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Consider Teachers Act of 2021
This bill revises the service obligation verification process for the Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) grant program. The TEACH program awards grants to postsecondary students who commit to teaching for four years in high-need subjects in low-income schools. In addition, the bill establishes certain program flexibilities with respect to the service obligations of teachers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Specifically, the bill provides a process for the Department of Education (ED) to reconsider and reverse the conversion of a TEACH grant to a loan. Under current program terms, TEACH grants are converted into loan obligations if service requirements are not met.
In addition, the bill directs ED to notify TEACH grant recipients of the requirements for submitting employment certifications. ED must also provide an alternative to certification.
ED must maintain and annually update a list of qualifying schools and high-need fields.
The bill also provides certain program flexibilities with respect to the service obligations of teachers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. In particular, the bill (1) extends the service obligation window for TEACH grants, and (2) requires ED to consider teaching service that is interrupted as a result of a qualifying emergency as full-time service for purposes of Federal Perkins Loans.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing S. 848 as public Law on Oct 13, 2021. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
House Sep 28, 2021
Consider Teachers Act
Passed · Two-thirds required
406 Yea 16 Nay 9 not voting
Crossed both parties 16 of 422 voting members broke with their own party: 16 Republicans.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
431 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor S. 848 and vote against it. 1 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named S. 848 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
3 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-04. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.