3.0.0 2181 2020-02-10T17:00:03Z 2020-02-10T17:00:03Z Senate S S 2012-03-08 112 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2012-03-08T22:24:26Z Teacher Education Assistance Creating Hope for Our Future Act of 2011 112 85 HR 2011-02-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training. Related bill CRS 2012-03-08 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2012-03-08 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1542-1543) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2012-03-08 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress B001265 Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] Mark Begich D AK N Education Education of the disadvantaged Government lending and loan guarantees Higher education Preschool education Student aid and college costs Teaching, teachers, curricula Education 00 2012-03-08 Introduced in Senate 2012-03-27T18:48:33Z Preparing and Reinvesting in Early Education Act of 2012 or PRE ED Act of 2012 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to include early childhood educators in the Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) and Direct Loan (DL) forgiveness programs for teachers.

Makes early childhood educators eligible for FFEL or DL forgiveness if they are not in default on the loan being forgiven and have: (1) been employed as a full-time early childhood educator for five consecutive complete school years or a comparable period, as determined by the Secretary of Education; and (2) obtained an associate or baccalaureate degree in early childhood education prior to that period of service.

Caps at $25,000 the amount of an early childhood educator's FFEL or DL that may be forgiven.

Includes early childhood educators with associate degrees in early childhood development, early child education, or a related field in the program providing FFEL forgiveness for service in areas of national need. (Currently, early childhood educators are required to have completed a baccalaureate or advanced degree in such a field to qualify for participation in that program.)

]]> PRE ED Act of 2012 Short Titles as Introduced PRE ED Act of 2012 Short Titles as Introduced Preparing and Reinvesting in Early Education Act of 2012 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for loan forgiveness for early childhood educators, and for other purposes. Display Title PRE ED Act of 2012 Introduced in Senate 2012-03-08T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s2181is/xml/BILLS-112s2181is.xml 2012-03-08 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.