I 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4410
To increase the amount of student loans that may be forgiven for highly 
qualified teachers in mathematics, science, and special education and 
for reading specialists. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 20, 2004
Mr. WILSON of South Carolina (for himself, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. MCKEON, 
Mr. ISAKSON, Mr. GREENWOOD, Mr. EHLERS, Mr. PLATTS, Mr. TIBERI, 
Mr. KELLER, Mr. COLE, Mr. PORTER, Mr. BAKER, Mr. BRADLEY of New 
Hampshire, Ms. GINNY BROWN-WAITE of Florida, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. 
GARRETT of New Jersey, Mr. GRAVES, Mr. HOBSON, Mr. JENKINS, Ms. 
EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. KOLBE, Mr. NUNES, Mr. 
SHIMKUS, Mr. SIMMONS, Mr. SOUDER, and Mrs. WILSON of New Mexico) 
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
Education and the Workforce 
A BILL 
To increase the amount of student loans that may be for-
given for highly qualified teachers in mathematics, 
science, and special education and for reading specialists.
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 ‘‘Teacher Shortage Re-
sponse Act of 2004’’.
SEC. 2. INCREASED QUALIFIED LOAN AMOUNTS. 
(a) FFEL LOANS.—Section 428J(c) of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1078–10(c)) is amend-
ed by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) INCREASED AMOUNTS FOR TEACHERS IN 
MATHEMATICS, SCIENCE, OR SPECIAL EDUCATION.—
‘‘(A) 
SERVICE
QUALIFYING
FOR
IN-
CREASED
AMOUNTS.—Notwithstanding 
the 
amount specified in paragraph (1), the aggre-
gate amount that the Secretary shall repay 
under this section shall not be more than 
$17,500 in the case of—
‘‘(i) a secondary school teacher—
‘‘(I) who meets the requirements 
of subsection (b), subject to subpara-
graph (D) of this paragraph; and 
‘‘(II) whose qualifying employ-
ment for purposes of such subsection 
has been teaching mathematics or 
science on a full-time basis; 
‘‘(ii) an elementary or secondary 
school teacher—
‘‘(I) who meets the requirements 
of subsection (b), subject to subpara-
graph (D) of this paragraph;
‘‘(II) whose qualifying employ-
ment for purposes of such subsection 
has been as a special education teach-
er whose primary responsibility is to 
provide special education to children 
with disabilities (as those terms are 
defined in section 602 of the Individ-
uals with Disabilities Act); and 
‘‘(III) who, as certified by the 
chief administrative officer of the pub-
lic or nonprofit private elementary or 
secondary school in which the bor-
rower is employed, is teaching chil-
dren with disabilities that correspond 
with the borrower’s special education 
training and has demonstrated knowl-
edge and teaching skills in the content 
areas of the elementary or secondary 
school curriculum that the borrower is 
teaching; and 
‘‘(iii) an elementary or secondary 
school teacher who primarily teaches read-
ing and—
‘‘(I) who meets the requirements 
of subsection (b), subject to subpara-
graph (D) of this paragraph; 
‘‘(II) who has obtained a sepa-
rate reading instruction credential 
from the State in which the teacher is 
employed; and 
‘‘(III) who is certified by the 
chief administrative officer of the pub-
lic or nonprofit private elementary or 
secondary school in which the bor-
rower is employed to teach reading—
‘‘(aa) as being proficient in 
teaching the essential compo-
nents of reading instruction as 
defined in section 1208 of the El-
ementary and Secondary Edu-
cation Act of 1965; and 
‘‘(bb) as having such creden-
tial. 
‘‘(B) ACCELERATED PAYMENT.—Notwith-
standing the requirements of subsection (b)(1) 
and paragraph (1) of this subsection that 5 
consecutive complete years of service have been 
completed prior to the receipt of loan forgive-