Introduce legislation to ensure teachers with five years of classroom service can qualify for both the Stafford Student Loan Forgiveness program and the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program.
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introduced the Teacher Debt Relief Act, legislation to make a technical correction to ensure teachers with five years of classroom service can qualify for both the Stafford Student Loan Forgiveness (SSLF) program and the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program
Hayes announced and introduced a bill to expand teacher loan forgiveness eligibility by allowing qualifying teachers to access both forgiveness programs.
introduced the Teacher Debt Relief Act, legislation to make a technical correction to ensure teachers with five years of classroom service can qualify for both the Stafford Student Loan Forgiveness (SSLF) program and the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program
Hayes introduced the Teacher Debt Relief Act to let teachers with five years of classroom service qualify for both teacher loan forgiveness and PSLF.
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“Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) introduced the Teacher Debt Relief Act, legislation to make a technical correction to ensure teachers with five years of classroom service can qualify for both the Stafford Student Loan Forgiveness (SSLF) program and the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program.”
Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Hayes' office says she introduced the Teacher Debt Relief Act on May 14, 2026 to let teachers with five years of classroom service qualify for both programs, which directly matches the claim.
Mrs. Hayes introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): GovInfo records H.R. 8815, the Teacher Debt Relief Act, as introduced by Jahana Hayes on May 14, 2026 and referred to committee. Because the promise was to introduce legislation, this confirms delivery in the same House term.
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to change certain eligibility provisions for loan forgiveness for teachers
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The introduced bill text identifies the measure as changing teacher loan-forgiveness eligibility provisions, matching the substance of Hayes' commitment to address teacher access to forgiveness programs.
Mrs. Hayes (for herself and Mr. Takano) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Official records establish that Hayes introduced the Teacher Debt Relief Act in October 2019, during her first House term, substantially earlier than the May 2026 introduction already recorded. Introduction satisfies the action promised. The campaign date is unspecified, so timing relative to that campaign is unknown.
The Teacher Debt Relief Act fixes this oversight by allowing teachers to enroll in both programs concurrently
Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Hayes’ contemporaneous announcement explains that H.R. 4647 addresses the restriction preventing teachers receiving forgiveness after five years from counting that service toward public service forgiveness. This establishes that her 2019 introduction addressed the promised policy, supplementing the existing 2026 evidence.
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Hayes promised to introduce legislation allowing teachers with five years of classroom service to qualify for both Stafford Student Loan Forgiveness and Public Service Loan Forgiveness. On May 14, 2026, while serving in the same federal House office, she introduced the Teacher Debt Relief Act, described as making that exact technical correction. Because the promise was to introduce legislation, not secure enactment, introduction satisfies the promised outcome in the same term.
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