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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1372 

To provide grants to recruit new teachers, principals, and other school leaders 

to, and retain and support current and returning teachers, principals, 

and other school leaders employed in, public elementary and public secondary schools, and to help higher education, in areas impacted by 

Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 7, 2007 

Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California (for himself, Mr. MELANCON, Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mrs. MCCARTHY of 

New York, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Mr. 

HINOJOSA, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. JINDAL, Mr. TAYLOR, and 

Mr. DAVIS of Alabama) introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on Education and Labor 

A BILL 

To provide grants to recruit new teachers, principals, and 

other school leaders to, and retain and support current 

and returning teachers, principals, and other school leaders employed in, public elementary and public secondary 

schools, and to help higher education, in areas impacted 

by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Revitalizing New Orle3 ans by Attracting America’s Leaders Act of 2007’’ or the 

4 ‘‘RENEWAAL Act of 2007’’. 

5 TITLE I—ELEMENTARY AND 

6 SECONDARY EDUCATION 

7 SEC. 101. GRANTS TO STATE EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES AF8 FECTED BY HURRICANE KATRINA OR HURRI9 CANE RITA; SUBGRANTS TO LOCAL EDU10 CATIONAL AGENCIES. 

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (b) and sec12 tion 102(d), from amounts appropriated under section 

13 105, the Secretary of Education shall award grants to 

14 each of the States of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. 

15 The Secretary shall base allocations for States that submit 

16 an application under subsection (b)(1) on the number of 

17 schools in each State that were closed for 60 days or more 

18 during the period beginning on August 29, 2005, and end19 ing on December 31, 2005, due to Hurricane Katrina or 

20 Hurricane Rita. 

21 (b) APPLICATIONS.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—For a State to be eligible to 

23 receive a grant under subsection (a), the State edu24 cational agency for the State shall submit an appli25 cation to the Secretary, at such time as the SecVerDate Aug 31 2005 17:56 Mar 10, 2007 Jkt 059196 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1372.IH H1372

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1 retary may require, that contains such information 

2 and assurances as the Secretary may require. 

3 (2) SPECIFIC ASSURANCES.—The assurances 

4 under paragraph (1) shall include an assurance 

5 that— 

6 (A) subject to subsection (d), the State 

7 educational agency will distribute the funds re8 ceived under the grant as subgrants to local 

9 educational agencies; 

10 (B) the State educational agency, in con11 sultation with local education agencies, local 

12 teachers and their union, the State’s board of 

13 education, and the local organization rep14 resenting charter schools, will establish and im15 plement a plan to strengthen the recruitment, 

16 retention, professional development, and success 

17 of teachers and school leaders in schools that 

18 are served under the grant; and 

19 (C) funds provided shall be used at schools 

20 that are— 

21 (i) open to all eligible students, in22 cluding students with disabilities and 

23 English language learners; and 


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1 (ii) in compliance with all applicable 

2 Federal laws, including civil rights laws, 

3 and State and local health and safety laws. 

4 (3) OVERSIGHT.—The Secretary shall, on a 

5 semi-annual basis— 

6 (A) review the State educational agencies 

7 receiving funds under this title to determine 

8 whether each such agency is in compliance with 

9 the assurances referred to in paragraph (2); 

10 and 

11 (B) submit to the Committee on Education 

12 and Labor of the House of Representatives and 

13 the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, 

14 and Pensions of the Senate a report on the re15 sults of such review, the first of which reports 

16 shall be made not later than 6 months after the 

17 date of the enactment of this Act. 

18 (c) SUBGRANTS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGEN19 CIES.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (d), 

21 from amounts made available to a State educational 

22 agency under this title, the agency shall make sub23 grants, on a competitive basis, to local educational 

24 agencies in the State that serve an area with respect 

25 to which a major disaster was declared under section 


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1 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 

2 Emergency Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5170) by rea3 son of Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita. Funds 

4 received under the subgrant shall be used to carry 

5 out the authorized activities described in sections 

6 102 and 103. 

7 (2) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a 

8 subgrant under this subsection, a local educational 

9 agency shall submit an application to the State edu10 cational agency at such time, in such manner, and 

11 containing such information as the State educational 

12 agency may reasonably require. 

13 (3) TIMING.—Subgrants under this subsection 

14 shall be made not later than 60 days after the date 

15 on which the State educational agency first receives 

16 funds from the Secretary under this title. 

