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Senate Bill S9174

2025-2026 Legislative Session

Relates to the calculation of full-time employment for purposes of the federal public service loan forgiveness program

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2025-S9174 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A10284
Law Section:
Labor Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1001, Lab L

2025-S9174 (ACTIVE) - Summary

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.

2025-S9174 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2025-S9174 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   9174
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             February 10, 2026
                                ___________
 
 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:
 
   Section 1. Subdivision 1 of section 1001 of the labor law, as added by
 chapter 562 of the laws of 2022, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  For faculty or teacher employees, a public service employer certi-
 fying employment after the effective date of THE CHAPTER OF THE LAWS  OF
 TWO  THOUSAND  TWENTY-SIX  THAT  AMENDED  this  subdivision shall credit
 [3.35] FIVE hours worked for each hour of  lecture  or  classroom  time,
 regardless  of  when the hours were worked, including hours worked prior
 to the effective date of THE CHAPTER OF THE LAWS OF TWO  THOUSAND  TWEN-
 TY-SIX  THAT  AMENDED this subdivision. This subdivision does not super-
 sede any greater adjustment factor established by a collective  bargain-
 ing  agreement  or  employer  policy  in  recognition of additional work
 associated with lecture or classroom time for the purpose of the  public
 service loan forgiveness program.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
 
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD14841-01-6

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