,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bhha  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #ca1 #bjac ,mr4
 ,butterfield 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,price 
of ,north ,carolina1 ,ms4 ,lee of       
,california1 ,mrs4 ,beatty1 ,ms4 ,kelly 
of ,illinois1 ,ms4 ,jackson ,lee1 ,mr4  
,mc,intyre1 ,mr4 ,bishop of ,georgia1   
,mr4 ,jeffries1 ,mr4 ,payne1 ,ms4 ,bass1
 ,mr4 ,carson of ,indiana1 ,ms4 ,clarke1
 ,mr4 ,richmond1 ,mr4 ,lewis1 ,ms4      
,kaptur1 ,mr4 ,cleaver1 ,mr4 ,scott of  
,virginia1 ,ms4 ,brown of ,florida1 and 
,ms4 ,eddie ,bernice ,johnson of ,texas7
 introduced the following bill2 which   
was referred to the ,committee on       
,education and the ,workforce  ,a ,,bill
  ,to amend the ,higher ,education ,act 
of #aife to increase the amount of loan 
forgiveness available to highly         
qualified teachers employed in          
low-income schools who teach in the same
 school district for five consecutive   
years4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act may 
be cited as the ,support ,educators and 

,reinvest in ,valuable ,education ,act  
or ,,serve ,act4  #b4 ,additional loan  
forgiveness for highly qualified        
teachers employed in a low-income school
 in the same local educational agency   
for #e consecutive years  7a7 ,federal  
,family ,education ,loan ,program       
,section #dbh;,j7c7 of the ,higher      
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#ajgh-aj7;c77 is amended by adding at   
the end the following new paragraph3    
7#d7 ,additional amounts for teachers   
employed by the same local educational  
agency for #e consecutive complete      
school years  7,a7 ,amounts             
,notwithstanding the amount specified in
 paragraph 7#a71 the aggregate amount   
that the ,secretary shall repay under   
this section shall be not more than     
#ag1ejj in the case of an elementary or 
secondary school teacher--  7i7 who     
meets the requirements of subsection    
7b72 and  7ii7 who has been employed as 
a full-time teacher for #e consecutive  
complete school years at the same local 

educational agency4  7,b7 ,inclusion of 
,,plus loans ,a loan made under section 
#dbh;,b 7other than an excepted ,,plus  
loan7 shall be considered a qualified   
loan amount for purposes of this        
paragraph4  7,c7 ,treatment of          
consolidation loans ,notwithstanding    
paragraph 7#b71 a loan amount for a loan
 made under section #dbh;,c may be a    
qualified loan amount for the purposes  
of this paragraph only to the extent    
that such loan amount was used to repay 
a ,federal ,direct ,stafford ,loan1 a   
,federal ,direct ,unsubsidized ,stafford
 ,loan1 a ,federal ,direct ,,plus ,loan 
7other than an excepted ,,plus loan71 or
 a loan made under section #dbh1 #dbh;,b
 7other than an excepted ,,plus loan71  
or #dbh;,h for a borrower who meets the 
requirements of subparagraph 7,a71 as   
determined in accordance with           
regulations prescribed by the           
,secretary4  7,d7 ,excepted ,,plus loan 
,in this paragraph1 the term excepted   
,,plus loan has the meaning given the   

term in section #dic;,c7a74  4  7b7     
,william ,d4 ,ford ,federal ,direct     
,loan ,program ,section #dfj7;c7 of the 
,higher ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj   
,u4,s4,c4 #ajhg;j7c77 is amended by     
adding at the end the following new     
paragraph3  7#d7 ,additional amounts for
 teachers employed by the same local    
educational agency for #e consecutive   
complete school years  7,a7 ,amounts    
,notwithstanding the amount specified in
 paragraph 7#a71 the aggregate amount   
that the ,secretary shall cancel under  
this section shall be not more than     
#ag1ejj in the case of an elementary or 
secondary school teacher--  7i7 who     
meets the requirements of subsection    
7b72 and  7ii7 who has been employed as 
a full-time teacher for #e consecutive  
complete school years at the same local 
educational agency4  7,b7 ,inclusion of 
,,plus loans ,a ,federal ,direct ,,plus 
,loan 7other than an excepted ,,plus    
loan7 shall be considered a qualified   
loan amount for purposes of this        

paragraph4  7,c7 ,treatment of          
consolidation loans ,notwithstanding    
paragraph 7#b71 a loan amount for a     
,federal ,direct ,consolidation ,loan   
may be a qualified loan amount for the  
purposes of this paragraph only to the  
extent that such loan amount was used to
 repay a ,federal ,direct ,stafford     
,loan1 a ,federal ,direct ,unsubsidized 
,stafford ,loan1 a ,federal ,direct     
,,plus ,loan 7other than an excepted    
,,plus loan71 or a loan made under      
section #dbh1 #dbh;,b 7other than an    
excepted ,,plus loan71 or #dbh;,h for a 
borrower who meets the requirements of  
subparagraph 7,a71 as determined in     
accordance with regulations prescribed  
by the ,secretary4  7,d7 ,excepted      
,,plus loan ,in this paragraph1 the term
 excepted ,,plus loan has the meaning   
given the term in section #dic;,c7a74  4