(1)
in subsection (a)(2)—
(A)
in subparagraph (A), by striking clause (iii) and inserting the following:
“(iii) the student is completing the third, fourth, or fifth year of a program of undergraduate education or a program of postbaccalaureate education, necessary to begin a career in teaching; or”
(B)
in subparagraph (B), by striking clause (ii) and inserting the following:
“(ii) the applicant is or was a teacher who is using alternative certification routes that have not been identified as low-performing or at-risk by the State.”
(2)
in subsection (b)—
(A)
in paragraph (1)(D), by striking “of the school upon completion of each year of such service” and inserting “of the school or schools for each year of service completed”; and
(B)
by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
“(2) in the event that the applicant is determined to have failed or refused to carry out such service obligation, the sum of the amounts of any TEACH Grants received by such applicant, pro-rated by the percentage of service obligation that has not been met, will be treated as a loan and collected from the applicant in accordance with subsection (c) and regulations thereunder; and”
(3)
in subsection (d), by adding at the end the following:
“(3) Appeal process—The Secretary shall establish, by regulation, a process for a recipient of a grant under this subpart whose grant has been converted to a Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford loan to appeal such conversion and have the grant reinstated if there is evidence of—
“(A) that recipient having completed, or being in the process of completing, the service requirement; or
“(B) servicing errors on the part of the Department or its contractors.”