S 1029
105th Congress
Senate
Education
Child care workers
Child development
Day care
Economics and Public Finance
Elementary and secondary education
Families
Federal aid to higher education
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Preschool education
Student loan funds
Quality Child Care Loan Forgiveness Act
Introduced: July 17, 1997
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3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jul 17, 1997
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
Jul 17, 1997
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S7714)
Jul 17, 1997
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Quality Child Care Loan Forgiveness Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize the Secretary of Education to carry out a demonstration program of student loan forgiveness for individuals who earn a degree in early childhood education and obtain full-time employment in the early child care profession.
Requires cancellation of 15 percent of a student loan for each complete year of full-time employment in a child care facility by such a child care provider or educator.
Authorizes appropriations.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1