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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 438

To increase the amount of student loans that may be forgiven for teachers 

in mathematics, science, and special education. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 29, 2003

Mr. WILSON of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. COLE, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. 

MCKEON, Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. GREENWOOD, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. PLATTS, 

Mr. TIBERI, Mr. BAKER, Mrs. WILSON of New Mexico, and Mr. GRAVES) 

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 

Education and the Workforce 

A BILL

To increase the amount of student loans that may be forgiven for teachers in mathematics, science, and special 

education.

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 ‘‘Teacher Recruitment 

5 and Retention Act of 2003’’.
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1 SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL QUALIFIED LOAN AMOUNTS. 

2 (a) FFEL LOANS.—Section 428J(c) of the Higher 

3 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1078–10(c)) is amend4 ed by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 

5 ‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS FOR TEACHERS IN

6 MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE, OR SPECIAL EDUCATION.—

7 Notwithstanding the amount specified in paragraph 

8 (1), the aggregate amount that the Secretary shall 

9 repay under this section shall not be more than 

10 $17,500 in the case of—

11 ‘‘(A) a secondary school teacher—

12 ‘‘(i) who meets the requirements of 

13 subsection (b); and 

14 ‘‘(ii) whose qualifying employment for 

15 purposes of such subsection is teaching 

16 mathematics or science; and 

17 ‘‘(B) an elementary or secondary school 

18 teacher—

19 ‘‘(i) who meets the requirements of 

20 subsection (b), other than paragraphs 

21 (1)(B) and (C); 

22 ‘‘(ii) whose qualifying employment for 

23 purposes of such subsection is teaching 

24 special education; and 

25 ‘‘(iii) who, as certified by the chief ad26 ministrative officer of the public or non-
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1 profit private elementary or secondary 

2 school in which the borrower is employed, 

3 is teaching children with disabilities that 

4 correspond with the borrower’s training 

5 and has demonstrated knowledge and 

6 teaching skills in the content areas of the 

7 elementary or secondary school curriculum 

8 that the borrower is teaching.’’. 

9 (b) DIRECT LOANS.—Section 460(c) of the Higher 

10 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087j(c)) is amended 

11 by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 

12 ‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS FOR TEACHERS IN

13 MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE, OR SPECIAL EDUCATION.—

14 Notwithstanding the amount specified in paragraph 

15 (1), the aggregate amount that the Secretary shall 

16 repay under this section shall not be more than 

17 $17,500 in the case of—

18 ‘‘(A) a secondary school teacher—

19 ‘‘(i) who meets the requirements of 

20 subsection (b)(1); and 

21 ‘‘(ii) whose qualifying employment for 

22 purposes of such subsection is teaching 

23 mathematics or science; and 

24 ‘‘(B) an elementary or secondary school 

25 teacher—
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1 ‘‘(i) who meets the requirements of 

2 subsection (b)(1), other than subpara3 graphs (A)(ii) and (iii); 

4 ‘‘(ii) whose qualifying employment for 

5 purposes of such subsection is teaching 

6 special education; and 

7 ‘‘(iii) who, as certified by the chief ad8 ministrative officer of the public or non9 profit private elementary or secondary 

10 school in which the borrower is employed, 

11 is teaching children with disabilities that 

12 correspond with the borrower’s training 

13 and has demonstrated knowledge and 

14 teaching skills in the content areas of the 

15 elementary or secondary school curriculum 

16 that the borrower is teaching.’’.

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