17 (4) DETERMINATION OF ALLOCATIONS.—In al18 locating funds among local educational agencies 

19 under this subsection, State educational agencies 

20 shall give priority to local educational agencies with 

21 the following: 

22 (A) The highest percentages of schools 

23 that are closed as a result of Hurricane Katrina 

24 or Hurricane Rita, as of the date of the enact25 ment of this Act. 


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1 (B) The highest percentages of schools 

2 with a student-teacher ratio of at least 25 to 1. 

3 (d) MANAGEMENT, ADMINISTRATION, AND EVALUA4 TION.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—A State educational agency 

6 that distributes funds under this title may reserve 

7 up to one half of one percent for management, ad8 ministrative, and evaluation purposes. 

9 (2) CHARTER SCHOOL COSTS INCLUDED.— 

10 Amounts reserved under paragraph (1) shall include 

11 all management, administrative, and evaluation costs 

12 related to charter schools. 

13 (3) ALLOCATION TO OTHER LOCAL EDU14 CATIONAL AGENCIES.—Of the amounts reserved by 

15 a State educational agency under paragraph (1), any 

16 funds that remain after expenditure for the costs de17 scribed in paragraphs (1) and (2) may be allocated 

18 by the State educational agency to other local edu19 cational agencies adversely affected by Hurricane 

20 Katrina or Hurricane Rita. 

21 (e) EVALUATION.—The Comptroller General of the 

22 United States shall review the implementation of section 

23 102 and shall provide the Committee on Education and 

24 Labor of the House of Representatives and the Committee 

25 on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions of the Senate 


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1 with an analysis of the effectiveness of the implementation 

2 of such section not later than 1 year after the date of the 

3 enactment of this Act. 

4 SEC. 102. ANNUAL BONUSES FOR TEACHERS AND OTHER 

5 SCHOOL LEADERS. 

6 (a) ANNUAL BONUSES FOR TEACHERS.—A local edu7 cational agency that receives a subgrant under section 101 

8 shall use a portion of the subgrant funds specified by the 

9 Secretary to provide annual pensionable bonuses, in addi10 tion to base salary and benefits, to teachers in each of 

11 3 consecutive full school years (beginning with the first 

12 full school year that begins after the date of the enactment 

13 of this Act), calculated as follows: 

14 (1) $7,000 per year for all teachers employed 

15 by the local educational agency during the school 

16 year in which this Act is enacted, if the teacher com17 mits to continue to work during each of the 3 suc18 ceeding school years in a public elementary or public 

19 secondary school served by the agency. 

20 (2) $10,000 per year for all teachers described 

21 in paragraph (1) who also have a demonstrated 

22 track record of success in improving student aca23 demic achievement, based on an evaluation from the 

24 multiple measures of success rating system described 


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1 in subsection (d), except that such teachers may not 

2 receive a bonus under paragraph (1). 

3 (3) $12,500 per year for all teachers described 

4 in paragraph (1) who also have a demonstrated 

5 track record of success in improving student aca6 demic achievement, based on an evaluation from the 

7 multiple measures of success rating system described 

8 in subsection (d), and who teach a subject for which 

9 there is a documented teacher shortage, except that 

10 such teachers may not receive a bonus under para11 graph (1) or (2). 

12 (b) ANNUAL BONUSES FOR SCHOOL LEADERS.—A 

13 local educational agency that receives a subgrant under 

14 section 101 shall use a portion of the subgrant funds spec15 ified by the Secretary to provide annual bonuses to school 

16 leaders in each of 3 consecutive full school years (begin17 ning with the first full school year that begins after the 

18 date of the enactment of this Act), calculated as follows: 

19 (1) $7,000 per year for all school leaders em20 ployed by the local educational agency during the 

21 school year in which this Act is enacted, if the school 

22 leader commits to continue to work during each of 

23 the 3 succeeding school years in a public elementary 

24 or public secondary school served by the agency. 


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1 (2) $15,000 per year for all school leaders de2 scribed in paragraph (1) who also are designated by 

3 the local educational agency as outstanding or have 

4 a demonstrated track record of success in improving 

5 student academic achievement on a school-wide basis 

6 in a low-performing school (as determined through a 

7 performance-based system that includes analysis of 

8 academic achievement gains), except that such 

9 school leaders may not receive a bonus under para10 graph (1). 

