California Democrat introduces bill to forgive student loans for more teachers
San Bernardino County’s lone Democratic representative introduced legislation on Wednesday that would forgive teachers from having to pay their student loans.
Rep. Joe Baca of Rialto wasted no time getting busy on the first day of the 112th Congress by introducing the Teacher Education Assistance Creating Hope for our Future Act. The legislation would give all public elementary and secondary school teachers the opportunity to receive $25,000 in student loan forgiveness if they have taught full-time for five consecutive years at any public school. Other student loan forgiveness programs already exist for