II 118TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 1353 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. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES APRIL 27, 2023 Mr. DURBIN (for himself, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. WYDEN, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, and Mr. BOOKER) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and re- ferred 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 qual- ify for public service loan forgiveness. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Adjunct Faculty Loan 4 Fairness Act of 2023’’. 5 SEC. 2. LOAN FORGIVENESS FOR ADJUNCT FACULTY. 6 Section 455(m)(3)(B)(ii) of the Higher Education 7 Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)(3)(B)(ii)) is amended— 8 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:35 May 04, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1353.IS S1353 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2 •S 1353 IS (1) by striking ‘‘teaching as’’ and inserting the 1 following: ‘‘teaching— 2 ‘‘(I) as’’; 3 (2) by striking ‘‘, foreign language faculty, and 4 part-time faculty at community colleges), as deter- 5 mined by the Secretary.’’ and inserting ‘‘and foreign 6 language faculty), as determined by the Secretary; 7 or’’; and 8 (3) by adding at the end the following: 9 ‘‘(II) at an institution of higher 10 education (as defined in section 11 101(a)), a postsecondary vocational 12 institution (as defined in section 13 102(c)), or a Tribal College or Uni- 14 versity (as defined in section 316(b)), 15 in non-tenured track employment as 16 an adjunct or contingent faculty, 17 teacher, or lecturer who— 18 ‘‘(aa) teaches— 19 ‘‘(AA) not less than 9 20 credit hours per semester, 6 21 credit hours per trimester, 22 or 18 credit hours per cal- 23 endar year; or 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:35 May 04, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\S1353.IS S1353 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3 •S 1353 IS ‘‘(BB) not less than a 1 total of 30 hours per week, 2 as determined by multi- 3 plying each credit or contact 4 hour taught per week by 5 3.35 (or a larger number, if 6 determined appropriate by 7 the Secretary); and 8 ‘‘(bb) is not employed on a 9 full-time basis by any other em- 10 ployer.’’. 11 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:35 May 04, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\S1353.IS S1353 kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS