HR 5718
107th Congress
House
Education
Disabled
Economics and Public Finance
Education of disabled students
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to education
Federal aid to higher education
Government lending
Higher education
Labor and Employment
Mathematics
Recruiting of employees
Scholarships
School principals
Science, Technology, Communications
Scientific education
Secondary education
Special education
Student loan funds
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to expand and improve the program of loan forgiveness for teachers, and to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to focus the expenditure of certain recruitment and professional development funds on high-need local educational agencies.
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 13, 2002
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Nov 13, 2002
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise student loan forgiveness for teachers under the Federal Family Education Loan and Federal Direct Loan programs. Expands forgiveness eligibility by: (1) eliminating requirements allowing only certain new borrowers to participate; and (2) increasing the types of eligible teaching locations and subjects. Includes, as separate bases for eligibility, full-time teaching in: (1) a school qualifying for Perkins loan cancellation; (2) a school in a high-need local educational agency; (3) special education; or (4) mathematics or science. Eliminates a service requirement that an individual teach at least five consecutive complete school years before being eligible for program benefits. Increases to $20,000 the aggregate amount of an individual teacher's student loan obligation which may be forgiven, and revises the rate of repayment.
Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require State educational agencies to give priority to high-need local educational agencies, under a program of grants to States for preparing, training, and recruiting high-quality teachers and principals.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Committees of jurisdiction
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