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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2340 

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

for certain loans to Head Start teachers. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 12, 2005 

Ms. DELAURO (for herself, Mr. LANTOS, Mr. TIERNEY, Ms. BERKLEY, Mr. 

CAPUANO, Ms. HARMAN, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. WEINER, Ms. 

SLAUGHTER, Ms. LINDA T. SA ́NCHEZ of California, Ms. MCCOLLUM of 

Minnesota, Mr. GILLMOR, Mr. KENNEDY of Rhode Island, Mr. SANDERS, 

Mr. KUCINICH, Ms. LEE, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, 

Mr. BOUCHER, Mr. HOLDEN, Mr. POMEROY, Mr. RUSH, Mr. 

MCDERMOTT, Mr. CROWLEY, Mr. ABERCROMBIE, Ms. WATSON, and Mr. 

PLATTS) 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 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 TEACH4 ERS. 

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

6 ‘‘Loan Forgiveness for Head Start Teachers Act of 2005’’. 
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1 (b) HEAD START TEACHERS.—Section 428J of the 

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

3 amended— 

4 (1) in subsection (b), by striking paragraph (1) 

5 and inserting the following: 

6 ‘‘(1)(A) has been employed— 

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

8 complete school years in a school that qualifies 

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

10 for Perkins loan recipients who teach in such a 

11 school; or 

12 ‘‘(ii) as a Head Start teacher for 5 con13 secutive complete program years under the 

14 Head Start Act; and 

15 ‘‘(B)(i) if employed as an elementary school or 

16 secondary school teacher, is highly qualified as de17 fined in section 9101 of the Elementary and Sec18 ondary Education Act of 1965; and 

19 ‘‘(ii) if employed as a Head Start teacher, has 

20 demonstrated knowledge and teaching skills in read21 ing, writing, early childhood development, and other 

22 areas of a preschool curriculum, with a focus on cog23 nitive learning; and’’; 

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

25 following: 
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1 ‘‘(3) HEAD START.—An individual shall be eli2 gible for loan forgiveness under this section for serv3 ice described in clause (ii) of subsection (b)(1)(A) 

4 only if such individual received a baccalaureate or 

5 graduate degree on or after the date of enactment 

6 of the Loan Forgiveness for Head Start Teachers 

7 Act of 2005.’’; and 

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

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

10 are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 

11 necessary for fiscal year 2009 and succeeding fiscal years 

12 to carry out loan repayment under this section for service 

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

14 (c) DIRECT STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 460 of the Higher 

16 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C 1087j) is amend17 ed— 

18 (A) in subsection (b)(1), by striking sub19 paragraph (A) and inserting the following: 

20 ‘‘(A)(i) has been employed— 

21 ‘‘(I) as a full-time teacher for 5 con22 secutive complete school years in a school 

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

24 for loan cancellation for Perkins loan re25 cipients who teach in such a school; or 
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1 ‘‘(II) as a Head Start teacher for 5 

2 consecutive complete program years under 

3 the Head Start Act; and 

4 ‘‘(ii)(I) if employed as an elementary 

5 school or secondary school teacher, is highly 

6 qualified as defined in section 9101 of the Ele7 mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; 

8 and 

9 ‘‘(II) if employed as a Head Start teacher, 

10 has demonstrated knowledge and teaching skills 

11 in reading, writing, early childhood develop12 ment, and other areas of a preschool cur13 riculum, with a focus on cognitive learning; 

14 and’’; 

15 (B) in subsection (g), by adding at the end 

16 the following 

17 ‘‘(3) HEAD START.—An individual shall be eli18 gible for loan forgiveness under this section for serv19 ice described in subclause (II) of subsection 

20 (b)(l)(A)(i) only if such individual received a bacca21 laureate or graduate degree on or after the date of 

22 enactment of the Loan Forgiveness for Head Start 

23 Teachers Act of 2005.’’; and 

24 (C) by adding at the end the following: 
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1 ‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There 

2 are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be 

3 necessary for fiscal year 2009 and succeeding fiscal years 

4 to carry out loan repayment under this section for service 

5 described in subclause (II) of subsection (b)(1)(A)(i).’’. 

6 (d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

7 (1) FFEL PROGRAM.—Section 428J of the 

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

9 is amended— 

10 (A) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting ‘‘or 

11 fifth complete program year’’ after ‘‘fifth com12 plete school year of teaching’’; 

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

15 (b)(1)(A)(i)’’; 

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

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

19 (D) in subsection (h), by inserting ‘‘except 

20 as part of the term ‘program year’,’’ before 

21 ‘‘where’’. 

22 (2) DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM.—Section 460 of 

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

24 1087j) is amended— 
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1 (A) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting ‘‘or 

2 fifth complete program year’’ after ‘‘fifth com3 plete school year of teaching’’; 

4 (B) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘sub5 section (b)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection 

6 (b)(1)(A)(i)(I)’’; 

7 (C) in subsection (g)(1)(A), by striking 

8 ‘‘subsection (b)(1)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub9 section (b)(1)(A)(i)(I)’’; and 

10 (D) in subsection (h), by inserting ‘‘except 

11 as part of the term ‘program year’,’’ before 

12 ‘‘where’’. 

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