April 17, 2007

Support Loan Forgiveness for Librarians (Librarian Act of 2007)

April 12, 2007 11:59:00Next week, to celebrate National Library Week, Senator Jack Reed (D-RI) plans to introduce the Librarian Act of 2007. The Librarian Act of 2007 amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for Perkins student loan forgiveness to encourage individuals to become and remain librarians in low-income schools and public libraries. Specifically, the Librarian Act of 2007 allows for Perkins loan cancellation for full-time librarians with a master's degree in library science that are employed in: * a public library that serves a geographic area that contains one or more schools eligible for assistance under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965; or* an elementary or secondary school library that is eligible for assistance under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965.

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