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HR 4053 117th Congress House Education Elementary and secondary education Government lending and loan guarantees Higher education Military personnel and dependents Student aid and college costs Teaching, teachers, curricula

Defense Community Teacher Support Act

Introduced: June 22, 2021 Introduced by: Jackson, Ronny Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Jun 22, 2021
Introduced in House
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Defense Community Teacher Support Act

This bill makes certain teachers who teach in military impacted communities eligible for student loan forgiveness. A school in a military impacted community is served by a local educational agency for which at least 20% of the students in average daily attendance in all schools served by the agency during the preceding school year had a parent on active duty.

Specifically, the bill directs the Department of Education to cancel up to $17,500 of federal student loans for a borrower who is an elementary or secondary school teacher employed for five consecutive years in a school in a military impacted community.

In addition, a teacher who is required to move due to a permanent change in duty station of their spouse may meet the five-year teaching requirement by teaching in multiple schools in different military impacted communities.

What's happening now June 22, 2021

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 2 Republican 1
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Mann, Tracey
Kansas · Sep 3, 2021
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Cuellar, Henry
Texas · Jun 22, 2021
Lamborn, Doug
· Jun 22, 2021
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Strickland, Marilyn
Washington · Jun 22, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4053: Defense Community Teacher Support Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4053/
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"H.R. 4053: Defense Community Teacher Support Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4053/.
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H.R. 4053, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-4053/.
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