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107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1743

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 7, 2001

Mr. BLAGOJEVICH (for himself and Mr. TIBERI) 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. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Loan Forgiveness for

5 Head Start Teachers Act of 2001’’.

6 SEC. 2. LOAN FORGIVENESS FOR HEAD START TEACHERS.

7 Section 428J of the Higher Education Act of 1965

8 (20 U.S.C 1078–10) is amended—

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

10 (1) to read as follows:
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1 ‘‘(1)(A) has been employed—

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

3 complete school years in a school that qualifies

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

5 for Perkins loan recipients who teach in such a

6 school; or

7 ‘‘(ii) as a Head Start teacher for 5 con8 secutive complete program years under the

9 Head Start Act; and

10 ‘‘(B)(i) if employed as a secondary school teach11 er, is teaching a subject area that is relevant to the

12 borrower’s academic major as certified by the chief

13 administrative officer of the public or nonprofit pri14 vate secondary school in which the borrower is em15 ployed;

16 ‘‘(ii) if employed as an elementary school teach17 er, has demonstrated, as certified by the chief ad18 ministrative officer of the public or nonprofit private

19 elementary school in which the borrower is em20 ployed, knowledge and teaching skills in reading,

21 writing, mathematics, and other areas of the elemen22 tary school curriculum; and

23 ‘‘(iii) if employed as a Head Start teacher, has

24 demonstrated knowledge and teaching skills in read25 ing, writing, early childhood development, and other
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1 areas of a preschool curriculum, with a focus on cog2 nitive learning; and’’;

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

4 following:

5 ‘‘(3) HEAD START.—An individual shall be eli6 gible for loan forgiveness under this section for serv7 ice described in clause (ii) of subsection (b)(1)(A)

8 only if such individual received a baccalaureate or

9 graduate degree on or after the date of enactment

10 of the Loan Forgiveness for Head Start Teachers

11 Act of 2001.’’; and

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

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

14 are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be

15 necessary for fiscal year 2007 and succeeding fiscal years

16 to carry out loan repayment under this section for service

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

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

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

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

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

22 year of teaching’’;

23 (2) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘subsection

24 (b)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (b)(1)(A)(i)’’;
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1 (3) in subsection (g)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘sub2 section (b)(1)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection

3 (b)(1)(A)(i)’’; and

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

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

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