85S11896 AAF-F
By: Hinojosa H.B. No. 357
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring a school district to give notice to new
classroom teachers of the ability to participate in the Public
Service Loan Forgiveness Program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subtitle A, Title 6, Government Code, is amended
by adding Chapter 620 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 620. NOTICE TO CLASSROOM TEACHERS OF PUBLIC SERVICE LOAN
FORGIVENESS PROGRAM
Sec. 620.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Classroom teacher" has the meaning assigned by
Section 5.001, Education Code.
(2) "School district" has the meaning assigned by
Section 21.201, Education Code.
Sec. 620.002. NOTICE TO CLASSROOM TEACHERS OF PUBLIC
SERVICE LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM. Not later than the 30th day after
the date on which a classroom teacher begins employment with a
school district, the school district shall provide written notice
to the classroom teacher of the ability of eligible classroom
teachers of the school district to participate in the Public
Service Loan Forgiveness Program administered by the United States
Department of Education. A school district may deliver a written
notice under this section to a classroom teacher by hand delivery,
mail, e-mail, or other form of electronic communication commonly
used by the school district to communicate with classroom teachers.
SECTION 2. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this
section, Chapter 620, Government Code, as added by this Act,
applies to a classroom teacher who begins employment on or after the
effective date of this Act.
(b) A school district shall provide the written notice
described by Section 620.002, Government Code, as added by this
Act, to a classroom teacher employed by the school district on the
effective date of this Act not later than December 11, 2017.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect December 1, 2017.