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H.R. 2919 115th Congress House

Preserving Teacher Loan Forgiveness for Military Spouses Act of 2017

Official title: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide that an individual may remain eligible to participate in the teacher loan forgiveness program under title … Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide that an individual may remain eligible to participate in the teacher loan forgiveness program under title IV of such Act if the individual's period of consecutive years of employment as a full-time teacher is interrupted because the individual is the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces who is relocated during the school year pursuant to military orders for a permanent change of duty station, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 15, 2017 See on congress.gov
Education Congressional oversightEducation of the disadvantagedElementary and secondary educationHigher education
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Military personnel and dependentsStudent aid and college costsTeaching, teachers, curricula
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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Preserving Teacher Loan Forgiveness for Military Spouses Act of 2017

This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to modify the qualifying service requirement of the teacher loan forgiveness program for certain military spouses who are borrowers under the Federal Family Education Loan program or the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan program.

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 a 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 following year.


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  • S 2351 Preserving Teacher Loan Forgiveness for Military Spouses Act of 2018
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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 8
All 8 Democratic 4 Republican 2
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Kelly, Mike
Pennsylvania · Jun 26, 2017
Russell, Steve
· Jun 26, 2017
Comstock, Barbara
· Jun 22, 2017
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Garamendi, John
California · Jun 15, 2017
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Moulton, Seth
Massachusetts · Jun 15, 2017
 D
Sewell, Terri A.
Alabama · Jun 15, 2017
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Stefanik, Elise M.
New York · Jun 15, 2017
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Takano, Mark
California · Jun 15, 2017
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2919: Preserving Teacher Loan Forgiveness for Military Spouses Act of 2017. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2919/
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"H.R. 2919: Preserving Teacher Loan Forgiveness for Military Spouses Act of 2017." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2919/.
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H.R. 2919, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-2919/.
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