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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2674
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for student loan 
forgiveness to encourage individuals to become and remain librarians 
in low income areas. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 9, 2003
Mr. BECERRA 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 provide 
for student loan forgiveness to encourage individuals to 
become and remain librarians in low income areas.
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 ‘‘Librarian Education 
and Development Act of 2003’’. 
SEC. 2. LOAN FORGIVENESS FOR LIBRARIANS. 
(a) FFEL LOANS.—
(1) AMENDMENT.—Section 428J(b) of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C 1078–
10(b)) is amended by striking paragraph (1) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(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 full-time librarian for 5 consecu-
tive complete school years in—
‘‘(I) a public library that serves a geo-
graphic area within which the public 
schools have a combined average of 30 per-
cent or more of their total student enroll-
ments composed of children counted under 
section 1113(a)(5) of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965; or 
‘‘(II) a school that qualifies under sec-
tion 465(a)(2)(A) for loan cancellation for 
Perkins loan recipients who teach in such 
a school; 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; and 
‘‘(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’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 428J 
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1078–10) is amended—
(A) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘sub-
section 
(b)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘subsection 
(b)(1)(A)(i)’’; and 
(B) in subsection (g)(1)(A), by striking 
‘‘subsection (b)(1)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
section (b)(1)(A)(i)’’. 
(b) DIRECT STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS.—
(1) AMENDMENT.—Section 460(b)(1) of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C 1087j) is 
amended by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(A)(i) has been employed—
‘‘(I) as a full-time teacher for 5 con-
secutive complete school years in a school 
that qualifies under section 465(a)(2)(A) 
for loan cancellation for Perkins loan re-
cipients who teach in such a school; or 
‘‘(II) as a full-time librarian for 5 
consecutive complete school years in—
‘‘(aa) a public library that serves 
a geographic area within which the 
public schools have a combined aver-
age of 30 percent or more of their 
total student enrollments composed of 
children 
counted 
under 
section 
1113(a)(5) of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965; or 
‘‘(bb) a school that qualifies 
under section 465(a)(2)(A) for loan 
cancellation for Perkins loan recipi-
ents who teach in such a school; and 
‘‘(ii)(I) if employed as a secondary school 
teacher, is teaching a subject area that is rel-
evant to the borrower’s academic major as cer-
tified by the chief administrative officer of the 
public or nonprofit private secondary school in 
which the borrower is employed; and
‘‘(II) if employed as an elementary school 
teacher, has demonstrated, as certified by the 
chief administrative officer of the public or non-
profit private elementary school in which the 
borrower is employed, knowledge and teaching 
skills in reading, writing, mathematics, and 
other areas of the elementary school cur-
riculum; and’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 460 
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1087j) is amended—
(A) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘sub-
section 
(b)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘subsection 
(b)(1)(A)(i)(I)’’; and 
(B) in subsection (g)(1)(A), by striking 
‘‘subsection (b)(1)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
section (b)(1)(A)(i)(I)’’. 
(c) PERKINS LOANS.—Section 465(a) of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087ee(a)) is amend-
ed—
(1) in paragraph (2)—
(A) by striking ‘‘section 111(c)’’ in sub-
paragraph 
(A) 
and 
inserting 
‘‘section 
1113(a)(5)’’;
section 1113(a)(5) of the Elementary and Sec-
ondary Education Act of 1965 exceeds 30 per-
cent of the total enrollment of that school.’’; 
and 
(2) in paragraph (3)(A)(i), by striking out 
‘‘(H), or (I)’’ and inserting ‘‘(H), (I), or (J)’’. 
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by section 1 shall apply with 
respect to any year of service that is completed after the 
date of enactment of this Act.
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