Preserving Teacher Loan Forgiveness for Military Spouses Act of 2019
Latest action · Feb 14, 2019 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Progress
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- IntroducedFeb 14, 2019
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Preserving Teacher Loan Forgiveness for Military Spouses Act of 2019
This bill modifies the qualifying service requirement of the teacher loan forgiveness program for certain military spouses who have student federal loans.
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 nonconsecutive service to be eligible for loan forgiveness if the teacher's spouse was relocated by the military.
Cosponsors 16
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 14, 2019 to Dec 2, 2020; 7 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WA | Derek Kilmer | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| D-CO | Ed Perlmutter | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| D-VA | Elaine G. Luria | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| R-NY | Elise M. Stefanik | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| D-AL | Terri A. Sewell | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| R-MS | Trent Kelly | Original | Feb 14, 2019 |
| D-IN | André Carson | Feb 25, 2019 | |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Apr 8, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Tom Malinowski | Apr 9, 2019 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Jun 20, 2019 | |
| R-OH | Steve Stivers | Aug 23, 2019 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Nov 8, 2019 | |
| D-VA | Abigail Davis Spanberger | Dec 18, 2019 | |
| D-MN | Dean Phillips | Jun 4, 2020 | |
| D-NY | Kathleen M. Rice | Dec 2, 2020 |
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 Feb 14, 2019 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 14, 2019Introduced in House
- Feb 14, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
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. 165, no. 29, February 14, 2019, page H2033.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R46498 | Military Spouse Employment Archived | Report | Aug 27, 2020 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 532 | Preserving Teacher Loan Forgiveness for Military Spouses Act of 2019 | Identical bill | Feb 14, 2019 |
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, or the individual works in a school of the defense dependents' education system under the Defense Dependents' Education Act of 1978 due to such a relocation, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Preserving Teacher Loan Forgiveness for Military Spouses Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 14, 2019Introduced in House
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