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Assembly Bill A5914

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Enacts the "3000 by '30 act"

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2025-A5914 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Higher Education
Law Section:
Education Law
Laws Affected:
Add §679-k, Ed L

2025-A5914 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Provides loan forgiveness for social workers who work within New York state for five years.

2025-A5914 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5914
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 24, 2025
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. K. BROWN -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Higher Education
 
 AN  ACT  to amend the education law, in relation to enacting the 3000 by
   '30 act which provides loan forgiveness for certain social workers
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.   This act shall be known and may be cited as the "3000 by
 '30 act".
   § 2. The education law is amended by adding a  new  section  679-k  to
 read as follows:
   §  679-K. NEW YORK STATE "THREE THOUSAND BY THIRTY" SOCIAL WORKER LOAN
 FORGIVENESS INCENTIVE PROGRAM. 1.  ELIGIBILITY. TO BE  ELIGIBLE  FOR  AN
 AWARD PURSUANT TO THIS SECTION, APPLICANTS SHALL:
   (A)  HAVE  GRADUATED  AND  OBTAINED A DEGREE FROM AN APPROVED NEW YORK
 STATE COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY;
   (B) HAVE AN OUTSTANDING STUDENT LOAN DEBT FROM OBTAINING SUCH DEGREE;
   (C) BE EMPLOYED AS A LICENSED MASTER SOCIAL WORKER OR  LICENSED  CLIN-
 ICAL  SOCIAL  WORKER  IN  NEW  YORK STATE IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE ONE
 HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR OF THIS CHAPTER;
   (D) APPLY FOR THIS PROGRAM WITHIN TWO YEARS OF COLLEGE GRADUATION;
   (E) COMPLY WITH SUBDIVISION FIVE OF SECTION SIX HUNDRED  SIXTY-ONE  OF
 THIS PART; AND
   (F)  MAKE  A COMMITMENT TO PRACTICE WITHIN THE STATE FOR THE NEXT FIVE
 YEARS.
   2. AWARDS. THE CORPORATION SHALL  GRANT  SUCH  AWARDS  WITHIN  AMOUNTS
 APPROPRIATED FOR SUCH PURPOSES AND BASED ON THE AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD09085-01-5

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