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Senate Bill 1927
115th Congress(2017-2018)
Adjunct Faculty Loan Fairness Act of 2017
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Introduced in Senate on Oct 5, 2017
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S. 1927 (Introduced-in-Senate)


115th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1927


To amend section 455(m) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 in order to allow adjunct faculty members to qualify for public service loan forgiveness.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

October 5, 2017

Mr. Durbin (for himself and Mr. Franken) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

A BILL

To amend section 455(m) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 in order to allow adjunct faculty members to qualify for public service loan forgiveness.

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 “Adjunct Faculty Loan Fairness Act of 2017”.

SEC. 2. Loan forgiveness for adjunct faculty.

Section 455(m)(3)(B)(ii) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)(3)(B)(ii)) is amended—

(1) by striking “teaching as” and inserting the following: “teaching—

“(I) as”;

(2) by striking “, foreign language faculty, and part-time faculty at community colleges), as determined by the Secretary.” and inserting “and foreign language faculty), as determined by the Secretary; or”; and

(3) by adding at the end the following:

        “(II) as a part-time faculty member or instructor who—

        “(aa) teaches not less than 1 course at an institution of higher education (as defined in section 101(a)), a postsecondary vocational institution (as defined in section 102(c)), or a Tribal College or University (as defined in section 316(b)); and

        “(bb) is not employed on a full-time basis by any other employer.”.