[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 460 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 460
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide additional amounts
of loan forgiveness to teachers of English learners and teachers of
bilingual and dual language immersion students, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 24, 2023
Mr. Espaillat (for himself, Mr. Grijalva, Mr. Carson, Ms. Crockett,
Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. Barragan, Ms. Norton, Ms. Bonamici, Mr. Evans, and
Mr. Garcia of Illinois) 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 additional amounts
of loan forgiveness to teachers of English learners and teachers of
bilingual and dual language immersion students, 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 ``Supporting Providers of English
Language Learning Act'' or the ``SPELL Act''.
SEC. 2. TEACHERS OF ENGLISH LEARNERS, BILINGUAL, AND DUAL LANGAGE
STUDENTS.
(a) Loan Forgiveness for Teachers.--Section 428J(c)(3) of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1078-10(c)(3)) is amended--
(1) in the paragraph heading by striking ``Mathematics,
science, or special education'' and inserting ``Mathematics,
science, special education, or english language education'';
(2) in subparagraph (A)(ii) by striking ``and'' at the end;
(3) in subparagraph (B)(iii) by striking the period at the
end and inserting ``; and''; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
``(C) an elementary school or secondary school
teacher--
``(i) who meets the requirements of
subsection (b);
``(ii) whose qualifying employment for
purposes of such subsection is--
``(I) as a teacher of English
learners (as that term is defined in
section 8101 of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 7801)) whose primary
responsibility is to teach such
learners; or
``(II) as a bilingual or dual
language immersion teacher; and
``(iii) who, as certified by the chief
administrative officer of the public or
nonprofit private elementary school or
secondary school in which the borrower is
employed, or, in the case of a teacher who is
employed by an educational service agency, as
certified by the chief administrative officer
of such agency--
``(I) is teaching English learners
or bilingual or dual language immersion
students who correspond with the
borrower's training; and
``(II) has demonstrated knowledge
and teaching skills in the content
areas of the elementary school or
secondary school curriculum that the
borrower is teaching.''.
(b) Loan Cancellation for Teachers.--Section 460(c)(3) of the
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087j(c)(3)) is amended--
(1) in the paragraph heading by striking ``Mathematics,
science, or special education'' and inserting ``Mathematics,
science, special education, or english language education'';
(2) in subparagraph (A)(ii) by striking ``and'' at the end;
(3) in subparagraph (B)(iii) by striking the period at the
end and inserting ``; and''; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
``(C) an elementary school or secondary school
teacher--
``(i) who meets the requirements of
subsection (b);
``(ii) whose qualifying employment for
purposes of such subsection is--
``(I) as a teacher of English
learners (as that term is defined in
section 8101 of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20
U.S.C. 7801)) whose primary
responsibility is to teach such
learners; or
``(II) as a bilingual or dual
language immersion teacher; and
``(iii) who, as certified by the chief
administrative officer of the public or
nonprofit private elementary school or
secondary school in which the borrower is
employed, or, in the case of a teacher who is
employed by an educational service agency, as
certified by the chief administrative officer
of such agency--
``(I) is teaching English learners
or bilingual or dual language immersion
students who correspond with the
borrower's training; and
``(II) has demonstrated knowledge
and teaching skills in the content
areas of the elementary school or
secondary school curriculum that the
borrower is teaching.''.
SEC. 3. APPLICABILITY.
The amendments made by section 2 shall take effect on the date of
the enactment of this Act and shall apply with respect to individuals
who are eligible to receive teacher loan forgiveness under section 428J
of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1078-10) or teacher loan
cancellation under section 460 of such Act (20 U.S.C. 1087j) after such
date.
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