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107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 123

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend loan forgiveness

for certain loans to Head Start teachers.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JANUARY 22, 2001

Ms. FEINSTEIN (for herself and Mr. VOINOVICH) introduced the following bill;

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

A BILL

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend

loan forgiveness for certain loans to Head Start teachers.

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 HEAD START

4 TEACHERS.

5 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the

6 ‘‘Loan Forgiveness for Head Start Teachers Act of 2001’’.

7 (b) HEAD START TEACHERS.—Section 428J of the

8 Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C 1078–10) is

9 amended—
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1 (1) in subsection (b), by amending paragraph

2 (1) to read as follows:

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 Head Start teacher for 5 con10 secutive complete program years under the

11 Head Start Act; and

12 ‘‘(B)(i) if employed as a secondary school teach13 er, is teaching a subject area that is relevant to the

14 borrower’s academic major as certified by the chief

15 administrative officer of the public or nonprofit pri16 vate secondary school in which the borrower is em17 ployed;

18 ‘‘(ii) if employed as an elementary school teach19 er, has demonstrated, as certified by the chief ad20 ministrative officer of the public or nonprofit private

21 elementary school in which the borrower is em22 ployed, knowledge and teaching skills in reading,

23 writing, mathematics, and other areas of the elemen24 tary school curriculum; and
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1 ‘‘(iii) if employed as a Head Start teacher, has

2 demonstrated knowledge and teaching skills in read3 ing, writing, early childhood development, and other

4 areas of a preschool curriculum, with a focus on cog5 nitive learning; and’’;

6 (2) in subsection (g), by adding at the end the

7 following:

8 ‘‘(3) HEAD START.—An individual shall be eli9 gible for loan forgiveness under this section for serv10 ice described in clause (ii) of subsection (b)(1)(A)

11 only if such individual received a baccalaureate or

12 graduate degree on or after the date of enactment

13 of the Loan Forgiveness for Head Start Teachers

14 Act of 2001.’’; and

15 (3) by adding at the end the following:

16 ‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

17 are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be

18 necessary for fiscal year 2007 and succeeding fiscal years

19 to carry out loan repayment under this section for service

20 described in clause (ii) of subsection (b)(1)(A).’’.

21 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 428J of

22 such Act (20 U.S.C. 1078–10) is amended—

23 (1) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting ‘‘or fifth

24 complete program year’’ after ‘‘fifth complete school

25 year of teaching’’;
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1 (2) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘subsection

2 (b)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (b)(1)(A)(i)’’;

3 (3) in subsection (g)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘sub4 section (b)(1)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection

5 (b)(1)(A)(i)’’; and

6 (4) in subsection (h), by inserting ‘‘except as

7 part of the term ‘program year’,’’ before ‘‘where’’.

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