[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 209 Introduced in House (IH)]
111th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 209
To expand the teacher loan forgiveness provisions of the Higher
Education Act of 1965 to include speech-language pathologists.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 6, 2009
Mr. Wilson of South Carolina introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Education and Labor
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A BILL
To expand the teacher loan forgiveness provisions of the Higher
Education Act of 1965 to include speech-language pathologists.
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 ``Helping Our Students Communicate Act
of 2009''.
SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF LOAN FORGIVENESS TO SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGISTS.
(a) FFEL Loans.--
(1) Forgiveness for speech-language pathologists
authorized.--Section 428J(b)(1) of the Higher Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1078-10(b)(1)) is amended to read as follows:
``(1) has been employed for 5 consecutive complete school
years--
``(A) as a full-time teacher--
``(i) in a school or location that
qualifies under section 465(a)(2)(A) for loan
cancellation for Perkins loan recipients who
teach in such schools or locations; and
``(ii) if employed as an elementary school
or secondary school teacher, is highly
qualified as defined in section 9101 of the
Elementary Secondary Education Act of 1965, or
meets the requirements of subsection (g)(3); or
``(B) as a full-time speech-language pathologist--
``(i) to perform services principally in a
school described in subparagraph (A)(i); and
``(ii) who has, at a minimum, a graduate
degree in speech-language pathology, or
communication sciences and disorders; and''.
(2) Additional amounts for speech-language pathologists.--
Section 428J(c)(3) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1078-10(c)(3)) is
amended--
(A) in the header, by inserting before the period
``, and speech-language pathologists'';
(B) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph
(A);
(C) by striking the period at the end of
subparagraph (B) and inserting ``; and''; and
(D) by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:
``(C) a speech-language pathologist who meets the
requirements of subsection (b).''.
(b) Direct Loans.--
(1) Forgiveness for speech-language pathologists
authorized.--Section 460(b)(1) of the Higher Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087j(b)(1)) is amended to read as follows:
``(1) has been employed for 5 consecutive complete school
years--
``(A) as a full-time teacher--
``(i) in a school or location that
qualifies under section 465(a)(2)(A) for loan
cancellation for Perkins loan recipients who
teach in such schools or locations; and
``(ii) if employed as an elementary school
or secondary school teacher, is highly
qualified as defined in section 9101 of the
Elementary Secondary Education Act of 1965, or
meets the requirements of subsection (g)(3); or
``(B) as a full-time speech-language pathologist--
``(i) to perform services principally in a
school described in subparagraph (A)(i); and
``(ii) who has, at a minimum, a graduate
degree in speech-language pathology, or
communication sciences and disorders; and''.
(2) Additional amounts for speech-language pathologists.--
Section 460(c)(3) of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1087j(c)(3)) is
amended--
(A) in the header, by inserting before the period
``, and speech-language pathologists'';
(B) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph
(A);
(C) by striking the period at the end of
subparagraph (B) and inserting ``; and''; and
(D) by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:
``(C) a speech-language pathologist who meets the
requirements of subsection (b).''.
(c) New Borrower Eligibility.--An individual who is a speech-
language pathologist shall not qualify under the amendments made by
this section unless such individual is a new borrower (as such term is
defined in section 103 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C.
1003)) on or after the date that is 90 days after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
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