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HR 386 114th Congress House

American Indian Teacher Loan Forgiveness Act of 2015

Official title: To provide student loan forgiveness for American Indian educators teaching in local educational agencies with a high percentage of American Indian students.

Introduced: January 21, 2015 Introduced by: Ruiz, Raul Democratic · California See on congress.gov
Native Americans Government lending and loan guaranteesHigher educationMinority educationStudent aid and college costsTeaching, teachers, curricula
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Apr 29, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Jan 14, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Jan 14, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 29, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

American Indian Teacher Loan Forgiveness Act of 2015

Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide up to $17,500 of loan forgiveness to borrowers under the Federal Family Education Loan program or the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan program who: (1) are a member of an Indian tribe, and (2) have been employed as a full-time teacher for five consecutive complete school years in an Indian school or in a local educational agency that serves at least 10 Indian students or whose schools have an enrollment of students at least 25% of which are Indians.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 4
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Torres, Norma J.
California · Mar 16, 2015
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Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · Feb 27, 2015
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Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · Jan 21, 2015
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Huffman, Jared
California · Jan 14, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 386: American Indian Teacher Loan Forgiveness Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-386/
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"H.R. 386: American Indian Teacher Loan Forgiveness Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-386/.
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