Disaster Areas Teacher Recruitment Act

Disaster Areas Teacher Recruitment Act - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to allow eligible applicants in major disaster areas to: (1) be given expedited review of their applications for teacher recruitment grants; and (2) use such grant funds to provide student loan forgiveness, housing assistance, and other services as incentives for highly qualified teachers and administrators to remain in or relocate to such areas.

[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3884 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3884

To provide incentives for highly qualified teachers and administrators 
    to remain in and relocate to areas affected by major disasters.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 22, 2005

    Ms. Millender-McDonald introduced the following bill; which was 
        referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
To provide incentives for highly qualified teachers and administrators 
    to remain in and relocate to areas affected by major disasters.

    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 ``Disaster Areas Teacher Recruitment 
Act''.

SEC. 2. EXPEDITED APPLICATIONS FOR TEACHER RECRUITMENT GRANTS.

    Section 204(c) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1024(c)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (2);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (3) and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(4) in the case of an eligible applicant located in an 
        area in which the President has declared that a major disaster 
        exists, in accordance with section 401 of the Robert T. 
        Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
        U.S.C. 5170), a request that the Secretary review the 
        application in an expedited manner.''.

SEC. 3. USE OF GRANT FUNDS FOR MAJOR DISASTERS.

    Section 204(d) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1024(d)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``or'' at the end of paragraph (1)(C);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (2) and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) in the case of an eligible applicant located in an 
        area in which the President has declared that a major disaster 
        exists, in accordance with section 401 of the Robert T. 
        Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (42 
        U.S.C. 5170), such applicant shall use the grant funds to 
        provide student loan forgiveness, housing assistance, and other 
        services that will provide incentives for highly qualified 
        teachers and administrators to remain in or relocate to the 
        area affected by such major disaster.''.
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