I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1394 
To expand the teacher loan forgiveness provisions of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 to include speech-language pathologists. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 7, 2007 
Mr. WILSON of South Carolina introduced the following bill; which was 
referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To expand the teacher loan forgiveness provisions of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 to include speech-lan-
guage pathologists. 
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 ‘‘Helping Our Students 
Communicate Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF LOAN FORGIVENESS TO SPEECH- 
LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS. 
(a) FFEL LOANS.— 
(1) FORGIVENESS FOR SPEECH-LANGUAGE PA-
THOLOGISTS
AUTHORIZED.—Section 428J(b)(1) of 
VerDate Aug 31 2005 
03:07 Mar 11, 2007
Jkt 059196
PO 00000
Frm 00001
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H1394.IH
H1394
jcorcoran on PROD1PC65 with BILLS
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1078– 
10(b)(1)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(1) has been employed for 5 consecutive com-
plete school years— 
‘‘(A) as a full-time teacher— 
‘‘(i) in a school that qualifies under 
section 465(a)(2)(A) for loan cancellation 
for Perkins loan recipients who teach in 
such schools; and 
‘‘(ii) if employed as an elementary 
school or secondary school teacher, who is 
highly qualified as defined in section 9101 
of the Elementary Secondary Education 
Act of 1965, or meets the requirements of 
subsection (g)(3); or 
‘‘(B) as a full-time speech-language pathol-
ogist— 
‘‘(i) to perform services principally in 
a school described in subparagraph (A)(i); 
and 
‘‘(ii) who has, at a minimum, a grad-
uate degree in speech-language pathology, 
or communication sciences and disorders; 
and’’. 
VerDate Aug 31 2005 
03:07 Mar 11, 2007
Jkt 059196
PO 00000
Frm 00002
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H1394.IH
H1394
jcorcoran on PROD1PC65 with BILLS
(2) ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS FOR SPEECH-LAN-
GUAGE PATHOLOGISTS.—Section 428J(c)(3) of such 
Act (20 U.S.C. 1078–10(c)(3)) is amended— 
(A) in the header, by inserting before the 
period ‘‘, AND
SPEECH-LANGUAGE
PATHOLO-
GISTS’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (A); 
(C) by striking the period at the end of 
subparagraph (B) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) a speech-language pathologist who 
meets the requirements of subsection (b).’’. 
(b) DIRECT LOANS.— 
(1) FORGIVENESS FOR SPEECH-LANGUAGE PA-
THOLOGISTS AUTHORIZED.—Section 460(b)(1)(A) of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1087j(b)(1)(A)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(A) has been employed for 5 consecutive 
complete school years— 
‘‘(i) as a full-time teacher— 
‘‘(I) in a school that qualifies 
under section 465(a)(2)(A) for loan 
VerDate Aug 31 2005 
03:07 Mar 11, 2007
Jkt 059196
PO 00000
Frm 00003
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H1394.IH
H1394
jcorcoran on PROD1PC65 with BILLS
cancellation for Perkins loan recipi-
ents who teach in such schools; and 
‘‘(II) if employed as an elemen-
tary school or secondary school teach-
er, who is highly qualified as defined 
in section 9101 of the Elementary 
Secondary Education Act of 1965, or 
meets the requirements of subsection 
(g)(3); or 
‘‘(ii) as a full-time speech-language 
pathologist— 
‘‘(I) to perform services prin-
cipally in a school described in clause 
(i)(I); and 
‘‘(II) who has, at a minimum, a 
graduate degree in speech-language 
pathology, or communication sciences 
and disorders; and’’. 
(2) ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS FOR SPEECH-LAN-
GUAGE PATHOLOGISTS.—Section 460(c)(3) of such 
Act (20 U.S.C. 1087j(c)(3)) is amended— 
(A) in the header, by inserting before the 
period ‘‘, AND
SPEECH-LANGUAGE
PATHOLO-
GISTS’’; 
VerDate Aug 31 2005 
03:07 Mar 11, 2007
Jkt 059196
PO 00000
Frm 00004
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6201
E:\BILLS\H1394.IH
H1394
jcorcoran on PROD1PC65 with BILLS
(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub-
paragraph (A); 
(C) by striking the period at the end of 
subparagraph (B) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(D) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) a speech-language pathologist who 
meets the requirements of subsection (b).’’. 
(c) NEW BORROWER ELIGIBILITY.—An individual 
who is a speech-language pathologist shall not qualify 
under the amendments made by this section unless such 
individual is a new borrower (as such term is defined in 
section 103 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1003)) on or after October 1, 2007. 
Æ 
VerDate Aug 31 2005 
03:07 Mar 11, 2007
Jkt 059196
PO 00000
Frm 00005
Fmt 6652
Sfmt 6301
E:\BILLS\H1394.IH
H1394
jcorcoran on PROD1PC65 with BILLS