HR 1751 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Teacher Recruitment and Retention Act of 2003

Introduced Apr 10, 2003 Originated House Sponsor Dennis Moore D-KS

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Latest action · May 2, 2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedApr 10, 2003
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Teacher Recruitment and Retention Act of 2003 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise and expand student loan forgiveness programs for certain teachers, under the Federal Family Education Loan and Federal Direct Loan programs.

Authorizes the Secretary of Education to repay a higher maximum amount (up to $17, 500) of an eligible individual teacher's aggregate student loan obligation that is outstanding after completion of the first complete school year of qualifying service. Authorizes such repayment from funds authorized under this Act for FY 2003 through 2007. Provides for annual installments of such repayment up to specified maximum amounts after each of five years of eligible teaching service.

Revises and expands eligibility for such programs. Makes inapplicable specified requirements that currently limit participation to: (1) only certain new borrowers; and (2) only teachers who serve at least five consecutive complete school years prior to any eligibility for program benefits. Extends program eligibility to full-time elementary or secondary school teachers: (1) in schools that qualify as high-poverty schools (as in current law, without certain subject area and certification restrictions); (2) of special education; or (3) of mathematics, science, foreign languages, bilingual education, or any other field of expertise where the State educational agency determines there is a shortage of qualified teachers.

Cosponsors 37

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 10, 2003 to Oct 9, 2004; 24 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MABarney FrankOriginalApr 10, 2003
D-NCBob EtheridgeOriginalApr 10, 2003
D-NYCarolyn McCarthyOriginalApr 10, 2003
D-NYCharles B. RangelOriginalApr 10, 2003
D-TXCharles W. StenholmOriginalApr 10, 2003
D-TXCiro D. RodriguezOriginalApr 10, 2003
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalApr 10, 2003
D-OHDennis J. KucinichOriginalApr 10, 2003
D-NYEliot L. EngelOriginalApr 10, 2003
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalApr 10, 2003
D-NYJerrold NadlerOriginalApr 10, 2003
D-FLJim DavisOriginalApr 10, 2003
D-NYJose E. SerranoOriginalApr 10, 2003
D-INJulia CarsonOriginalApr 10, 2003
D-MOKaren McCarthyOriginalApr 10, 2003
D-COMark UdallOriginalApr 10, 2003
D-TXMartin FrostOriginalApr 10, 2003
D-TXMax SandlinOriginalApr 10, 2003
D-PAMichael F. DoyleOriginalApr 10, 2003
D-HINeil AbercrombieOriginalApr 10, 2003
D-VARick BoucherOriginalApr 10, 2003
D-OHStephanie Tubbs JonesOriginalApr 10, 2003
D-CASusan A. DavisOriginalApr 10, 2003
D-METhomas H. AllenOriginalApr 10, 2003
D-CABarbara LeeApr 11, 2003
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsMay 1, 2003
D-CABob FilnerMay 1, 2003
D-NYMaurice D. HincheyMay 1, 2003
D-FLRobert WexlerMay 1, 2003
D-OHTim RyanMay 1, 2003
D-CAZoe LofgrenMay 1, 2003
D-ILRahm EmanuelMay 8, 2003
D-NYGary L. AckermanMay 15, 2003
D-SCJames E. ClyburnJun 25, 2003
D-CALinda T. SánchezJul 24, 2003
D-ORDarlene HooleyJul 25, 2003
D-IALeonard L. BoswellOct 9, 2004

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEducation and Workforce Committee
Referred Apr 10, 2003
Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee
Referred May 2, 2003

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. May 2, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
  2. Apr 10, 2003Introduced in House
  3. Apr 10, 2003Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

In the Congressional Record 1

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

WhereIn the RecordMembersDate
ExtensionsDebate and remarks E737Charles W. Stenholm D-TXMay 4, 2004

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To expand the teacher loan forgiveness programs under the Federal Family Education Loan and Federal Direct Loan programs.
Short Titles as Introduced
Teacher Recruitment and Retention Act of 2003

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Apr 10, 2003Introduced in House

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