11 (c) SUPPLEMENTS FOR PERSONNEL RETURNING

12 FROM DISPLACEMENT.—In the case of a teacher or school 

13 leader who was displaced from, or lost employment in, a 

14 geographic area described in section 101(a) by reason of 

15 Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita, and who returns 

16 to such an area following such displacement and is re17 hired, the bonus described in subsection (a) or (b) shall 

18 be increased by $1,500 in each of the 3 years. 

19 (d) MULTIPLE MEASURES OF SUCCESS RATING SYS20 TEM.—The Secretary of Education may make a grant to 

21 a State under this title only if the State educational agen22 cy, in its application under section 101(b), agrees to use 

23 the following process to develop a multiple measures of 

24 success rating system: 


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1 (1) Not later than 60 days after the date of the 

2 enactment of this Act, the State educational agency, 

3 in cooperation with local educational agencies, the 

4 teachers unions, local principals’ organization, local 

5 parents’ organizations, local business organizations, 

6 and local charter schools organizations, shall develop 

7 a plan for such a system. 

8 (2) If the State educational agency has failed to 

9 reach an agreement pursuant to paragraph (1) that 

10 is satisfactory to all consulting entities by such 

11 deadline, the State educational agency shall imme12 diately notify the Congress of such failure and the 

13 reasons for it and shall, not later than 30 days after 

14 such notification, establish and implement a rating 

15 system that shall be— 

16 (A) based on strong learning gains for stu17 dents and growth in student achievement; 

18 (B) based on classroom observation and 

19 feedback at least 4 times annually; 

20 (C) conducted by multiple sources, includ21 ing principals and master teachers; and 

22 (D) evaluated against research-validated 

23 rubrics that use planning, instructional, and 

24 learning environment standards to measure 

25 teaching performance. 


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1 (e) TIMING OF PAYMENT.—A local educational agen2 cy providing an annual bonus to a teacher or school leader 

3 under subsection (a) or (b) shall pay the bonus according 

4 to a schedule that— 

5 (1) is designed to attract such educators; 

6 (2) commences payment of the first of such bo7 nuses not later than 60 days after the later of— 

8 (A) the first day of the first full school 

9 year that begins after the date of the enactment 

10 of this Act; and 

11 (B) the date on which the local educational 

12 agency first receives funds from the State edu13 cational agency under this title; and 

14 (3) only completes payment at the end of the 

15 period of required service. 

16 (f) GRANT PERIOD.—Funds allocated by the Sec17 retary for use under this section may be expended by a 

18 State educational agency or local educational agency over 

19 a 3-year period. 

20 SEC. 103. RELOCATION COSTS, HOUSING COSTS, EDUCATOR 

21 RECRUITMENT COSTS, AND PROMOTION OF 

22 BEST PRACTICES AND CAPACITY-BUILDING. 

23 (a) RELOCATION COSTS.—A local educational agency 

24 that receives a subgrant under section 101 shall use a por25 tion of the subgrant funds specified by the Secretary to 


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1 provide one-time payments of up to $2,500 each to edu2 cators (including teachers, school leaders, school guidance 

3 counselors, school social workers, school nurses and other 

4 school-based health personnel, and paraprofessionals) who 

5 commit to work in a public elementary or public secondary 

6 school served by the agency to assist such educators with 

7 costs associated with relocation. In providing such pay8 ments, a local educational agency shall give priority to 

9 teachers with a prior connection to the State, either 

10 through previous employment as a teacher in the State 

11 or graduation from a public or private institution of higher 

12 education located in the State. 

13 (b) HOUSING COSTS.—A local educational agency 

14 that receives a subgrant under section 101 shall use a por15 tion of the subgrant funds specified by the Secretary to 

16 provide up to 36 monthly payments of— 

17 (1) $700 each to educators (including teachers, 

18 school leaders, school guidance counselors, school so19 cial workers, school nurses and other school-based 

20 health personnel, and paraprofessionals) who commit 

21 to work in a public elementary or public secondary 

22 school served by the agency, and who previously re23 sided or worked in the geographical area served by 

24 the agency, to assist such educators with housing 

25 costs; and 


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1 (2) $500 each to all other educators (including 

2 teachers, school leaders, school guidance counselors, 

3 school social workers, school nurses and other 

4 school-based health personnel, and paraprofes5 sionals) who commit to work in a public elementary 

6 or public secondary school served by the agency, to 

7 assist such educators with housing costs. 

