Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) proposed legislation Wednesday to would make it easier for government workers to get their student loans forgiven.

“Teachers, police officers, public health workers and other public servants should be applauded and supported—and not drowned in debt to pay for the degrees many such jobs require," Blumenthal said in a release. "The current Public Service Loan Forgiveness program should be expanded—and made more flexible—to enable student debt to be worked down or off completely."

His bill would change the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program so that it would forgive 15 percent of a government worker’s student loan after two years. Two years later, another 15 percent would be canceled.

After six years of working in the public sector, an additional 20 percent would be forgiven, followed by another 20 percent after eight years. The remaining 30 percent would be forgiven after 10 years on the job.

The current Public Service Loan Forgiveness program requires people to work government jobs and make student loan payments for 10 years. Once they reach the 10 year threshold, the rest of their loan is forgiven.

Blumenthal does not feel this helps out government workers enough.

"Unfortunately, the current PSLF program is structured as an all-or-nothing deal; unless you complete ten years of public service, even if you lose your job after nine years and eleven months, you don't receive any relief from your student loan debt," his statement read. "For PSLF participants whose loans continued to accrue interest over those years, losing a public service job could feel like being forced to start repayment efforts from scratch."

He also hints that a program like this could help solve the dearth of millennial interest in public sector jobs.

A recent study found that less than 6 percent of current college students are interested in federal service at a time when about 600,000 federal employees — more than 30 percent of the current workforce — will be eligible to retire by 2017, according to the Government Accountability Office.

"My bill strengthens the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program to ensure that it enables repayment assistance proportional to years of service," Blumenthal said. "We should reward public service—particularly as the need for talented and dedicated public servants grows."

It is unclear how much an expanded loan forgiveness program would cost the U.S. government.