S. 2351 · 115th Congress
Preserving Teacher Loan Forgiveness for Military Spouses Act of 2018
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Preserving Teacher Loan Forgiveness for Military Spouses Act of 2018
What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Jan 29, 2018
Preserving Teacher Loan Forgiveness for Military Spouses Act of 2018
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.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov
About this bill and sources
Official title: Preserving Teacher Loan Forgiveness for Military Spouses Act of 2018
Latest action (Jan 29, 2018): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S550-551; text of measure as introduced: CR S551)
Policy area: Education · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Jan 29, 2018
Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)
No recorded floor vote found.