S. 2485

Summary

S. 2485, the Adjunct Faculty Loan Fairness Act of 2025, was introduced in the Senate on Jul 28, 2025 by Sen. Richard Durbin (D) with 5 co-sponsors. It was referred to Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions, and last saw action on Jul 28, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S4776).

Record

Text

S. 2485 has 5 co-sponsors.

119 S2485 IS: Adjunct Faculty Loan Fairness Act of 2025
 U.S. Senate
 2025-07-28
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  II
  119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
  S. 2485
  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
  July 28, 2025
  Mr. Durbin  (for himself,  Ms. Hirono ,  Mr.
  Padilla ,  Mr. Wyden , and
  Mr. Booker ) introduced the following bill;
  which was read twice and referred to the  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and
  Pensions
  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.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Adjunct Faculty Loan Fairness Act of 2025  .
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—
(1)
by striking  teaching as  and inserting the following:
teaching—
(I)
as
    ;
(2)
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
(3)
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.
      .

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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.

Sponsors

Sen. Richard Durbin (D) sponsors S. 2485, and 5 members have co-sponsored it, 4 of them from the day it was introduced.

Richard Durbin

Sen. · D–IL · Sponsor

Introduced Jul 28, 2025

Cory Booker

Sen. · D–NJ · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 28, 2025 · Original

Mazie Hirono

Sen. · D–HI · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 28, 2025 · Original

Alex Padilla

Sen. · D–CA · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 28, 2025 · Original

Ron Wyden

Sen. · D–OR · Co-sponsor

Joined Jul 28, 2025 · Original

Ben Lujan

Sen. · D–NM · Co-sponsor

Joined Feb 9, 2026

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Committees

S. 2485 went before 1 committee: Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

Referred To · Jul 28, 2025 · 747 Bills

Actions

S. 2485 has taken 2 actions since Jul 28, 2025.

Votes

S. 2485 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

S. 2485 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

• Adjunct Faculty Loan Fairness Act of 2025 — Display Title
• Adjunct Faculty Loan Fairness Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• 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. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

2 clients hired 2 firms and 16 registered lobbyists who named S. 2485 in 2 quarterly filings, 2025. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Budget/Appropriations, Civil Rights/Civil Liberties, Education, Government Issues, Health Issues, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Agriculture, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities.

Clients

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Firms

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Lobbyists

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Filings

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Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 2485 under Education, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 2485’s is Education.

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com