Teacher Debt Relief Act

Bill: 118-s-3695
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI]
Introduced: 2024-01-30
Policy area: Education
Latest action: action_date: 2024-01-30
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Summaries:
action_date: 2024-01-30
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <html><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><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 Loan Forgiveness program and the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.</p></body></html>

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 3695 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 30, 2024 Ms. Stabenow introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions 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).