119-s2485

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2485 Introduced in Senate

    (IS) ]

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 S. 2485

To amend 

section 455
            (m) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 in order to 
 allow adjunct faculty members to qualify for public service loan 
 forgiveness.

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 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

 July 28, 2025

 Mr. Durbin (for himself, Ms. Hirono, Mr. Padilla, Mr. Wyden, and Mr. 
 Booker) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
 referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

_______________________________________________________________________

 A BILL

To amend 

section 455
            (m) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 in order to 
 allow adjunct faculty members to qualify for public service loan 
 forgiveness.

 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

 This Act may be cited as the ``Adjunct Faculty Loan Fairness Act of 
2025''.

SEC. 2. LOAN FORGIVENESS FOR ADJUNCT FACULTY.

 

Section 455
            (m) (3)
        (B)
            (ii) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1087e
            (m) (3)
        (B)
            (ii) ) is amended--

    (1) by striking ``teaching as'' and inserting the 
 following: ``teaching--
 ``
            (I) as'';

    (2) by striking ``, foreign language faculty, and part-time 
 faculty at community colleges), as determined by the 
 Secretary.'' and inserting ``and foreign language faculty), as 
 determined by the Secretary; or''; and

    (3) by adding at the end the following:
 ``
            (II) at an institution of higher 
 education (as defined in 

section 101

    (a) ), a postsecondary vocational 
 institution (as defined in 

section 102
            (c) ), or a Tribal College or 
 University (as defined in 

section 316

    (b) ), in non-tenured track 
 employment as an adjunct or contingent 
 faculty, teacher, or lecturer who--
 ``

    (aa) teaches--

 ``

    (AA) not less 
 than 9 credit hours per 
 semester, 6 credit 
 hours per trimester, or 
 18 credit hours per 
 calendar year; or

 ``

    (BB) not less 
 than a total of 30 
 hours per week, as 
 determined by 
 multiplying each credit 
 or contact hour taught 
 per week by 3.35 (or a 
 larger number, if 
 determined appropriate 
 by the Secretary); and

 ``

    (bb) is not employed on a 
 full-time basis by any other 
 employer.''.
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