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HR 1229 116th Congress House Education Congressional oversight Education of the disadvantaged Elementary and secondary education Higher education Military personnel and dependents Student aid and college costs Teaching, teachers, curricula

Preserving Teacher Loan Forgiveness for Military Spouses Act of 2019

Introduced: February 14, 2019 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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Preserving Teacher Loan Forgiveness for Military Spouses Act of 2019

This bill modifies the qualifying service requirement of the teacher loan forgiveness program for certain military spouses who have student federal loans.

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 nonconsecutive service to be eligible for loan forgiveness if the teacher's spouse was relocated by the military.

What's happening now February 14, 2019

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 9
All 9 Democratic 5 Republican 2
Rice, Kathleen
· Dec 2, 2020
 D
Gottheimer, Josh
New Jersey · Nov 8, 2019
Stivers, Steve
· Aug 23, 2019
 D
Neguse, Joe
Colorado · Jun 20, 2019
 D
Garamendi, John
California · Apr 8, 2019
 D
Carson, André
Indiana · Feb 25, 2019
 R
Kelly, Trent
Mississippi · Feb 14, 2019
 D
Sewell, Terri A.
Alabama · Feb 14, 2019
 R
Stefanik, Elise M.
New York · Feb 14, 2019
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1229: Preserving Teacher Loan Forgiveness for Military Spouses Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1229/
MLA
"H.R. 1229: Preserving Teacher Loan Forgiveness for Military Spouses Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1229/.
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H.R. 1229, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1229/.
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[H.R. 1229: Preserving Teacher Loan Forgiveness for Military Spouses Act of 2019](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1229/)
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