Teacher Debt Relief Act

1. Student loan relief provisions generally, including debt cancellation, including section 542 of S.1939, FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 2. School Staff Workforce related issues including staff shortages, teacher diversity, teacher preparation and tutoring services, teacher apprenticeship; and Grow Your Own 3. Paraprofessionals and teacher pay 4. School staff working conditions, pay, shortages, respect, benefits 5. H.R.7946/S.4117, Climate Change Education, Entirety 6. Private school vouchers including NDAA amendments and the DC voucher program/SOAR Act FY2024 and FY2025 funding and policy provisions 7. H.R.6576/S.3360, Full Service Community Schools Expansion Act of 2023, Entirety 8. Proposals to expand Pell Grants to short-term programs including H.R.793/S.161, JOBS Act and H.R.6585, Bipartisan Workforce Pell Act, including institutional eligibility restrictions 9. S.1409, Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), Entirety 10. Child Care, Head Start workforce issues, generally 11. Artificial Intelligence, Education and workforce related issues 12. Executive Order 14110 -- The Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence, Education related issues 13. S.Res.450, the Paraprofessional and Education Support Staff Bill of Rights 14. H.Res.990, the Paraprofessional and Education Support Staff Bill of Rights 15. Tuition tax credit proposals and 529 tax saving account proposals, including H.R.531, Educational Choice for Children Act 16. Social Media and Platform Accountability related issues 17. H.R.8070, Servicemember Quality of Life Improvement and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025, Parents Bill of Rights; Culture War; Voucher related amendments; and DOD Education Activity schools in Europe South region 18. Education technology and kids' privacy related issues 19. Student Loan Servicing Reform and Consumer Protection related issues, including H.R.8660/S.4481, Student Loan Servicers Accountability Act of 2024 20. Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF), Improvements and generally; H.R.6792, PSLF Administrative Improvements Act; H.R.2728, Young Garmer Success Act; and H.R.7139/S.3695, Teacher Debt Relief Act 21. Teacher loan forgiveness programs, generally, including S.963, Loan Forgiveness for Educators Act and Teacher Loan Repayment Act 22. Postsecondary Student Success Grants (College completion) and funding 23. Faiths Law (draft bill) 24. H.R.7725/S.4115, Embracing anti-Discrimination, Unbiased Curricula and Advancing Truth in Education (EDUCATE) Act 25. H.R.8407/S.4333, Domenic and Eds Law 26. Welcoming Students to Our Schools Act (draft bill) 27. Helping Students Plan for College Act 28. H.R.8807/S.4595, Pell Grant Preservation and Expansion Act 29. H.R.8524, the Elementary and Secondary School Counseling Act 30. H.R.8444, the Mental Health in Schools Act 31. H.R.8526, the Trauma-Informed Schools Act 32. IAQ and Healthy Schools Act (draft bill) 33. S.1418, Children and Teens Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA 2.0), Entirety 34. Rural education issues 35. Cognitive behavioral therapy and schools (draft bill) 36. S.3266 Focus on Learning Act 37. H.R.5769 Family Friendly Schools Act 38. H.R.8319 Advanced Learning Models Act 39. S.4214 Kids Off Social Media Act 40. Supporting Full-Service Community Schools funding in FY25 Monitor the following: 1. Title IX and Sex-Related Eligibility Criteria for Male and Female Athletic Teams 2. School Bus related issues 3. Borrower defense rule issues 4. Recognizing Care Workers 5. Income-driven repayment plans (student loans), including Administrative adjustment, regulations, and generally 6. Keeping All Students Safe Act, Entirety 7. Change of ownership (institutions of higher education), including ongoing University of Phoenix-University of Idaho transaction 8. H.R.5030, Secure Rural Schools Reauthorization Act of 2023, Entirety 9. Enforcement of program integrity rules and efforts to identify low-value programs (higher education), including gainful employment regulations 10. Online program management companies, role in higher education and compliance with incentive compensation ban 11. H.R.6791, Artificial Intelligence Literacy Act of 2023, Entirety 12. H.R.4519/S.2217, The IDEA Full Funding Act 13. H.R.2715/S.1202, Keep Our Promise to America's Children and Teachers (PACT) Act 14. Ensuring Safe Drinking Water at Schools, Lead & Copper Rule Improvements 15. Health Funding Correction Act 16. H.R.6204, the See the Board Act 17. H.R.7921/S.4091, Countering Antisemitism Act 18. H.R.5484/S.2822, Green Ribbon Act of 2023, Entirety 19. Career and Technical Education related issues 20. Child Care, Head Start and Pre-Kindergarten, generally 21. Public Law 117-200, Joint Consolidation Loan Separation Act 22. S.3681, Preparing and Retaining All (PARA) Educators Act 23. Parental and Family Engagement related issues 24. H.R.7804/S.3727, Proprietary Education Oversight Task Force Act 25. H.R.6951, College Cost Reduction Act 26. S.2660, Get Toxic Substances Out of Schools Act, Entirety 27. Public Law 117-169, Inflation Reduction Act, Direct Pay 28. Tutoring 29. S.1514, Homes for Every Local Protector, Educator and Responder (HELPER) Act, Entirety 30. TEACH (Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education) Grant program related issues, generally 31. Title II, Part A, Supporting Effective Instruction State Grants program of the Every Student Succeeds Act