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S 300 107th Congress Senate

Quality Teacher Recruitment Act of 2001

Official title: A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for an increase in the amount of student loans that are eligible for forgiveness in exchange for the service of the individual as a teacher.

Introduced: February 8, 2001 Introduced by: Schumer, Charles E. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
Education Economics and Public FinanceElementary and secondary educationElementary educationFederal aid to higher education
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Federally-guaranteed loansFinance and Financial SectorGovernment lendingHigher educationScholarshipsSecondary educationStudent loan fundsTeacher educationTeacher supply and demandTeachers
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This bill died when the 107th Congress ended
It never became law before the 107th Congress (2001–2002) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Feb 8, 2001
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 Latest action February 8, 2001

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Quality Teacher Recruitment Act of 2001 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to: (1) expand eligibility for student loan forgiveness for certain service as an elementary or secondary school teacher (by eliminating a current requirement that such service be in a school with a high concentration of low-income students); and (2) increase from $5,000 to $17,750 the amount of student loans that may be forgiven for such service, under specified guaranteed and direct student loan programs.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 300: Quality Teacher Recruitment Act of 2001. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-300/
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"S. 300: Quality Teacher Recruitment Act of 2001." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-S-300/.
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