Add librarians to loan forgiveness program?

I don’t know if it’s too late to do anything about this, but thought I’d post anyway. HR 438, a teacher training bill, has provisions for forgiving loans for math and science teachers in low-income school districts. Per an ALA Washington Office News e-mail from July 7, Congressman Xavier Becerra (D-CA) planned to offer an amendment that includes Stafford loan forgiveness for librarians in public
libraries and in schools in certain low-income areas. Here’s the latest status of the bill (which, admittedly, I can’t quite make sense of) The ALA WO news release below.

I don’t know if it’s too late to do anything about this, but thought I’d post anyway. HR 438, a teacher training bill, has provisions for forgiving loans for math and science teachers in low-income school districts. Per an ALA Washington Office News e-mail from July 7, Congressman Xavier Becerra (D-CA) planned to offer an amendment that includes Stafford loan forgiveness for librarians in public
libraries and in schools in certain low-income areas. Here’s the latest status of the bill (which, admittedly, I can’t quite make sense of) The ALA WO news release below.
ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline
Volume 12, Number 61
July 7, 2003

In This Issue: Contact Your Representatives About Librarian Loan Forgiveness Legislation

Congressman Xavier Becerra (D-CA) is planning to offer an amendment to HR 438, the teacher training bill. HR 438 contains expanded Stafford (FFEL and Ford direct) loan forgiveness provisions for math and science teachers in certain schools. Becerra has added language to the bill that would also include Stafford loan forgiveness for librarians in public libraries and in schools in certain low-income areas.

This bill may be introduced in the House Rules Committee as early as tomorrow, Tuesday July 8, at 4:30 pm. If your Representative is on the House Rules Committee and/or the House Education and the Workforce Committee, please call your Representative’s office and urge them to support Rep. Becerra’s bill. Committee members are listed below. Capitol
switchboard number is (202) 224-3121.

Thank you in advance for your support on this important piece of legislation.

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