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Preserving Teacher Loan Forgiveness for Military Spouses Act of 2015

Introduced: October 6, 2015 See on congress.gov

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Mar 23, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

Oct 6, 2015

Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Oct 6, 2015

Introduced in House

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Preserving Teacher Loan Forgiveness for Military Spouses Act of 2015

This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to modify the qualifying service requirement of the teacher loan forgiveness program for certain military spouses.

Under current law, an otherwise qualified full-time teacher must complete five consecutive years of service to be eligible for the teacher loan forgiveness program. This bill permits a teacher who completes five full-time years of non-consecutive service to be eligible for loan forgiveness if the teacher was a qualified military spouse during any break in teaching service.

A qualified military spouse is an individual who: (1) is a highly-qualified teacher at a high-need school, (2) is the spouse of a servicemember, (3) experienced a break in teaching service to relocate with servicemember spouse pursuant to military orders, and (4) resumed teaching the next academic year.

The Department of Education must report to Congress on the number of individuals impacted by this modification.

What's happening now March 23, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

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