S 300
107th Congress
Senate
Education
Economics and Public Finance
Elementary and secondary education
Elementary education
Federal aid to higher education
Federally-guaranteed loans
Finance and Financial Sector
Government lending
Higher education
Scholarships
Secondary education
Student loan funds
Teacher education
Teacher supply and demand
Teachers
Quality Teacher Recruitment Act of 2001
Introduced: February 8, 2001
Introduced by:
Schumer, Charles E.
Democratic
· New York
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 8, 2001
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Feb 8, 2001
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
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