STRONG Act of 2020

2020-09-30

Introduced in House

Supporting Teachers with Residency Opportunities and New Grants Act of 2020 or the STRONG Act of 2020

This bill reauthorizes through FY2023 the Teacher Quality Partnership program and otherwise revises the program to allow certain undergraduate students with an academic major related to teaching to enter into teaching residency programs. (Currently, only recent graduates and certain mid-career professionals may participate in these programs.) It also allows undergraduate students who enter into such a program to participate in the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.

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