Preserving Teacher Loan Forgiveness for Military Spouses Act of 2015
Latest action · Mar 23, 2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
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.
- IntroducedOct 6, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Preserving Teacher Loan Forgiveness for Military Spouses Act of 2015
This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to modify the qualifying service requirement of the teacher loan forgiveness program for certain military spouses.
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 any 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 next academic year.
The Department of Education must report to Congress on the number of individuals impacted by this modification.
Cosponsors 31
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 6, 2015 to Jun 22, 2016; 4 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-CA | Duncan Hunter | Original | Oct 6, 2015 |
| D-VA | Robert C. "Bobby" Scott | Original | Oct 6, 2015 |
| R-OK | Steve Russell | Original | Oct 6, 2015 |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Original | Oct 6, 2015 |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Nov 3, 2015 | |
| R-LA | Charles W. Boustany, Jr. | Nov 4, 2015 | |
| D-CA | Michael M. Honda | Nov 5, 2015 | |
| R-NJ | Thomas MacArthur | Nov 16, 2015 | |
| D-GU | Madeleine Z. Bordallo | Dec 17, 2015 | |
| D-NY | Charles B. Rangel | Dec 18, 2015 | |
| D-IL | Luis V. Gutierrez | Jan 11, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Jan 13, 2016 | |
| D-OH | Marcy Kaptur | Feb 2, 2016 | |
| D-HI | Mark Takai | Feb 2, 2016 | |
| I-AZ | Kyrsten Sinema | Feb 3, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Mark Takano | Feb 12, 2016 | |
| R-TX | Ted Poe | Mar 1, 2016 | |
| R-NY | Elise M. Stefanik | Mar 14, 2016 | |
| R-NC | Walter B. Jones | Mar 16, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Mar 23, 2016 | |
| D-FL | Alcee L. Hastings | May 12, 2016 | |
| R-NV | Joseph J. Heck | May 13, 2016 | |
| D-NY | Louise McIntosh Slaughter | May 16, 2016 | |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | May 19, 2016 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Jun 3, 2016 | |
| R-WI | Reid J. Ribble | Jun 3, 2016 | |
| D-AZ | Ruben Gallego | Jun 3, 2016 | |
| D-FL | Alan Grayson | Jun 9, 2016 | |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Jun 10, 2016 | |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Jun 14, 2016 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Jun 22, 2016 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Education and Workforce Committee | Referred Oct 6, 2015 |
| Higher Education and Workforce Development Subcommittee | Referred Mar 23, 2016 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 23, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
- Oct 6, 2015Introduced in House
- Oct 6, 2015Referred 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.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Lists H6835H.R. 3684–3695 | — | Oct 6, 2015 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 146, October 6, 2015, page H6836.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide that an individual may remain eligible to participate in the teacher loan forgiveness program under title IV of such Act if the individual's period of consecutive years of employment as a full-time teacher is interrupted because the individual is the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces who is relocated during the school year pursuant to military orders for a permanent change of duty station, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Preserving Teacher Loan Forgiveness for Military Spouses Act of 2015
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 6, 2015Introduced in House
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