[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 123 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 123

 To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend loan forgiveness 
               for certain loans to Head Start teachers.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 22, 2001

Ms. Feinstein (for herself and Mr. Voinovich) 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 amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to extend loan forgiveness 
               for certain loans to Head Start teachers.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. LOAN FORGIVENESS FOR HEAD START 
              TEACHERS.

    (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Loan 
Forgiveness for Head Start Teachers Act of 2001''.
    (b) Head Start Teachers.--Section 428J of the Higher Education Act 
of 1965 (20 U.S.C 1078-10) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b), by amending paragraph (1) to read as 
        follows:
            ``(1)(A) has been employed--
                    ``(i) as a full-time teacher for 5 consecutive 
                complete school years in a school that qualifies under 
                section 465(a)(2)(A) for loan cancellation for Perkins 
                loan recipients who teach in such a school; or
                    ``(ii) as a Head Start teacher for 5 consecutive 
                complete program years under the Head Start Act; and
            ``(B)(i) if employed as a secondary school teacher, is 
        teaching a subject area that is relevant to the borrower's 
        academic major as certified by the chief administrative officer 
        of the public or nonprofit private secondary school in which 
        the borrower is employed;
            ``(ii) if employed as an elementary school teacher, has 
        demonstrated, as certified by the chief administrative officer 
        of the public or nonprofit private elementary school in which 
        the borrower is employed, knowledge and teaching skills in 
        reading, writing, mathematics, and other areas of the 
        elementary school curriculum; and
            ``(iii) if employed as a Head Start teacher, has 
        demonstrated knowledge and teaching skills in reading, writing, 
        early childhood development, and other areas of a preschool 
        curriculum, with a focus on cognitive learning; and'';
            (2) in subsection (g), by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Head start.--An individual shall be eligible for loan 
        forgiveness under this section for service described in clause 
        (ii) of subsection (b)(1)(A) only if such individual received a 
        baccalaureate or graduate degree on or after the date of 
        enactment of the Loan Forgiveness for Head Start Teachers Act 
        of 2001.''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(i) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as may be necessary for fiscal year 2007 and 
succeeding fiscal years to carry out loan repayment under this section 
for service described in clause (ii) of subsection (b)(1)(A).''.
    (c) Conforming Amendments.--Section 428J of such Act (20 U.S.C. 
1078-10) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c)(1), by inserting ``or fifth complete 
        program year'' after ``fifth complete school year of 
        teaching'';
            (2) in subsection (f), by striking ``subsection (b)'' and 
        inserting ``subsection (b)(1)(A)(i)'';
            (3) in subsection (g)(1)(A), by striking ``subsection 
        (b)(1)(A)'' and inserting ``subsection (b)(1)(A)(i)''; and
            (4) in subsection (h), by inserting ``except as part of the 
        term `program year','' before ``where''.
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