US Congress Senate Bill 1157 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on April 11 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-04-11 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Pending: Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Establishes several new grant programs for students who are training at institutions of higher education to become educators in rural schools and provides additional federal student loan forgiveness for rural educators. Specifically, the Department of Education (ED) must award undergraduate scholarships and graduate fellowships to students who are studying to become educators in rural schools and who agree to serve such schools for three or more years. ED may also award grants to eligible educational agencies for the purpose of (1) reimbursing eligible rural educators for out-of-pocket costs associated with obtaining national board certification, and (2) increasing annual compensation for eligible rural educators who have become certified. In addition, a teacher who is employed for five consecutive years in a rural school shall be eligible for up to $17,500 in federal student loan forgiveness.

REST Act Rural Educator Support and Training Act

Sen. Jon Tester [D-MT]

Sen. Tim Kaine [D-VA]

Sen. Jacky Rosen [D-NV]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-04-11	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

SB1161 (Related) 2019-04-11 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1157/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s1157/BILLS-116s1157is.pdf