Teacher Debt Relief Act

Bill: 116-hr-4647
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Hayes, Jahana [D-CT-5]
Introduced: 2019-10-11
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: 2019-10-11
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-10-11
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Teacher Debt Relief Act</b></p> <p>This bill allows 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 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4647 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES October 11, 2019 Mrs. Hayes (for herself and Mr. Takano ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor 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).