I 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2403 
To provide loan forgiveness to teachers of integrated career and technical 
education coursework at rural secondary schools. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 14, 2009 
Mr. WILSON of Ohio introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To provide loan forgiveness to teachers of integrated career 
and technical education coursework at rural secondary 
schools. 
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 ‘‘Rural Career and 
Technical Education Expansion Act of 2009’’. 
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SEC. 2. LOAN FORGIVENESS FOR TEACHING CAREER AND 
TECHNICAL EDUCATION COURSEWORK AT 
RURAL SECONDARY SCHOOLS. 
(a) FFEL PROGRAM.—Section 428J of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1078–10) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subsection (c)(3)— 
(A) in the header, by striking ‘‘SCIENCE, 
OR
SPECIAL
EDUCATION’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘SCIENCE, SPECIAL
EDUCATION, OR
CAREER 
AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION COURSEWORK AT 
RURAL SECONDARY SCHOOLS’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking 
‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 
(C) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by striking 
the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
and 
(D) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) a teacher at a rural secondary 
school— 
‘‘(i) who meets the requirements of 
subsection (b); and 
‘‘(ii) whose qualifying employment for 
purposes of such subsection is teaching ca-
reer and technical education coursework on 
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a full-time basis, including at least one 
course 
or 
credit 
that 
is 
integrated 
coursework.’’; and 
(2) by amending subsection (h) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(h) DEFINITIONS.—For the purpose of this section: 
‘‘(1) CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION.— 
The term ‘career and technical education’ means or-
ganized educational activities that— 
‘‘(A) offer a sequence of courses that— 
‘‘(i) provides individuals with coherent 
and rigorous content aligned with chal-
lenging academic standards and relevant 
technical knowledge and skills needed to 
prepare for further education and careers 
in current or emerging professions; 
‘‘(ii) provides a secondary school di-
ploma or its recognized equivalent; and 
‘‘(iii) may include prerequisite courses 
(other than a remedial course) that meet 
the requirements of this subparagraph; 
and 
‘‘(B) include competency-based applied 
learning that contributes to the academic 
knowledge, higher-order reasoning and problem- 
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solving skills, work attitudes, general employ-
ability skills, technical skills, and occupation- 
specific skills, and knowledge of all aspects of 
an industry, including entrepreneurship, of an 
individual. 
‘‘(2) INTEGRATED
COURSEWORK.—The term 
‘integrated coursework’ means career and technical 
education coursework that— 
‘‘(A) integrates academic curricula and rel-
evant career and technical education programs; 
and 
‘‘(B) counts for both academic and elective 
career and technical education credit toward a 
secondary school diploma or its recognized 
equivalent. 
‘‘(3) RURAL LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.— 
The term ‘rural local educational agency’ means a 
local educational agency that meets the eligibility re-
quirements under— 
‘‘(A) section 6211(b) of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 7345(b)) for participation in the pro-
gram described in subpart 1 of part B of title 
VI of such Act (20 U.S.C. 7345 et seq.); or 
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‘‘(B) section 6221(b) of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 7351(b)) for participation in the pro-
gram described in subpart 2 of part B of title 
VI of such Act (20 U.S.C. 7351 et seq.). 
‘‘(4) RURAL SECONDARY SCHOOL.—The term 
‘rural secondary school’ means a secondary school 
served by a rural local educational agency. 
‘‘(5) YEAR.—The term ‘year’ where applied to 
service as a teacher means an academic year as de-
fined by the Secretary.’’. 
(b) DIRECT LOAN PROGRAM.—Section 460 of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087j) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (c)(3)— 
(A) in the header, by striking ‘‘SCIENCE, 
OR
SPECIAL
EDUCATION’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘SCIENCE, SPECIAL
EDUCATION, OR
CAREER 
AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION COURSEWORK AT 
RURAL SECONDARY SCHOOLS’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking 
‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 
(C) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by striking 
the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 
and 
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(D) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) a teacher at a rural secondary 
school— 
‘‘(i) who meets the requirements of 
subsection (b); and 
‘‘(ii) whose qualifying employment for 
purposes of such subsection is teaching ca-
reer and technical education coursework on 
a full-time basis, including at least one 
course 
or 
credit 
that 
is 
integrated 
coursework.’’; and 
(2) by amending subsection (h) to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘(h) DEFINITIONS.—For the purpose of this section: 
‘‘(1) CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION.— 
The term ‘career and technical education’ means or-
ganized educational activities that— 
‘‘(A) offer a sequence of courses that— 
‘‘(i) provides individuals with coherent 
and rigorous content aligned with chal-
lenging academic standards and relevant 
technical knowledge and skills needed to 
prepare for further education and careers 
in current or emerging professions; 
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‘‘(ii) provides a secondary school di-
ploma or its recognized equivalent; and 
‘‘(iii) may include prerequisite courses 
(other than a remedial course) that meet 
the requirements of this subparagraph; 
and 
‘‘(B) include competency-based applied 
learning that contributes to the academic 
knowledge, higher-order reasoning and problem- 
solving skills, work attitudes, general employ-
ability skills, technical skills, and occupation- 
specific skills, and knowledge of all aspects of 
an industry, including entrepreneurship, of an 
individual. 
‘‘(2) INTEGRATED
COURSEWORK.—The term 
‘integrated coursework’ means career and technical 
education coursework that— 
‘‘(A) integrates academic curricula and rel-
evant career and technical education programs; 
and 
‘‘(B) counts for both academic and elective 
career and technical education credit toward a 
secondary school diploma or its recognized 
equivalent. 
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‘‘(3) RURAL LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY.— 
The term ‘rural local educational agency’ means a 
local educational agency that meets the eligibility re-
quirements under— 
‘‘(A) section 6211(b) of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 7345(b)) for participation in the pro-
gram described in subpart 1 of part B of title 
VI of such Act (20 U.S.C. 7345 et seq.); or 
‘‘(B) section 6221(b) of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 7351(b)) for participation in the pro-
gram described in subpart 2 of part B of title 
VI of such Act (20 U.S.C. 7351 et seq.). 
‘‘(4) RURAL SECONDARY SCHOOL.—The term 
‘rural secondary school’ means a secondary school 
served by a rural local educational agency. 
‘‘(5) YEAR.—The term ‘year’ where applied to 
service as a teacher means an academic year as de-
fined by the Secretary.’’. 
Æ 
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