Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Adjunct Faculty Loan Fairness Act of 2025”.
Adjunct Faculty Loan Fairness Act of 2025
A BILL
To amend section 455(m) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 in order to allow adjunct faculty members to qualify for public service loan forgiveness.
Sec. 2 Loan forgiveness for adjunct faculty
Section 455(m)(3)(B)(ii) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087e(m)(3)(B)(ii)) is amended—
by striking “teaching as” and inserting the following:
“(I) as”
by striking “, foreign language faculty, and part-time faculty at community colleges), as determined by the Secretary.” and inserting “and foreign language faculty), as determined by the Secretary; or”; and
by adding at the end the following:
“(II) at an institution of higher education (as defined in section 101(a)), a postsecondary vocational institution (as defined in section 102(c)), or a Tribal College or University (as defined in section 316(b)), in non-tenured track employment as an adjunct or contingent faculty, teacher, or lecturer who—
“(aa) teaches—
“(AA) not less than 9 credit hours per semester, 6 credit hours per trimester, or 18 credit hours per calendar year; or
“(BB) not less than a total of 30 hours per week, as determined by multiplying each credit or contact hour taught per week by 3.35 (or a larger number, if determined appropriate by the Secretary); and
“(bb) is not employed on a full-time basis by any other employer.”