(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘(re-
ferred to in this section as the ‘service obliga-
tion window’)’’ after ‘‘under this subpart’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (C)(vii), by inserting 
‘‘or geographic area’’ after ‘‘field’’; and 
(C) by striking subparagraphs (D) and (E) 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(D) submit a certification of employment 
by the chief administrative officer of the school 
in accordance with subsection (d)(5); and 
‘‘(E) meet all State certification require-
ments for teaching (which may include meeting 
such requirements through a certification ob-
tained through alternative routes to teaching);’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘In the event’’ and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the event’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) RECONSIDERATION OF CONVERSION DECI-
SIONS.— 
‘‘(A) REQUEST TO RECONSIDER.—In any 
case where the Secretary has determined that a 
recipient of a grant under this subpart has 
failed or refused to comply with the service obli-
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gation in the agreement under subsection (b) 
and has converted the grant into a Federal Di-
rect Unsubsidized Stafford Loan under part D 
in accordance with paragraph (1), (including a 
TEACH Grant converted to a loan prior to the 
date of enactment of the Consider Teachers Act 
of 2021 and including cases where such loans 
have been fully or partially paid), the recipient 
may request that the Secretary reconsider such 
initial determination and may submit additional 
information to demonstrate satisfaction of the 
service obligation. Upon receipt of such a re-
quest, the Secretary shall reconsider the deter-
mination in accordance with this paragraph not 
later than 90 days after the date that such re-
quest was received. 
‘‘(B) RECONSIDERATION.—If, in reconsid-
ering an initial determination under subpara-
graph (A) (including reconsideration related to 
a TEACH Grant that was converted to a loan 
prior to the date of enactment of the Consider 
Teachers Act of 2021 and including cases 
where such loans were fully or partially paid), 
the Secretary determines that the reason for 
such determination was the recipient’s failure to 
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timely submit a certification required under 
subsection (b)(1)(D) (as in effect on the day be-
fore the date of enactment of the Consider 
Teachers Act of 2021), an error or processing 
delay by the Secretary, a change to the fields 
considered eligible for fulfillment of the service 
obligation 
(as 
described 
in 
subsection 
(b)(1)(C)), a recipient having previously re-
quested to have the TEACH Grant converted to 
a loan, or another valid reason determined by 
the Secretary, and that the recipient has, as of 
the date of the reconsideration, demonstrated 
that the recipient did meet, or is meeting the 
service obligation in the agreement under sub-
section (b), the Secretary shall— 
‘‘(i) discharge the Federal Direct Un-
subsidized Stafford Loan under part D, 
and reinstate the recipient’s grant under 
this subpart; 
‘‘(ii) discharge any interest or fees 
that may have accumulated during the pe-
riod that the grant was converted to a 
Federal 
Direct 
Unsubsidized 
Stafford 
Loan under part D; 
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‘‘(iii) if the recipient has other loans 
under part D, apply any payments made 
for the Federal Direct Unsubsidized Staf-
ford Loan under part D during such pe-
riod to those other loans under part D; 
‘‘(iv) if the recipient does not have 
other loans under part D, reimburse the 
recipient for any amounts paid on the Fed-
eral Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan 
under part D during such period; 
‘‘(v) request that consumer reporting 
agencies remove any negative credit report-
ing due to the conversion of the TEACH 
Grant to a loan; and 
‘‘(vi) use the additional information 
provided under subparagraph (A) to deter-
mine the progress the recipient has made 
in meeting the service obligation. 
‘‘(C) EXTENSION OF TIME TO COMPLETE 
SERVICE OBLIGATION.—In the case of a recipi-
ent whose TEACH Grant was reinstated in ac-
cordance with subparagraph (B), the Secretary 
shall, upon such reinstatement— 
‘‘(i) extend the time remaining for the 
recipient to fulfill the service obligation de-
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scribed in subsection (b)(1) to a period of 
time equal to— 
‘‘(I) 8 years; minus 
‘‘(II) the number of full academic 
years of teaching that the recipient 
completed prior to the reconversion of 
the loan to a TEACH Grant under 
subparagraph 
(B), 
including 
any 
years of qualifying teaching completed 
during the period when the TEACH 
Grant was in loan status; and 
‘‘(ii) treat any full academic years of 
teaching described in clause (i)(II) as years 
that count toward the individual’s service 
obligation (regardless of whether the 
TEACH Grant funds were in grant or loan 
status) if that time otherwise meets the re-
quirements of this section.’’; and 
(3) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(3) COMMUNICATION WITH RECIPIENTS.—The 
Secretary shall notify TEACH grant recipients not 
less than once per calendar year regarding how to 
submit the employment certification under sub-
section (b)(1)(D) and the recommendations and re-
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quirements for submitting that certification under 
subsection (d)(5). 
