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Teacher Recruitment and Retention Act of 2005

Introduced: February 8, 2005 Introduced by: Wilson, Joe Republican · South Carolina See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 24, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
Feb 8, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Feb 8, 2005
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Teacher Recruitment and Retention Act of 2005 - Amends the Teacher-Taxpayer Protection Act of 2004 to make applicable to all eligible teachers in mathematics, science, and special education certain additional amounts of student loan forgiveness. (Current law makes such additional amounts applicable only with respect to those who are new borrowers on or after October 1, 1998, and before October 1, 2005.)

Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to treat certain speech-language pathologists as special education teachers for purposes of student loan forgiveness, under both the Federal Family Education Loan program and the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan program.

What's happening now March 24, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.

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