text: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
  
      This Act may be cited as the ``Librarian Education and Development 
  Act of 2003''.
  
  SEC. 2. LOAN FORGIVENESS FOR LIBRARIANS.
  
      (a) FFEL Loans.--
              (1) Amendment.--Section 428J(b) of the Higher Education Act 
          of 1965 (20 U.S.C 1078-10(b)) is amended by striking paragraph 
          (1) and inserting the following:
              ``(1)(A) has been employed--
                      ``(i) as a full-time teacher for 5 consecutive 
                  complete school years in a school that qualifies under 
                  section 465(a)(2)(A) for loan cancellation for Perkins 
                  loan recipients who teach in such a school; or
                      ``(ii) as a full-time librarian for 5 consecutive 
                  complete school years in--
                              ``(I) a public library that serves a 
                          geographic area within which the public schools 
                          have a combined average of 30 percent or more 
                          of their total student enrollments composed of 
                          children counted under section 1113(a)(5) of 
                          the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 
                          1965; or
                              ``(II) a school that qualifies under 
                          section 465(a)(2)(A) for loan cancellation for 
                          Perkins loan recipients who teach in such a 
                          school; and
              ``(B)(i) if employed as a secondary school teacher, is 
          teaching a subject area that is relevant to the borrower's 
          academic major as certified by the chief administrative officer 
          of the public or nonprofit private secondary school in which 
          the borrower is employed; and
              ``(ii) if employed as an elementary school teacher, has 
          demonstrated, as certified by the chief administrative officer 
          of the public or nonprofit private elementary school in which 
          the borrower is employed, knowledge and teaching skills in 
          reading, writing, mathematics, and other areas of the 
          elementary school curriculum; and''.
              (2) Conforming amendments.--Section 428J of the Higher 
          Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1078-10) is amended--
                      (A) in subsection (f), by striking ``subsection 
                  (b)'' and inserting ``subsection (b)(1)(A)(i)''; and
                      (B) in subsection (g)(1)(A), by striking 
                  ``subsection (b)(1)(A)'' and inserting ``subsection 
                  (b)(1)(A)(i)''.
      (b) Direct Student Loan Forgiveness.--
              (1) Amendment.--Section 460(b)(1) of the Higher Education 
          Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C 1087j) is amended by striking 
          subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:
                      ``(A)(i) has been employed--
                              ``(I) as a full-time teacher for 5 
                          consecutive complete school years in a school 
                          that qualifies under section 465(a)(2)(A) for 
                          loan cancellation for Perkins loan recipients 
                          who teach in such a school; or
                              ``(II) as a full-time librarian for 5 
                          consecutive complete school years in--
                                      ``(aa) a public library that serves 
                                  a geographic area within which the 
                                  public schools have a combined average 
                                  of 30 percent or more of their total 
                                  student enrollments composed of 
                                  children counted under section 
                                  1113(a)(5) of the Elementary and 
                                  Secondary Education Act of 1965; or
                                      ``(bb) a school that qualifies 
                                  under section 465(a)(2)(A) for loan 
                                  cancellation for Perkins loan 
                                  recipients who teach in such a school; 
                                  and
                      ``(ii)(I) if employed as a secondary school 
                  teacher, is teaching a subject area that is relevant to 
                  the borrower's academic major as certified by the chief 
                  administrative officer of the public or nonprofit 
                  private secondary school in which the borrower is 
                  employed; and
                      ``(II) if employed as an elementary school teacher, 
                  has demonstrated, as certified by the chief 
                  administrative officer of the public or nonprofit 
                  private elementary school in which the borrower is 
                  employed, knowledge and teaching skills in reading, 
                  writing, mathematics, and other areas of the elementary 
                  school curriculum; and''.
              (2) Conforming amendments.--Section 460 of the Higher 
          Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087j) is amended--
                      (A) in subsection (f), by striking ``subsection 
                  (b)'' and inserting ``subsection (b)(1)(A)(i)(I)''; and
                      (B) in subsection (g)(1)(A), by striking 
                  ``subsection (b)(1)(A)'' and inserting ``subsection 
                  (b)(1)(A)(i)(I)''.
      (c) Perkins Loans.--Section 465(a) of the Higher Education Act of 
  1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087ee(a)) is amended--
              (1) in paragraph (2)--
                      (A) by striking ``section 111(c)'' in subparagraph 
                  (A) and inserting ``section 1113(a)(5)'';
                      (B) by striking ``or'' at the end of subparagraph 
                  (H);
                      (C) by striking the period at the end of 
                  subparagraph (I) and inserting ``; or''; and
                      (D) by inserting after subparagraph (I) the 
                  following new subparagraph:
              ``(J) as a full-time librarian in--
                      ``(i) a public library that serves a geographic 
                  area within which the public schools have a combined 
                  average of 30 percent or more of their total student 
                  enrollments composed of children counted under section 
                  1113(a)(5) of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
                  Act of 1965; or
                      ``(ii) an elementary or secondary school which is 
                  in the school district of a local educational agency 
                  which is eligible in such year for assistance pursuant 
                  to title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
                  Act of 1965, and which for the purpose of this 
                  paragraph and for that year has been determined by the 
                  Secretary (pursuant to regulations and after 
                  consultation with the State educational agency of the 
                  State in which the school is located) to be a school in 
                  which the enrollment of children counted under section 
                  1113(a)(5) of the Elementary and Secondary Education 
                  Act of 1965 exceeds 30 percent of the total enrollment 
                  of that school.''; and
              (2) in paragraph (3)(A)(i), by striking out ``(H), or (I)'' 
          and inserting ``(H), (I), or (J)''.
  
  SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
  
      The amendments made by section 1 shall apply with respect to any 
  year of service that is completed after the date of enactment of this 
  Act.
target: Librarian Education and Development Act of 2003 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for certain types of student loan forgiveness for librarians (as well as, currently, for teachers) in low-income areas where public schools have a combined average of 30 percent or more of their total student enrollments composed of children counted as disadvantaged under title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
feat_title: To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for student loan forgiveness to encourage individuals to become and remain librarians in low income areas.