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HR 85 112th 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 2011

Introduced: January 5, 2011 See on congress.gov
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Feb 25, 2011
Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Jan 5, 2011
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Jan 5, 2011
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Teacher Education Assistance Creating Hope for Our Future Act of 2011 or TEACH for Our Future Act of 2011 - 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 February 25, 2011

Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • S 2181 Related bill PRE ED Act of 2012
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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 8
OLVER, JOHN
· Apr 26, 2012
 D
Waters, Maxine
California · Apr 26, 2012
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Apr 16, 2012
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Jan 27, 2012
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Jul 27, 2011
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Jun 24, 2011
 D
Castor, Kathy
Florida · Jun 14, 2011
 D
Clarke, Yvette D.
New York · May 11, 2011
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 8, 2011
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 85: TEACH for Our Future Act of 2011. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-85/
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