I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4053 
To provide Federal student loan relief for teachers who work in a military 
impacted community. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 22, 2021 
Mr. JACKSON (for himself, Mr. CUELLAR, Mr. LAMBORN, and Ms. STRICK-
LAND) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Education and Labor 
A BILL 
To provide Federal student loan relief for teachers who work 
in a military impacted community. 
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 ‘‘Defense Community 
Teacher Support Act’’. 
SEC. 2. LOAN FORGIVENESS FOR TEACHERS IN MILITARY 
IMPACTED COMMUNITIES. 
(a) FFEL LOANS.—Section 428J of the Higher Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1078–10) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(1)(A)— 
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(A) by inserting ‘‘(i)’’ before ‘‘in a school’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘locations; and’’ and in-
serting ‘‘locations; or’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(ii) in a school in a military impacted 
community; and’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)(3)— 
(A) in the subsection heading, by inserting 
‘‘OR SERVING MILITARY IMPACTED COMMU-
NITIES’’ after ‘‘EDUCATION’’; 
(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: 
‘‘(C) an elementary school or secondary 
school teacher employed in a school in a mili-
tary impacted community.’’; 
(3) in subsection (g)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking 
‘‘(b)(1)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘(b)(1)(A)(i)’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) MILITARY CONNECTED TEACHERS.—In the 
case of an elementary school or secondary school 
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teacher who is employed in a school in a military im-
pacted community, is the spouse of a member of the 
armed forces, and is required to move as a result of 
the spouse’s permanent change of station, the teach-
er may meet the 5-year teaching requirement of this 
section by teaching in multiple elementary schools or 
secondary schools in different military impacted 
communities.’’; and 
(4) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘DEFINI-
TION.—’’ and all that follows through ‘‘the term’’ 
and inserting the following: ‘‘DEFINITIONS.—For 
purposes of this section: 
‘‘(1) MILITARY
DEPENDENT
STUDENT.—The 
term ‘military dependent student’ means a student 
described in subparagraph (B) or (D)(i) of section 
7003(a)(1) of the Elementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7703(a)(1)). 
‘‘(2) MILITARY
IMPACTED
COMMUNITY.—The 
term ‘military impacted community’, when used with 
respect to a school, means a school served by a local 
educational agency for which not less than 20 per-
cent (as rounded to the nearest whole percent) of 
the students in average daily attendance in all 
schools served by the local educational agency during 
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the preceding school year were military dependent 
students for such year. 
‘‘(3) YEAR.—The term’’. 
(b) FEDERAL DIRECT LOANS.—Section 460 of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087j) is 
amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(1)(A)— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘(i)’’ before ‘‘in a school’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘locations; and’’ and in-
serting ‘‘locations; or’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(ii) in a school in a military impacted 
community; and’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)(3)— 
(A) in the subsection heading, by inserting 
‘‘OR SERVING MILITARY IMPACTED COMMU-
NITIES’’ after ‘‘EDUCATION’’; 
(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: 
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‘‘(C) an elementary school or secondary 
school teacher employed in a school in a mili-
tary impacted community.’’; 
(3) in subsection (g)— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking 
‘‘(b)(1)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘(b)(1)(A)(i)’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(4) MILITARY CONNECTED TEACHERS.—In the 
case of an elementary school or secondary school 
teacher who is employed in a school in a military im-
pacted community, is the spouse of a member of the 
armed forces, and is required to move as a result of 
the spouse’s permanent change of station, the teach-
er may meet the 5-year teaching requirement of this 
section by teaching in multiple elementary schools or 
secondary schools in different military impacted 
communities.’’; and 
(4) in subsection (h), by striking ‘‘DEFINI-
TION.—’’ and all that follows through ‘‘the term’’ 
and inserting the following: ‘‘DEFINITIONS.—For 
purposes of this section: 
‘‘(1) MILITARY
DEPENDENT
STUDENT.—The 
term ‘military dependent student’ means a student 
described in subparagraph (B) or (D)(i) of section 
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