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10(c)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS FOR TEACHERS IN 
MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE, OR SPECIAL EDUCATION.— 
Notwithstanding the amount specified in paragraph 
(1), the aggregate amount that the Secretary shall 
repay under this section shall be not more than 
$17,500 in the case of— 
‘‘(A) a secondary school teacher— 
‘‘(i) who meets the requirements of 
subsection (b); and 
‘‘(ii) whose qualifying employment for 
purposes of such subsection is teaching 
mathematics or science on a full-time 
basis; and 
‘‘(B) an elementary school or secondary 
school teacher— 
‘‘(i) who meets the requirements of 
subsection (b); 
‘‘(ii) whose qualifying employment for 
purposes of such subsection is as a special 
education teacher whose primary responsi-
bility is to provide special education to 
children with disabilities (as those terms
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are defined in section 602 of the Individ-
uals with Disabilities Education Act); and 
‘‘(iii) who, as certified by the chief ad-
ministrative officer of the public or non- 
profit private elementary school or sec-
ondary school in which the borrower is em-
ployed, is teaching children with disabilities 
that correspond with the borrower’s special 
education training and has demonstrated 
knowledge and teaching skills in the con-
tent areas of the elementary school or sec-
ondary school curriculum that the bor-
rower is teaching.’’. 
(2) DIRECT
LOANS.—Section 460(c) of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087j(c)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS FOR TEACHERS IN 
MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE, OR SPECIAL EDUCATION.— 
Notwithstanding the amount specified in paragraph 
(1), the aggregate amount that the Secretary shall 
cancel under this section shall be not more than 
$17,500 in the case of— 
‘‘(A) a secondary school teacher— 
‘‘(i) who meets the requirements of 
subsection (b)(1); and
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‘‘(ii) whose qualifying employment for 
purposes of such subsection is teaching 
mathematics or science on a full-time 
basis; and 
‘‘(B) an elementary school or secondary 
school teacher— 
‘‘(i) who meets the requirements of 
subsection (b)(1); 
‘‘(ii) whose qualifying employment for 
purposes of such subsection is as a special 
education teacher whose primary responsi-
bility is to provide special education to 
children with disabilities (as those terms 
are defined in section 602 of the Individ-
uals with Disabilities Education Act); and 
‘‘(iii) who, as certified by the chief ad-
ministrative officer of the public or non- 
profit private elementary school or sec-
ondary school in which the borrower is em-
ployed, is teaching children with disabilities 
that correspond with the borrower’s special 
education training and has demonstrated 
knowledge and teaching skills in the con-
tent areas of the elementary school or sec-
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ondary school curriculum that the bor-
rower is teaching.’’. 
(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 
by this subsection shall apply only with respect to el-
igible individuals who are new borrowers (as such 
term is defined in 103 of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1003)) on or after October 1, 
1998, and before October 1, 2005. 
(c) INFORMATION ON BENEFITS TO RURAL SCHOOL 
DISTRICTS.—The Secretary shall— 
(1) notify local educational agencies eligible to 
participate in the Small Rural Achievement Program 
authorized under subpart 1 of part B of title VI of 
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965 of the benefits available under the amendments 
made by this section; and 
(2) encourage such agencies to notify their 
teachers of such benefits. 
Passed the House of Representatives October 7, 
2004. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.