[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2399 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
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117th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 2399
To provide Federal student loan relief for teachers who work in a
military impacted community.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 20, 2021
Mr. Peters (for himself and Mr. Moran) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health,
Education, Labor, and Pensions
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A BILL
To provide Federal student loan relief for teachers who work in a
military impacted community.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Defense Community Teacher Support
Act''.
SEC. 2. LOAN FORGIVENESS FOR TEACHERS IN MILITARY IMPACTED COMMUNITIES.
(a) FFEL Loans.--Section 428J of the Higher Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 1078-10) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)(1)(A)--
(A) by inserting ``(i)'' before ``in a school'';
(B) by striking ``locations; and'' and inserting
``locations; or''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(ii) in a school in a military impacted
community; and'';
(2) in subsection (c)(3)--
(A) in the subsection heading, by inserting ``or
Serving Military Impacted Communities'' after
``Education'';
(B) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking ``and''
after the semicolon;
(C) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by striking the
period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and
(D) by adding at the end the following:
``(C) an elementary school or secondary school
teacher employed in a school in a military impacted
community.'';
(3) in subsection (g)--
(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ``(b)(1)(A)''
and inserting ``(b)(1)(A)(i)''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
``(4) Military connected teachers.--In the case of an
elementary school or secondary school teacher who is employed
in a school in a military impacted community, is the spouse of
a member of the armed forces, and is required to move as a
result of the spouse's permanent change of station, the teacher
may meet the 5-year teaching requirement of this section by
teaching in multiple elementary schools or secondary schools in
different military impacted communities.''; and
(4) in subsection (h), by striking ``Definition.--'' and
all that follows through ``the term'' and inserting the
following: ``Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
``(1) Military dependent student.--The term `military
dependent student' means a student described in subparagraph
(B) or (D)(i) of section 7003(a)(1) of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7703(a)(1)).
``(2) Military impacted community.--The term `military
impacted community', when used with respect to a school, means
a school served by a local educational agency for which not
less than 20 percent (as rounded to the nearest whole percent)
of the students in average daily attendance in all schools
served by the local educational agency during the preceding
school year were military dependent students for such year.
``(3) Year.--The term''.
(b) Federal Direct Loans.--Section 460 of the Higher Education Act
of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087j) is amended--
(1) in subsection (b)(1)(A)--
(A) by inserting ``(i)'' before ``in a school'';
(B) by striking ``locations; and'' and inserting
``locations; or''; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
``(ii) in a school in a military impacted
community; and'';
(2) in subsection (c)(3)--
(A) in the subsection heading, by inserting ``or
Serving Military Impacted Communities'' after
``Education'';
(B) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking ``and''
after the semicolon;
(C) in subparagraph (B)(iii), by striking the
period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and
(D) by adding at the end the following:
``(C) an elementary school or secondary school
teacher employed in a school in a military impacted
community.'';
(3) in subsection (g)--
(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ``(b)(1)(A)''
and inserting ``(b)(1)(A)(i)''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
``(4) Military connected teachers.--In the case of an
elementary school or secondary school teacher who is employed
in a school in a military impacted community, is the spouse of
a member of the armed forces, and is required to move as a
result of the spouse's permanent change of station, the teacher
may meet the 5-year teaching requirement of this section by
teaching in multiple elementary schools or secondary schools in
different military impacted communities.''; and
(4) in subsection (h), by striking ``Definition.--'' and
all that follows through ``the term'' and inserting the
following: ``Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
``(1) Military dependent student.--The term `military
dependent student' means a student described in subparagraph
(B) or (D)(i) of section 7003(a)(1) of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7703(a)(1)).
``(2) Military impacted community.--The term `military
impacted community', when used with respect to a school, means
a school served by a local educational agency for which not
less than 20 percent (as rounded to the nearest whole percent)
of the students in average daily attendance in all schools
served by the local educational agency during the preceding
school year were military dependent students for such year.
``(3) Year.--The term''.
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