1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Preserving Teacher Loan Forgiveness for Military Spouses Act of 2019 . 2. Continuing eligibility to participate in student loan forgiveness or loan cancellation program for teachers whose period of consecutive employment is interrupted because of military orders requiring spouse to relocate to new residence, or who work in a school of the defense dependents' education system due to such a relocation (a) Continuing Eligibility (1) Part B Loans Section 428J(g) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1078–10(g) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (4) Continuing eligibility for certain military spouses (A) In general (i) Complete but nonconsecutive years Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of subsection (b), an individual who is employed in a full-time teaching position that meets the requirements of this section for a period that includes 5 complete but nonconsecutive years may be eligible for loan forgiveness pursuant to such subsection, if the individual was a qualified military spouse, as defined in subparagraph (B)(i), with respect to any year during such period for which the individual was not employed as a full-time teacher in a school or location meeting the requirements of this section. (ii) Employment in defense department schools Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of subsection (b), an individual may be eligible for loan forgiveness pursuant to such subsection, if the individual is a qualified military spouse, as defined in subparagraph (B)(ii), and the individual has been employed as a full-time teacher for 5 complete school years in a school described in subparagraph (A) of subsection (b)(1) or in a school of the defense dependents’ education system under the Defense Dependents’ Education Act of 1978 ( 20 U.S.C. 921 et seq.) that is located outside of the United States, and met the requirements of subparagraph (B) of subsection (b)(1). (B) Qualified military spouse defined In this paragraph, the term qualified military spouse means— (i) with respect