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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.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Loan Forgiveness for
Head Start Teachers Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. LOAN FORGIVENESS FOR HEAD START TEACHERS.
Section 428J of the Higher Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C 1078–10) is amended—
(1) in subsection (b), by amending paragraph
(1) to read as follows:
‘‘(1)(A) has been employed—
‘‘(i) as a full-time teacher for 5 consecutive
complete school years in a school that qualifies
under section 465(a)(2)(A) for loan cancellation
for Perkins loan recipients who teach in such a
school; or
‘‘(ii) as a Head Start teacher for 5 con-
secutive complete program years under the
Head Start Act; and
‘‘(B)(i) if employed as a secondary school teach-
er, is teaching a subject area that is relevant to the
borrower’s academic major as certified by the chief
administrative officer of the public or nonprofit pri-
vate secondary school in which the borrower is em-
ployed;
‘‘(ii) if employed as an elementary school teach-
er, has demonstrated, as certified by the chief ad-
ministrative officer of the public or nonprofit private
elementary school in which the borrower is em-
ployed, knowledge and teaching skills in reading,
writing, mathematics, and other areas of the elemen-
tary school curriculum; and
‘‘(iii) if employed as a Head Start teacher, has
demonstrated knowledge and teaching skills in read-
ing, writing, early childhood development, and other
areas of a preschool curriculum, with a focus on cog-
nitive learning; and’’;
(2) in subsection (g), by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(3) HEAD START.—An individual shall be eli-
gible for loan forgiveness under this section for serv-
ice described in clause (ii) of subsection (b)(1)(A)
only if such individual received a baccalaureate or
graduate degree on or after the date of enactment
of the Loan Forgiveness for Head Start Teachers
Act of 2001.’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be
necessary for fiscal year 2007 and succeeding fiscal years
to carry out loan repayment under this section for service
described in clause (ii) of subsection (b)(1)(A).’’.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 428J of
such Act (20 U.S.C. 1078–10) is amended—
(1) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting ‘‘or fifth
complete program year’’ after ‘‘fifth complete school
year of teaching’’;
(2) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘subsection
(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (b)(1)(A)(i)’’;
(3) in subsection (g)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘sub-
section 
(b)(1)(A)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘subsection
(b)(1)(A)(i)’’; and
(4) in subsection (h), by inserting ‘‘except as
part of the term ‘program year’,’’ before ‘‘where’’.
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