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Version 00 · Introduced in Senate · Feb 13, 2003
Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a demonstration program of student loan forgiveness for highly qualified attorneys who: (1) work for State or local government, or nonprofit private, entities on behalf of low-income families or individuals in the family or domestic relations court systems; and (2) have trained and worked in areas including juvenile justice, truancy, child abuse or neglect, adoption, domestic relations, child support, paternity, or others which State law determines to be in the field of family or domestic relations law.
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Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH] · R–OH
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2483-2484)
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2480-2481)
Introduced in Senate
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