SPELL Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 6711 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 6711 To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide additional amounts of loan forgiveness to teachers of English learners and teachers of bilingual and dual language immersion students, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES December 15, 2025 Mr. Espaillat introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide additional amounts of loan forgiveness to teachers of English learners and teachers of bilingual and dual language immersion students, and for other purposes. 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 ``Supporting Providers of English Language Learning Act'' or the ``SPELL Act''. SEC. 2. TEACHERS OF ENGLISH LEARNERS, BILINGUAL, AND DUAL LANGUAGE STUDENTS. (a) Loan Forgiveness for Teachers.--Section 428J(c)(3) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1078-10(c)(3)) is amended-- (1) in the paragraph heading by striking ``Mathematics, science, or special education'' and inserting ``Mathematics, science, special education, or english language education''; (2) in subparagraph (A)(ii) by striking ``and'' at the end; (3) in subparagraph (B)(iii) by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and (4) by adding at the end the following: ``(C) an elementary school or secondary school teacher-- ``(i) who meets the requirements of subsection (b); ``(ii) whose qualifying employment for purposes of such subsection is-- ``(I) as a teacher of English learners (as that term is defined in section 8101 of the Elementary and