Education for Public Service Act of 2007
To make careers in public service more feasible for students with high educational debt.
Other Bill Titles (2 more) 6/11/2007--Introduced.
Education for Public Service Act of 2007 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to forgive the balance due on Direct Loans and direct consolidation loans by individuals who have been public sector employees for 10 years and... moreSee Full Bill Text
Sponsor
Committees
Amendments
This bill has no amendments.
Bill Status
| Introduced | ![]() | Voted on by House | ![]() | Voted on by Senate | ![]() | Considered By President | ![]() | Bill Becomes Law |
| June 11, 2007 |
In the News
We are not currently finding any news articles on this topic using our daily automated search of Google News. However, if you know of a relevant news article to display here, OpenCongress site editors have the ability to add it manually. Simply e-mail us the web address of this page and the web address of your suggested news article: We'll post relevant links as quickly as possible. Also, if this topic is important to you, you could write a letter to the editor -- if a news article refers this specific topic by name, a link to that news article is likely to appear here soon.
Blog Coverage
August 09, 2008 t r u t h o u t | Interview With Congressman John Sarbanes
Sarbanes sponsored the Education for Public Service Act (H.R. 2661), which, among other things, forgives student loan debts of individuals working in public service jobs after 120 consecutive payments. Sarbanes has proposed several ...
Source: Truthout - All Articles
June 17, 2007 H.R. 2661: Education for Public Service Act of 2007 (GovTrack.us)
A bill in the US Congress: To make careers in public service more feasible for students with high educational debt.
Source: GovTrack.us Tracked Events
June 10, 2007 HR 2661, To make careers in public service more feasible for ...
HR 2661 would make careers in public service more feasible for students with high educational debt....










