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Code · U.S. Code · Title 20 - EDUCATION · CHAPTER 48— DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION · Part A— Definitions · § 3519

§ 3519. SERVICE OBLIGATIONS FOR TEACHERS.

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Teach Grants .— Notwithstanding any provision of subpart 9 of part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1070g et seq.), the Secretary— may modify the categories of extenuating circumstances under which a recipient of a grant under subpart 9 of part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1070g et seq.) who is unable to fulfill all or part of the recipient’s service obligation may be excused from fulfilling that portion of the service obligation; shall consider teaching service that, as a result of a qualifying emergency, is part-time or temporarily interrupted, to be full-time service and to fulfill the service obligations under section 420N of such Act; and shall extend the service obligation window (as described in section 420N(b)(1)(A) of such Act) for a period of not more than 3 years, in addition to any extensions provided in accordance with subpart 9 of part A of title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1070g et seq.), in the case of a grant recipient whose service obligation window begins during, or includes— the qualifying emergency period; or a period of recession or economic downturn related to the qualifying emergency period, as determined by the Secretary in consultation with the Secretary of Labor.
Teacher Loan Forgiveness .— Notwithstanding section 428J or 460 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1078–10 ; 1087j), the Secretary shall waive the requirements under such sections that years of teaching service shall be consecutive if— the teaching service of a borrower is temporarily interrupted due to a qualifying emergency; and after the temporary interruption due to a qualifying emergency, the borrower resumes teaching service and completes a total of 5 years of qualifying teaching service under such sections, including qualifying teaching service performed before, during, and after such qualifying emergency.
Federal Perkins Loans .— Notwithstanding section 465 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1087ee ), the Secretary shall waive the requirements of such section in regard to full-time service and shall consider an incomplete year of service of a borrower as fulfilling the requirement for a complete year of service under such section, if the service was interrupted due to a qualifying emergency.”
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