Adjunct Faculty Loan Fairness Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2485 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 2485

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.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 28, 2025

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

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                                 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 
2025''.

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) 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)), in non-tenured track 
                                employment as an adjunct or contingent 
                                faculty, teacher, or lecturer who--
                                            ``(aa) teaches--

                                                    ``(AA) not less 
                                                than 9 credit hours per 
                                                semester, 6 credit 
                                                hours per trimester, or 
                                                18 credit hours per 
                                                calendar year; or

                                                    ``(BB) not less 
                                                than a total of 30 
                                                hours per week, as 
                                                determined by 
                                                multiplying each credit 
                                                or contact hour taught 
                                                per week by 3.35 (or a 
                                                larger number, if 
                                                determined appropriate 
                                                by the Secretary); and

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