Posted on 05/26/2019 4:03:45 AM PDT by KC_Lion
Sens. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) introduced a bill Monday aiming to tackle the problem of teacher debt.
The bill, the Consider Teachers Act of 2019, amends the TEACH grant program to resolve problems where some of those grants were inadvertently converted into loans that must be paid back with interest.
"The TEACH grant is an important program to incentivize teachers to serve in neglected communities, but 12 years of poor government management has turned these grants into groans for thousands of teachers," Braun said in a statement.
"To show our appreciation for America's great teachers, let's get off the sidelines and fix this broken system once and for all."
"Arizona teachers use TEACH grants to serve Arizona families in low-income schools. The government made a promise to those teachers, and our commonsense bill ensures the government honors its obligation," Sinema added.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
Problem is, many of the teachers are irresponsible bleeding heart liberals who are hurting rather than helping the children.
Let ‘em pay their damned bills the way the rest of us do!
They KNOW how much money that teacher’s make.....plus they have turned into PROPAGANDISTS!
The majority of TEACH grants, 66 percent, are converted into Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loans which must be paid back with interest, according to the Office of Management and Budget.
The senators said that many of those conversions are the result of small paperwork errors.
Yeah, this is really how the story ends. What kind of journalism job is this? Do they decide to bail after 1-2 years and not meet their four year obligation? Or is there really something else involved here?
Let ‘em pay their damned bills the way the rest of us do!
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Seriously!
And, not surprisingly, “bipartisan” means the lame-ass Republicans caved in to whatever the Democrats wanted.
No, just no. Take responsibility for yourself. Two, the neglected communities exist for a reason. I did not cause it in any way, so do not make me pay for this give-away.
A few thoughts here. These types of grants and programs have been around for a long time. My mother was in some sort of program in the 1960’s where she got a scholarship in exchange for teaching in the school of the government’s choice for a few years.
A lot of this money goes to additional certification courses for people with college degrees (now there is a racket that should be examined). There are private foundations, like Teach for America that do this too.
If you are willing to finish the program it is a good deal. What it looks like from the article is that there are a ton of clerical errors.
The government pencil pushers are the problem, not the teachers.
One more reason not to trust the government with anything that affects my daily life. Imagine a “clerical error” on an order for surgery or a social security payment.
Ping!
Agreed! Why is it working folks are always the ones that have to pay their bills but special interests don’t have to.
And participate in 401ks and pay for their cadillac health insurance.
In case folks wonder where their school budgets are really going, see my reply above.
The USA used to be ranked first in education among developed nations. Then the federal government (DoE) got involved in public education. Now we are ranked last in 12K education.
Public schools are nothing more than propaganda halls for students and money mills for outrageously paid administrators and over paid teachers. Abolish the Department of Education.
How about “fixing” the real problem—that us taxpayers will be stuck paying the bill for these deadbeats?
you incur the debt, you pay it off. get a summer job. take responsibility for your self.
These ‘educator” deadbeats need to work and pay off their debt. Why should it be forgiven? They only “work” about 8 months each year, get great benefits and a sweet retirement package. The taxpayer is supposed to take it up th a** for them? Get real. Taxpayers already support the schools through property taxes...if you have children or not. What a pathetic scam. So many kids receive a lousy education from these mostly LIB losers.
Well, most conservatives refuse to teach, so we left the field to them. The hand that rocks the cradle.
government management has turned these grants into groans
Ditto! They can use their incredible pensions to pay off their own debt! Another liberal (even idiot Braun) idea to foist on us taxpayers.
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