US Congress House Bill 13 (Prior Session Legislation)

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March 6 2009 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Teacher Education Assistance Creating Hope for Our Future Act of 2009 or TEACH for Our Future Act of 2009 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to expand the loan forgiveness available to public elementary and secondary school teachers under the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) and Direct Loan (DL) programs. Makes inapplicable to public school teachers the requirements limiting loan forgiveness to: (1) new borrowers on or after October 1, 1998; and (2) highly qualified teachers in certain schools that serve a high proportion of disadvantaged students. Maintains the requirement that such teachers teach full-time for five consecutive complete school years before becoming eligible for loan forgiveness. Raises to $25,000 the amount of the FFEL or DL outstanding that may be forgiven after a public school teacher's fifth complete school year of teaching. Maintains current loan forgiveness eligibility requirements for private elementary and secondary school teachers.

TEACH for Our Future Act of 2009

Rep Castor, Kathy	Rep Walz, Timothy J.	Rep Waters, Maxine	Rep Woolsey, Lynn C.
Rep Diaz-Balart, Lincoln	Rep Diaz-Balart, Mario	Rep Griffith, Parker	Rep Kilpatrick, Carolyn C.
Rep McGovern, James P.	Rep Meeks, Gregory W.	Rep Murphy, Tim	Rep Platts, Todd Russell
Rep Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana	Rep Sablan, Gregorio	Rep Taylor, Gene	Rep Tonko, Paul D.
Rep Tonko, Paul D.	Rep Young, Don	Rep Sires, Albio	Rep Shea-Porter, Carol
Rep Rush, Bobby L.	Rep Schakowsky, Janice D.	Rep Baca, Joe	Rep Carnahan, Russ
Rep Carson, Andre	Rep Cohen, Steve	Rep Conyers, John, Jr.	Rep Ellison, Keith
Rep Filner, Bob	Rep Grayson, Alan	Rep Hinchey, Maurice D.	Rep Jackson, Jesse L., Jr.
Rep Jackson-Lee, Sheila	Rep Lynch, Stephen F.	Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes	Rep Pastor, Ed
Rep Pierluisi, Pedro R.	Rep Rothman, Steven R.	Rep Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-03-06		Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
2009-03-06		Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.
2009-01-06		Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Type	Source
Summary	http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d111:HN00013:@@@L&summ2=m&
Text	http://gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-111hr13ih/pdf/BILLS-111hr13ih.pdf