H.R. 3684: Preserving Teacher Loan Forgiveness for Military Spouses Act of 2015

114th Congress · introduced 2015-10-06 · Education · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

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Where it came from: introduced 2015-10-06 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Preserving Teacher Loan Forgiveness for Military Spouses Act of 2015

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Preserving Teacher Loan Forgiveness for Military Spouses Act of 2015 This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to modify the qualifying service requirement of the teacher loan forgiveness program for certain military spouses. Under current law, an otherwise qualified full-time teacher must complete five consecutive years of service to be eligible for the teacher loan forgiveness program. This bill permits a teacher who completes five full-time years of non-consecutive service to be eligible for loan forgiveness if the teacher was a qualified military spouse during any break in teaching service. A qualified military spouse is an individual who: (1) is a highly-qualified teacher at a high-need school, (2) is the spouse of a servicemember, (3) experienced a break in teaching service to relocate with servicemember spouse pursuant to military orders, and (4) resumed teaching the next academic year. The Department of Education must report to Congress on the number of individuals impacted by this modification.

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Preserving Teacher Loan Forgiveness for Military Spouses Act of 2015

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Sponsor: Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1] · 31 cosponsors

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Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Terri A. Sewell (D-AL), Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Mark Takano (D-CA), Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY), Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA), John Garamendi (D-CA), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), William R. Keating (D-MA), Seth Moulton (D-MA)

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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-114hr3684.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/114/hr>

Record fed-us-cong114-hr3684 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong114 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong114