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HR 13 111th Congress House Education Education of the disadvantaged Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Higher education Student aid and college costs Teaching, teachers, curricula

TEACH for Our Future Act of 2009

Introduced: December 14, 2009 See on congress.gov
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Became law
Mar 6, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
Mar 6, 2009
Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
Jan 6, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Jan 6, 2009
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Teacher Education Assistance Creating Hope for Our Future Act of 2009 or TEACH for Our Future Act of 2009 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to expand the loan forgiveness available to public elementary and secondary school teachers under the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) and Direct Loan (DL) programs.

Makes inapplicable to public school teachers the requirements limiting loan forgiveness to: (1) new borrowers on or after October 1, 1998; and (2) highly qualified teachers in certain schools that serve a high proportion of disadvantaged students. Maintains the requirement that such teachers teach full-time for five consecutive complete school years before becoming eligible for loan forgiveness.

Raises to $25,000 the amount of the FFEL or DL outstanding that may be forgiven after a public school teacher's fifth complete school year of teaching.

Maintains current loan forgiveness eligibility requirements for private elementary and secondary school teachers.

What's happening now March 6, 2009

Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Democratic 10 Republican 1
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 22, 2010
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Jan 19, 2010
 R
Diaz-Balart, Mario
Florida · Jan 13, 2010
 D
Tonko, Paul
New York · Dec 19, 2009
Griffith, Parker
· Dec 14, 2009
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Sep 17, 2009
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Jul 31, 2009
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Jul 21, 2009
 D
Castor, Kathy
Florida · Mar 3, 2009
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Feb 10, 2009
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jan 26, 2009
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jan 21, 2009
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 13: TEACH for Our Future Act of 2009. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-HR-13/
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