S. 1866 116th Congress Senate

STRIVE Act

Official title: A bill to better support our early childhood educators and elementary school and secondary school teachers, and for other purposes.

Introduced: June 13, 2019 Introduced by: Cory A. Booker Democratic · New Jersey See on congress.gov

Education AppropriationsChild care and developmentCongressional oversightEducation of the disadvantaged

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Education programs fundingElementary and secondary educationGovernment information and archivesHigher educationIncome tax exclusionLicensing and registrationsMinority employmentSchool administrationStudent aid and college costsTeaching, teachers, curriculaVeterans' education, employment, rehabilitationVeterans' loans, housing, homeless programs

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Jun 13, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Jun 13, 2019

Introduced in Senate

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Supporting the Teaching profession through Revitalizing Investments in Valuable Educators Act or the STRIVE Act

This bill provides qualifying teachers with a new, incremental loan-cancellation program.

Specifically, with respect to a 12-month period, the Department of Education (ED) must cancel a specified portion of a borrower's qualifying Federal Direct Loan program loans if the borrower (1) has made 12 consecutive on-time monthly payments, (2) is employed in a qualifying teaching position at the time of such cancellation, and (3) was employed in a qualifying teaching position during the period in which the borrower made the 12 payments. After a borrower has received such partial loan cancellation for a specified number of years, ED must cancel the borrower's eligible loans in full.

The bill also

increases and extends funding for teacher training;
establishes grants for mentoring and professional development;
makes changes to the Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education grant program, including by making early childhood teachers eligible for such grants;
requires ED to award grants to institutions of higher education to subsidize teacher certification and licensing fees for low-income individuals who have accepted a teaching position;
expands the Teacher Quality Partnership grant program to include early childhood educators; and
expands the centers for excellence grant program to include early childhood educators and school leaders.