Sec. 202. Community service officers
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Public Service Loan Forgiveness
(PSLF)Program eligibility shall include individuals who spend at least one year as a community service officer (CSO), including those working less than 30 hours per week, employed by a local law enforcement agency. Section 455(m) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1087e(m) ) is amended— by striking the period at the end of (3)(B)(ii) and inserting ; or ; by adding at the end of (3)(B) the following: serving, for a calendar year, full-time or part-time as a community service officer ; and by inserting after subparagraph
(B)the following: Community service officers are professionals or paraprofessional law enforcement who do not respond to emergencies, do not carry firearms, and do not have power of arrest; this includes those persons training to be full-time law enforcement. . The Secretary of Education must treat local law enforcement agencies, including those of tribal governments, as qualifying employers as defined in 34 CFR 685.219. No later than 120 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Education must promulgate rules to provide a clear and accessible process for community service officers to apply for loan forgiveness. These rules must ensure that community service officers employed by local law enforcement agencies receive Public Service Loan Forgiveness benefits no later than one year after applying for and being determined eligible for this program. No later than 120 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Education must create and maintain a clear and accessible appeals process for all borrowers who are denied participation in the PSLF Program. The appeals process must meet, but is not limited to, the following requirements: petition for appeal must be submitted through an online program which is clearly displayed on the department website and is accessible to non-English speakers; the Department must provide notice of the appeals process when a borrower initially applies for the PSLF Program; the Department must provide for accessible communication with borowers; the Department must provide the borrower detailed information about which loans did not qualify, which payments did not qualify, and what information is necessary for a successful appeal; borrowers who were denied loan forgiveness prior to enactment of this Act have 180 days to request reconsideration; and for any months in which a borrower postponed monthly payments under a deferment or forbearance and was employed full-time or part-time at a qualifying employer as defined in 34 CFR 685.219 but was in a deferment or forbearance status, the borrower may obtain credit towards forgiveness for those months.
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