HR 3366 114th Congress House Education Education programs funding Higher education Student aid and college costs Teaching, teachers, curricula

Teach Our Teachers Act

Introduced: July 29, 2015 See on congress.gov

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Nov 16, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

Jul 29, 2015

Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Jul 29, 2015

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Teach Our Teachers Act

This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to modify provisions of the teacher loan forgiveness program.

Specifically, the legislation reduces from five to three years the period of service a full-time teacher must complete consecutively to be eligible for forgiveness under the Federal Family Education Loan or Direct Loan program. It also increases from $5,000 to $17,500 the amount of available loan forgiveness for an elementary or secondary school teacher in any subject. (Currently, forgiveness up to $17,500 is only available for a full-time secondary school math or science teacher or for a special education teacher.)

The bill eliminates the prohibition on counting the same qualifying service for both the teacher and the public service loan forgiveness programs.

What's happening now November 16, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

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