8 (c) EDUCATOR RECRUITMENT COSTS.—A local edu9 cational agency that receives a subgrant under section 101 

10 shall use a portion of the subgrant funds specified by the 

11 Secretary for the purpose of establishing partnerships with 

12 non-profit entities that have a demonstrated track record 

13 in recruiting and retaining outstanding teachers and 

14 school leaders who commit to teach or lead in schools 

15 where there is a documented teacher shortage. These enti16 ties shall consult with teachers and the local teachers’ 

17 union in their work. 

18 (d) PROMOTING BEST PRACTICES AND CAPACITY19 BUILDING.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—A local educational agency 

21 that receives a subgrant under section 101 shall use 

22 a portion of the subgrant funds specified by the Sec23 retary for the purpose of building the capacity and 

24 knowledge of principals and teachers and providing 

25 teachers with paid release time to collaborate with 


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1 each other, to engage in classroom observation, and 

2 to participate in professional development. Such paid 

3 release time shall be used to facilitate the identifica4 tion and replication of best practices from the high5 est-performing and fastest-improving schools, to 

6 bring in outstanding educators to provide on-site 

7 professional development and coaching, and to sup8 port the design, adaptation, and implementation of 

9 high-quality formative assessments aligned to the 

10 State’s academic standards. 

11 (2) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—A local edu12 cational agency receiving a subgrant under section 

13 101 may use up to 5 percent of the portion of the 

14 subgrant funds specified by the Secretary under 

15 paragraph (1) for management and administration 

16 related to carrying out activities under such para17 graph. 

18 SEC. 104. DEFINITIONS. 

19 For purposes of this title: 

20 (1) The term ‘‘documented teacher shortage’’— 

21 (A) means a shortage of teachers docu22 mented in the needs assessment conducted 

23 under section 2122(c) of the Elementary and 

24 Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

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1 volved or some other official demonstration of 

2 shortage by the local educational agency; and 

3 (B) may include such a shortage in math, 

4 science, reading, special education, a foreign 

5 language, high school core subjects, instruction 

6 for limited English proficient children, and 

7 other subjects, as designated by the local edu8 cational agency. 

9 (2) The term ‘‘elementary school’’ has the 

10 meaning given such term in section 9101 of the Ele11 mentary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

12 U.S.C. 7801). 

13 (3) The term ‘‘local educational agency’’ has 

14 the meaning given such term in section 9101 of the 

15 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 

16 (20 U.S.C. 7801) and shall also include the Recov17 ery School District in Louisiana and New Orleans 

18 Public Schools. 

19 (4) The term ‘‘public school’’ means any public 

20 school that is operated or chartered by a State edu21 cational agency or local educational agency. 

22 (5) The term ‘‘school leader’’ means a school 

23 principal, assistant principal, principal resident di24 rector, or assistant director. 


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1 (6) The term ‘‘secondary school’’ has the mean2 ing given such term in section 9101 of the Elemen3 tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 

4 U.S.C. 7801). 

5 (7) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary 

6 of Education. 

7 (8) The term ‘‘teacher’’, when used with respect 

8 to an individual teaching in a State, means that the 

9 individual has obtained full State certification as a 

10 teacher or is satisfactorily participating in an alter11 native route to certification program that leads to 

12 certification within 3 years, except that— 

13 (A) an individual teaching in a public char14 ter school is included in this definition if the in15 dividual satisfies the requirements set forth in 

16 the State’s public charter school law with re17 spect to State certification; and 

18 (B) a special education teacher is included 

19 in this definition only if fully certified by the 

20 State. 

21 SEC. 105. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro23 priated to carry out this title $45,500,000 for fiscal year 

24 2007, $45,500,000 for fiscal year 2008, and $46,000,000 

25 for each of fiscal years 2009, 2010, and 2011. 


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1 (b) ANNUAL BONUSES FOR TEACHERS.—Of the total 

2 amounts authorized under subsection (a), there are au3 thorized to be appropriated $20,000,000 for each of fiscal 

4 years 2007 through 2011 to carry out section 102(a). 

5 (c) ANNUAL BONUSES FOR SCHOOL LEADERS.—Of 

6 the total amounts authorized under subsection (a), the fol7 lowing amounts are authorized to be appropriated to carry 

8 out section 102(b): 

9 (1) $1,500,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 

10 and 2008. 

