To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend loan forgiveness for certain loans to certified or licensed teachers.
Latest action · Jun 25, 2004 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.
- IntroducedMay 20, 2004
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to expand eligibility for certain student loan forgiveness for teachers to those who were new borrowers on or after October 1, 1986. (Current law makes eligible only new borrowers as of October 1, 1998.)
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 25, 2004Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
- May 20, 2004Introduced in House
- May 20, 2004Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education
- Education of the disadvantaged
- Elementary and secondary education
- Elementary education
- Federal aid to education
- Federally-guaranteed loans
- Government lending
- Higher education
- Scholarships
- Secondary education
- Social Welfare
- Student loan funds
- Teacher education
- Teachers
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- May 20, 2004Introduced in House
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