Teacher Debt Relief Act

Bill: 114-hr-4933
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-41]
Introduced: 2016-04-13
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Government lending and loan guarantees

Higher education

Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations

Student aid and college costs

Teaching, teachers, curricula
Latest action: action_date: 2016-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-04-13
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Teacher Debt Relief Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow an eligible teacher to use the same teaching service to qualify for both the teacher and public service loan forgiveness programs.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4933 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 13, 2016 Mr. Takano (for himself and Mr. Hanna ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to change certain eligibility provisions for loan forgiveness for teachers, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Teacher Debt Relief Act . 2. Loan forgiveness for teachers The Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq. ) is amended— (1) in section 428J(g)(2) ( 20 U.S.C. 1078–10(g)(2) )— (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting or after the semicolon at the end; (B) by striking subparagraph (B); and (C) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B); (2) in section 455(m) ( 20 U.S.C. 1087e(m) ), in paragraph (4), by striking both this subsection and section 428J, 428K, 428L, or 460 and inserting both this subsection and section 428K or 428L ; and (3) in section 460(g)(2) ( 20 U.S.C. 1087j(g)(2) )— (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting or after the semicolon at the end; (B) by striking subparagraph (B); and (C) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B).