11 (2) $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2009, 

12 2010, and 2011. 

13 (d) RELOCATION COSTS.—Of the total amounts au14 thorized under subsection (a), there are authorized to be 

15 appropriated $2,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 

16 through 2011 to carry out section 103(a). 

17 (e) HOUSING COSTS.—Of the total amounts author18 ized under subsection (a), there are authorized to be ap19 propriated $15,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 

20 through 2011 to carry out section 103(b). 

21 (f) EDUCATOR RECRUITMENT COSTS.—Of the total 

22 amounts authorized under subsection (a), there are au23 thorized to be appropriated $2,000,000 for each of fiscal 

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1 (g) PROMOTING BEST PRACTICES AND CAPACITY2 BUILDING.—Of the total amounts authorized under sub3 section (a), there are authorized to be appropriated 

4 $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2011 

5 to carry out section 103(d). 

6 (h) AVAILABILITY.—Any funds authorized to be ap7 propriated under this section are authorized to be avail8 able for fiscal years 2007 through 2011. 

9 SEC. 106. CONSTRUCTION. 

10 Nothing in this title shall be construed to alter or 

11 otherwise affect the rights, remedies, and procedures af12 forded school or local educational agency employees under 

13 Federal, State, or local laws (including applicable regula14 tions or court orders) or under the terms of collective bar15 gaining agreements, memoranda of understanding, or 

16 other agreements between such employees and their em17 ployers. 

18 TITLE II—HIGHER EDUCATION 

19 SEC. 201. HIGHER EDUCATION RECOVERY AND SUSTAIN20 ABILITY PROGRAM. 

21 (a) PROGRAM ESTABLISHED.—Subject to the avail22 ability of funds appropriated to carry out this section, the 

23 Secretary shall provide funds made available under this 

24 section, in accordance with subsection (b), to postsec25 ondary educational institutions— 


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1 (1) that were closed on any of their physical 

2 campuses, or that temporarily relocated their cam3 pus, as a result of the impact of a Gulf hurricane 

4 disaster; 

5 (2) the enrollments of which have not recovered 

6 to the level of enrollments that existed before a Gulf 

7 hurricane disaster; and 

8 (3) that continue to sustain a loss of revenue as 

9 a result of the impact of a Gulf hurricane disaster. 

10 (b) USE OF FUNDS.—The Secretary shall use funds 

11 made available to carry out this section to compensate the 

12 institutions described in subsection (a) for direct or indi13 rect losses incurred by such institutions resulting from the 

14 impact of a Gulf hurricane disaster, and for the recovery 

15 initiatives of such institutions. Such funds may be used 

16 for— 

17 (1) faculty salaries and incentives for retaining 

18 faculty; 

19 (2) costs associated with the loss of lost tuition, 

20 revenue, and enrollment; 

21 (3) construction and maintenance needs; 

22 (4) grants to students to attend institutions de23 scribed in subsection (a) for academic years begin24 ning on or after July 1, 2006, with priority given to 

25 students demonstrating financial need; and 


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1 (5) any recruitment activities related to increas2 ing enrollment to the level of enrollment that existed 

3 before a Gulf hurricane disaster. 

4 (c) APPLICATION FOR ASSISTANCE.—A postsec5 ondary educational institution that desires to receive as6 sistance under this section shall— 

7 (1) submit a sworn financial statement and 

8 other appropriate data, documentation, or other evi9 dence requested by the Secretary that indicates that 

10 the institution incurred losses resulting from the im11 pact of a Gulf hurricane disaster, and the monetary 

12 amount of such losses; 

13 (2) demonstrate that the institution attempted 

14 to minimize the cost of any losses by pursuing collat15 eral source compensation from the Federal Emer16 gency Management Agency, the Small Business Ad17 ministration, any other relevant government agen18 cies, and insurance prior to seeking assistance under 

19 this section; 

20 (3) demonstrate that the institution has not 

21 been able to fully operate at the level of operation 

22 that existed before a Gulf hurricane disaster; and 

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1 struction that has been or will be conducted in com2 pliance with the wage requirements under section 

3 439 of the General Education Provisions Act (20 

4 U.S.C. 1232b). 

5 (d) REGULATIONS REQUIRED.—Within a reasonable 

6 time after the date of enactment of this section, the Sec7 retary shall issue regulations setting forth— 

8 (1) procedures for an application for assistance 

9 under this section; and 

10 (2) minimum requirements for receiving assist11 ance under this section, including the following: 

12 (A) Online forms to be used in submitting 

13 request for assistance. 

