[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3684 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3684

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide that an individual 
  may remain eligible to participate in the teacher loan forgiveness 
   program under title IV of such Act if the individual's period of 
 consecutive years of employment as a full-time teacher is interrupted 
 because the individual is the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces 
who is relocated during the school year pursuant to military orders for 
      a permanent change of duty station, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 6, 2015

    Mr. Chabot (for himself, Mr. Hunter, Mr. Russell, Mr. Scott of 
  Virginia, and Ms. Sewell of Alabama) introduced the following bill; 
   which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide that an individual 
  may remain eligible to participate in the teacher loan forgiveness 
   program under title IV of such Act if the individual's period of 
 consecutive years of employment as a full-time teacher is interrupted 
 because the individual is the spouse of a member of the Armed Forces 
who is relocated during the school year pursuant to military orders for 
      a permanent change of duty station, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Preserving Teacher Loan Forgiveness 
for Military Spouses Act of 2015''.

SEC. 2. CONTINUING ELIGIBILITY TO PARTICIPATE IN STUDENT LOAN 
              CANCELLATION PROGRAM FOR TEACHERS WHOSE PERIOD OF 
              CONSECUTIVE EMPLOYMENT IS INTERRUPTED BECAUSE OF MILITARY 
              ORDERS REQUIRING SPOUSE TO RELOCATE TO NEW RESIDENCE.

    (a) Continuing Eligibility.--Section 460(g) of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087j(g)(4)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new paragraph:
            ``(4) Continuing eligibility for certain military 
        spouses.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of 
                subsection (b), an individual who is employed as a 
                full-time teacher for 5 complete years which are not 
                consecutive years may be eligible for loan cancellation 
                pursuant to such subsection if the individual was a 
                qualified military spouse with respect to any year 
                during which the individual was not employed as a full-
                time teacher.
                    ``(B) Qualified military spouse defined.--In this 
                paragraph, the term `qualified military spouse' means, 
                with respect to a year, an individual who--
                            ``(i) during the previous year, served as a 
                        teacher in a school or location meeting the 
                        requirements of subparagraph (A) of subsection 
                        (b)(1) and met the requirements of subparagraph 
                        (B) of subsection (b)(1);
                            ``(ii) is the spouse of a member of the 
                        Armed Forces who is relocated during the year 
                        pursuant to military orders for a permanent 
                        change of duty station;
                            ``(iii) did not serve as a teacher in a 
                        school or location meeting the requirements of 
                        subparagraph (A) of subsection (b)(1) during 
                        the year or any portion of the year because the 
                        individual accompanied the spouse to a new 
                        residence as a result of such military orders; 
                        and
                            ``(iv) during the following year, resumed 
                        service as a teacher in a school or location 
                        meeting the requirements of subparagraph (A) of 
                        subsection (b)(1) and met the requirements of 
                        subparagraph (B) of subsection (b)(1).
                    ``(C) Reports to congress.--Not later than 90 days 
                after the end of the second academic year during which 
                this paragraph is in effect, and every 2 years 
                thereafter, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a 
                report describing the number of individuals who, as a 
                result of this paragraph, remained eligible for loan 
                cancellation pursuant to subsection (b) during the 2 
                most recent academic years.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to individuals who first become employed as full-
time teachers on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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