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the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 
296)). 
‘‘(C) FOREIGN LANGUAGE SPECIALISTS.—
An individual who has obtained a baccalaureate 
degree in a critical foreign language and is em-
ployed—
‘‘(i) in an elementary or secondary 
school as a highly qualified teacher (as 
such term is defined in section 9101 of the 
Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
of 1965) of a critical foreign language; or 
‘‘(ii) in an agency of the United 
States Government in a position that regu-
larly requires the use of such critical for-
eign language. 
‘‘(D) LIBRARIANS.—An individual who is 
employed full-time as a librarian 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
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‘‘(ii) an elementary or secondary 
school which is in the school district of a 
local educational agency which is eligible in 
such year for assistance pursuant to title I 
of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965, and which for the pur-
pose of this paragraph and for that year 
has been determined by the Secretary 
(pursuant to regulations and after con-
sultation with the State educational agency 
of the State in which the school is located) 
to be a school in which the enrollment of 
children counted under section 1113(a)(5) 
of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 exceeds 30 percent of 
the total enrollment of that school. 
‘‘(E) HIGHLY QUALIFIED TEACHERS: BI-
LINGUAL
EDUCATION
AND
LOW-INCOME
COM-
MUNITIES.—An individual who—
‘‘(i) is highly qualified as such term is 
defined in section 9101 of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965; and 
‘‘(ii)(I) is employed as a full-time 
teacher of bilingual education; or
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‘‘(II) is employed as a teacher for 
service in a public or nonprofit private ele-
mentary or secondary school which is in 
the school district of a local educational 
agency which is eligible in such year for 
assistance pursuant to title I of the Ele-
mentary and Secondary Education Act of 
1965, and which for the purpose of this 
paragraph and for that year has been de-
termined by the Secretary (pursuant to 
regulations and after consultation with the 
State educational agency of the State in 
which the school is located) to be a school 
in which the enrollment of children counted 
under section 1113(a)(5) of the Elemen-
tary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
exceeds 40 percent of the total enrollment 
of that school. 
‘‘(F) FIRST RESPONDERS IN LOW-INCOME 
COMMUNITIES.—An individual who—
‘‘(i) is employed as a firefighter, police 
officer, or emergency medical technician; 
and 
‘‘(ii) serves as such in a low-income 
community.
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‘‘(G) CHILD WELFARE WORKERS.—An in-
dividual who—
‘‘(i) has obtained a degree in social 
work or a related field with a focus on 
serving children and families; and 
‘‘(ii) is employed in public or private 
child welfare services. 
‘‘(H) 
SPEECH-LANGUAGE
PATHOLO-
GISTS.—An individual who is a speech-language 
pathologist, who is employed in an eligible pre-
school program or an elementary or secondary 
school, and who has, at a minimum, a graduate 
degree in speech-language pathology, or com-
munication sciences and disorders. 
‘‘(I) PUBLIC SERVICE EMPLOYMENT.—An 
individual who is employed full time in by a 
qualified public service employer. 
‘‘(J) MEDICAL
SPECIALISTS.—An indi-
vidual who—
‘‘(i) has received his or her degree 
from an accredited medical school (as ac-
credited by the Liaison Committee on Med-
ical Education or as defined by this title 
IV); and