Fulbright Teacher’s Loan Forgiveness Act
Sponsored By: Representative Beyer
Introduced
Summary
Treats Fulbright teaching service as qualifying public service employment for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF). This bill would add participation in the Fulbright Teacher Exchange Program and the Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Program to the Higher Education Act’s PSLF eligibility rules so that that time can count as public service employment.
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Fulbright participants who have federal student loans could apply their Fulbright service time toward PSLF’s employment requirement, provided they meet the program’s other rules such as making qualifying payments. The change only recognizes those Fulbright programs as qualifying public service for the purpose of loan cancellation under the existing PSLF framework.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Count Fulbright service toward loan forgiveness
If enacted, time in a Fulbright Teacher Exchange or Fulbright English Teaching Assistant role would count as public service for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF). You would still need eligible federal loans, be in a qualifying repayment plan, and make qualifying payments. This would only change how Fulbright service counts toward PSLF; it would not change other PSLF rules or create a new program. The bill does not set a start date or an end date.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Beyer
VA • D
Cosponsors
Chu
CA • D
Sponsored 8/15/2025
Carson
IN • D
Sponsored 8/15/2025
Evans (PA)
PA • D
Sponsored 8/15/2025
McBride
DE • D
Sponsored 8/15/2025
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 1/30/2026
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