‘‘(4) QUALIFYING
SCHOOLS
AND
HIGH-NEED 
FIELDS.—The Secretary shall maintain and annually 
update a list of qualifying schools as described in 
subsection (b)(1)(B), and a list of high-need fields 
as described in subsection (b)(1)(C) and shall make 
such lists publicly available on the Department’s 
website in a sortable and searchable format.’’. 
SEC. 3. SUBMISSION OF EMPLOYMENT CERTIFICATION. 
Section 420N(d) of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070g–2(d)), as amended by section 2, 
is further amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) SUBMISSION
OF
EMPLOYMENT
CERTIFI-
CATION.— 
‘‘(A) RECOMMENDED
SUBMISSIONS.—The 
Secretary shall notify TEACH Grant recipients 
that the Department recommends that TEACH 
Grant recipients submit the employment certifi-
cation described in subsection (b)(1)(D) as soon 
as practicable after the completion of each year 
of service. 
‘‘(B) REQUIRED SUBMISSION.—A TEACH 
Grant recipient shall be required to submit to 
the Department employment certification within 
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the timeframe that would allow that individual 
to complete their service obligation before the 
end of the service obligation window. 
‘‘(C) NOTIFICATION.—The Secretary shall 
notify TEACH Grant recipients of the required 
submission deadlines described in this para-
graph. 
‘‘(D) ADJUSTMENT
OF
DEADLINE.—The 
Secretary shall adjust the submission deadline 
described in subparagraph (B) to account for a 
service obligation window extension. 
‘‘(E) ALTERNATIVE TO CERTIFICATION.— 
The Secretary shall provide an alternative to 
the certification of employment described in 
subsection (b)(1)(D) for recipients who cannot 
obtain such required certification of employ-
ment from the chief administrative officer of 
the school because the recipient can dem-
onstrate the school is no longer in existence or 
the school refuses to cooperate.’’. 
SEC. 4. EXTENSION OF TIME TO FULFILL SERVICE OBLIGA-
TION DUE TO COVID–19. 
(a) Section 3519(a) of the CARES Act (Public Law 
116–136; 20 U.S.C. 1001 note) is amended— 
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(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
striking ‘‘For the purpose of section 420N of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070g– 
2), during a qualifying emergency,’’ and inserting 
‘‘Notwithstanding any provision of subpart 9 of part 
A of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1070g et seq.),’’; 
(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 
the semicolon; 
(3) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘such section 
420N.’’ and inserting ‘‘section 420N of such Act; 
and’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) shall extend the service obligation window 
(as described in section 420N(b)(1)(A) of such Act) 
for a period of not more than 3 years, in addition 
to any extensions provided in accordance with sub-
part 9 of part A of title IV of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070g et seq.), in the case 
of a grant recipient whose service obligation window 
begins during, or includes— 
‘‘(A) the qualifying emergency period; or 
‘‘(B) a period of recession or economic 
downturn related to the qualifying emergency 
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period, as determined by the Secretary in con-
sultation with the Secretary of Labor.’’. 
(b) Section 3519 of the CARES Act (Public Law 
116–136; 20 U.S.C. 1001 note) is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(c) FEDERAL PERKINS LOANS.—Notwithstanding 
section 465 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1087ee), the Secretary shall waive the require-
ments of such section in regard to full-time service and 
shall consider an incomplete year of service of a borrower 
as fulfilling the requirement for a complete year of service 
under such section, if the service was interrupted due to 
a qualifying emergency.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect as if included in the enact-
ment of the CARES Act (Public Law 116–136). 
SEC. 5. IMPLEMENTATION. 
In carrying out this Act and any amendments made 
by this Act, or any regulations promulgated under this Act 
or under such amendments, the Secretary of Education 
may waive the application of— 
(1) subchapter I of chapter 35 of title 44, 
United States Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Pa-
perwork Reduction Act’’); 
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(2) the master calendar requirements under 
section 482 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
(20 U.S.C. 1089); 
(3) negotiated rulemaking under section 492 of 
the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1098a); and 
(4) the requirement to publish the notices re-
lated to the system of records of the agency before 
implementation required under paragraphs (4) and 
(11) of section 552a(e) of title 5, United States 
Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Privacy Act of 
1974’’), except that the notices shall be published 
not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
Æ 
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