# 115-hr-4914: STRIVE Act

115-hr-4914, STRIVE Act, is a 115th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1] (D-NJ); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 115-hr-4914
- Congress: 115
- Title: STRIVE Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Development.
- Introduced: 2018-02-02
- Sponsor: Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1] (D-NJ)
- Cosponsors: 4
- Policy area: Education
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Supporting the Teaching profession through Revitalizing Investments in Valuable Educators Act or the STRIVE Act This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide qualifying teachers with a new, incremental loan-cancellation program. Specifically, with respect to a 12-month period, the Department of Education (ED) must cancel a specified portion of a borrower's qualifying Federal Direct Loan Program loans if the borrower: (1) has made 12 consecutive on-time monthly payments, (2) is employed in a qualifying teaching position at the time of such cancellation, and (3) was employed in a qualifying teaching position during the period in which the borrower made the 12 payments. After a borrower has received such partial loan cancellation for a specified number of years, ED must cancel the borrower's eligible loans in full.   The bill also: increases and extends funding for teacher training; makes changes to the Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education grant program, including by increasing annual award amounts and making early childhood teachers eligible for such grants; requires ED to award grants to states to subsidize teacher certification and licensing fees for low-income individuals who have entered the teaching profession; expands the teacher quality partnership grant program to include early childhood educators; and increases the tax deduction for school expenses and extends the deduction to early childhood educators.

## Cosponsors (4)

- Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9] (D-NJ), 2018-02-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-8] (D-NJ), 2018-06-06T00:00:00.000Z
- MICHAEL CAPUANO (D-MA), 2018-07-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] (D-VT), 2018-08-07T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 115-hr-6545: Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2018
- 115-hr-6510: Restore Our Parks and Public Lands Act
- 115-hr-6135: Keep Families Together Act
- 115-hr-6033: International Human Rights Defense Act of 2018
- 115-hr-5359: 2020 Census IDEA Act
- 115-hr-5108: No Tax Breaks for Outsourcing Act

## Sources
- [115-hr-4914 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4914)

## Related
- [115-hr-6545: Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6545)
- [115-hr-6510: Restore Our Parks and Public Lands Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6510)
- [115-hr-6135: Keep Families Together Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6135)
- [115-hr-6033: International Human Rights Defense Act of 2018](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-6033)
- [115-hr-5359: 2020 Census IDEA Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-5359)
- [115-hr-5108: No Tax Breaks for Outsourcing Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-5108)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/115-hr-4914 (as of 2025-11-18).