United States HR 8815: Teacher Debt Relief Act

Bill Text

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119TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION H. R. 8815
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to change certain eligibility
provisions for loan forgiveness for teachers, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 14, 2026
Mrs. HAYES introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and Workforce
A BILL
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to change
certain eligibility provisions for loan forgiveness for
teachers, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Teacher Debt Relief 4
Act’’. 5
SEC. 2. LOAN FORGIVENESS FOR TEACHERS. 6
The Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 7
et seq.) is amended— 8
(1) in section 428J(g)(2) (20 U.S.C. 1078– 9
10(g)(2))— 10
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(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘or’’ 1
after the semicolon at the end; 2
(B) by striking subparagraph (B); and 3
(C) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 4
subparagraph (B); 5
(2) in section 455(m) (20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)), in 6
paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘both this subsection and 7
section 428J, 428K, 428L, or 460’’ and inserting 8
‘‘both this subsection and section 428K or 428L’’; 9
and 10
(3) in section 460(g)(2) (20 U.S.C. 11
1087j(g)(2))— 12
(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘or’’ 13
after the semicolon at the end; 14
(B) by striking subparagraph (B); and 15
(C) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 16
subparagraph (B). 17
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