. 

6 ‘‘(2) INTEGRATED COURSEWORK.—The term 

7 ‘integrated coursework’ means career and technical 

8 education coursework that— 

9 ‘‘(A) integrates academic curricula and rel10 evant career and technical education programs; 

11 and 

12 ‘‘(B) counts for both academic and elective 

13 career and technical education credit toward a 

14 secondary school diploma or its recognized 

15 equivalent. 

16 ‘‘(3) RURAL LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.— 

17 The term ‘rural local educational agency’ means a 

18 local educational agency that meets the eligibility re19 quirements under— 

20 ‘‘(A) section 6211(b) of the Elementary 

21 and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

22 U.S.C. 7345(b)) for participation in the pro23 gram described in subpart 1 of part B of title 

24 VI of such Act (20 U.S.C. 7345 et seq.); or 


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1 ‘‘(B) section 6221(b) of the Elementary 

2 and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

3 U.S.C. 7351(b)) for participation in the pro4 gram described in subpart 2 of part B of title 

5 VI of such Act (20 U.S.C. 7351 et seq.). 

6 ‘‘(4) RURAL SECONDARY SCHOOL.—The term 

7 ‘rural secondary school’ means a secondary school 

8 served by a rural local educational agency. 

9 ‘‘(5) YEAR.—The term ‘year’ where applied to 

10 service as a teacher means an academic year as de11 fined by the Secretary.’’. 

12 (b) DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM.—Section 460 of the 

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

14 amended— 

15 (1) in subsection (c)(3)— 

16 (A) in the header, by striking ‘‘SCIENCE, 

17 OR SPECIAL EDUCATION’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘SCIENCE, SPECIAL EDUCATION, OR CAREER

19 AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION COURSEWORK AT

20 RURAL SECONDARY SCHOOLS’’; 

21 (B) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking 

22 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 

23 (C) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by striking 

24 the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 

25 and 


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1 (D) by adding at the end the following new 

2 subparagraph: 

3 ‘‘(C) a teacher at a rural secondary 

4 school— 

5 ‘‘(i) who meets the requirements of 

6 subsection (b); and 

7 ‘‘(ii) whose qualifying employment for 

8 purposes of such subsection is teaching ca9 reer and technical education coursework on 

10 a full-time basis, including at least one 

11 course or credit that is integrated 

12 coursework.’’; and 

13 (2) by amending subsection (h) to read as fol14 lows: 

15 ‘‘(h) DEFINITIONS.—For the purpose of this section: 

16 ‘‘(1) CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION.— 

17 The term ‘career and technical education’ means or18 ganized educational activities that— 

19 ‘‘(A) offer a sequence of courses that— 

20 ‘‘(i) provides individuals with coherent 

21 and rigorous content aligned with chal22 lenging academic standards and relevant 

23 technical knowledge and skills needed to 

24 prepare for further education and careers 

25 in current or emerging professions; 


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1 ‘‘(ii) provides a secondary school di2 ploma or its recognized equivalent; and 

3 ‘‘(iii) may include prerequisite courses 

4 (other than a remedial course) that meet 

5 the requirements of this subparagraph; 

6 and 

7 ‘‘(B) include competency-based applied 

8 learning that contributes to the academic 

9 knowledge, higher-order reasoning and problem10 solving skills, work attitudes, general employ11 ability skills, technical skills, and occupation12 specific skills, and knowledge of all aspects of 

13 an industry, including entrepreneurship, of an 

14 individual. 

15 ‘‘(2) INTEGRATED COURSEWORK.—The term 

16 ‘integrated coursework’ means career and technical 

17 education coursework that— 

18 ‘‘(A) integrates academic curricula and rel19 evant career and technical education programs; 

20 and 

21 ‘‘(B) counts for both academic and elective 

22 career and technical education credit toward a 

23 secondary school diploma or its recognized 

24 equivalent. 


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1 ‘‘(3) RURAL LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.— 

2 The term ‘rural local educational agency’ means a 

3 local educational agency that meets the eligibility re4 quirements under— 

5 ‘‘(A) section 6211(b) of the Elementary 

6 and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

7 U.S.C. 7345(b)) for participation in the pro8 gram described in subpart 1 of part B of title 

9 VI of such Act (20 U.S.C. 7345 et seq.); or 

10 ‘‘(B) section 6221(b) of the Elementary 

11 and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

12 U.S.C. 7351(b)) for participation in the pro13 gram described in subpart 2 of part B of title 

14 VI of such Act (20 U.S.C. 7351 et seq.). 

15 ‘‘(4) RURAL SECONDARY SCHOOL.—The term 

16 ‘rural secondary school’ means a secondary school 

17 served by a rural local educational agency. 

18 ‘‘(5) YEAR.—The term ‘year’ where applied to 

19 service as a teacher means an academic year as de20 fined by the Secretary.’’. 

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