14 (B) Information to be included in such 

15 forms. 

16 (C) Procedures to assist in filing and 

17 pursing assistance. 

18 (e) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘postsec19 ondary educational institution’’ means— 

20 (1) an institution of higher education, as such 

21 term is defined in section 101 of the Higher Edu22 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001); or 

23 (2) a public or private teaching hospital wholly 

24 or partly owned or operated by such an institution 

25 of higher education. 


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1 (f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There is 

2 authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section 

3 $500,000,000 for the period beginning in fiscal year 2007 

4 through fiscal year 2011. 

5 SEC. 202. LOAN FORGIVENESS FOR CERTAIN TEACHERS. 

6 (a) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts appro8 priated under subsection (e), the Secretary shall 

9 carry out a program of providing loan forgiveness to 

10 qualifying teachers. To provide such loan forgive11 ness, the Secretary is authorized to carry out a pro12 gram— 

13 (A) through the holder of the loan, to as14 sume the obligation to repay a qualified loan 

15 amount for a loan made under part B of title 

16 IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 

17 U.S.C. 1071 et seq.); and 

18 (B) to cancel a qualified loan amount (as 

19 so determined) for a loan made under part D 

20 of such title (20 U.S.C. 1087a et seq.). 

21 (2) TREATMENT OF CONSOLIDATION LOANS.— 

22 A loan amount for a loan made under section 428C 

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

24 1078–3) or a Federal Direct Consolidation Loan 

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1 this subsection only to the extent that such loan 

2 amount was used to repay a Federal Direct Stafford 

3 Loan, a Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan, 

4 or a loan made under section 428 or 428H of such 

5 Act (20 U.S.C. 1078 or 1078–8, respectively), as de6 termined in accordance with regulations prescribed 

7 by the Secretary. 

8 (b) QUALIFYING TEACHERS.—For the purposes of 

9 this section, a qualifying teacher is an individual who is 

10 not in default on a loan for which the individual seeks 

11 forgiveness and— 

12 (1) who— 

13 (A) first commenced employment as a full14 time teacher in a public or private elementary 

15 or secondary school in an area affected by a 

16 Gulf hurricane disaster after such disaster; and 

17 (B) is not described in paragraph (2); 

18 (2) who graduated from a public or private in19 stitution of higher education located in an area af20 fected by a Gulf hurricane disaster and first com21 menced employment as a full-time teacher in a pub22 lic or private elementary or secondary school in such 

23 area after such disaster; or 

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1 ondary school in an area affected by a Gulf hurri2 cane disaster such after such disaster. 

3 (c) QUALIFYING AMOUNTS.—The Secretary shall for4 give not more than the following amount for a qualifying 

5 teacher: 

6 (1) $5,000 per year for a qualifying teacher de7 scribed in paragraph (1) of subsection (b), for each 

8 year of service described in such paragraph. 

9 (2) $7,000 per year for a qualifying teacher de10 scribed in paragraph (2) or (3) of subsection (b), for 

11 each year of service described in such paragraph. 

12 (d) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary may prescribe 

13 such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this 

14 section. 

15 (e) AUTHORIZATION.—There is authorized to be ap16 propriated to carry out this section $5,000,000 for each 

17 of the fiscal years 2007 through 2011. 

18 SEC. 203. DEFINITIONS. 

19 For the purposes of this title: 

20 (1) AFFECTED STATE.—The term ‘‘affected 

21 State’’ means the State of Alabama, Florida, Lou22 isiana, Mississippi, or Texas. 

23 (2) AREA AFFECTED BY A GULF HURRICANE

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1 fected State, that has been designated by the Fed2 eral Emergency Management Agency for disaster as3 sistance for individuals and households as a result of 

4 Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita. 

5 (3) GULF HURRICANE DISASTER.—The term 

6 ‘‘Gulf hurricane disaster’’ means a major disaster 

7 that the President declared to exist, in accordance 6 

8 with section 401 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster 

9 Relief and Emergency Assistance Act, and that was 

10 caused by Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita. 

11 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

12 the Secretary of Education. 

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