Increases the amount of credit to be certified under the federal public service loan forgiveness program for faculty or teachers to five hours worked for each hour of lecture or classroom time.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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9174
IN SENATE
February 10, 2026
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Introduced by Sen. RAMOS -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
printed to be committed to the Committee on Labor
AN ACT to amend the labor law, in relation to the calculation of full-
time employment for purposes of the federal public service loan
forgiveness program
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 1001 of the labor law, as added by
2 chapter 562 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
3 1. For faculty or teacher employees, a public service employer certi-
4 fying employment after the effective date of the chapter of the laws of
5 two thousand twenty-six that amended this subdivision shall credit
6 [3.35] five hours worked for each hour of lecture or classroom time,
7 regardless of when the hours were worked, including hours worked prior
8 to the effective date of the chapter of the laws of two thousand twen-
9 ty-six that amended this subdivision. This subdivision does not super-
10 sede any greater adjustment factor established by a collective bargain-
11 ing agreement or employer policy in recognition of additional work
12 associated with lecture or classroom time for the purpose of the public
13 service loan forgiveness program.
14 § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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