New Jersey A 2367: Requires DOH to update epilepsy website and increase public outreach efforts.

Bill Text

A2367 

ASSEMBLY, No. 2367 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2026 SESSION

Sponsored by:

Assemblyman WILLIAM F. MOEN, JR.

District 5 (Camden and Gloucester)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman Dunn

SYNOPSIS

���� Requires public service employer to certify 
employment of qualifying employees under federal Public Service Loan 
Forgiveness Program; requires Secretary of Higher Education to develop 
materials to promote Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative 
Counsel.

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An Act concerning certifying employment under the federal 
Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program and supplementing Title 34 of the 
Revised Statutes and Title 18A of the New Jersey Statutes.

���� Be It 
Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of 
the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.��� As used in this act:

���� "Certifying 
employment" means either completing the employer sections of the Public 
Service Loan Forgiveness form or sharing data

directly with the United States 
Department of Education that corresponds to the information required for the 
Public Service Loan Forgiveness form.

���� "Employee" means 
someone who works for a public service employer, regardless of whether the 
public service employer considers that work to be full-time or part-time, 
contingent, or contracted, and receives a Form W-2 from the employer.

���� "Full-time" for the 
purpose of certifying employment means working at least thirty hours per week 
or at least thirty hours per week

throughout a contractual or 
employment period of at least eight months in a twelve-month period, including 
but not limited to, elementary and secondary school teachers, except that if 
the United States Department of Education provides for a definition that means 
fewer hours per week, the department�s definition shall apply.

���� "Public service 
employer" means any employer in the State who is designated as a 
qualifying employer under the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program 
by the United States Department of Education, excluding any federal or tribal 
nation government organization, agency, or entity. This term shall include any 
State, county, city or other local government employer, including any office, 
department, independent agency, school district, public institution of higher 
education, public library system, authority, or other body, including the 
Legislature and the judiciary. This term shall also include any employer that 
has received designation as a tax-exempt organization pursuant to section 
501(c)(3) of the United States Internal Revenue Code. 

���� "Public Service Loan 
Forgiveness form" means the form used by the United States Department of 
Education to certify an individual's employment at a public service 
organization and determine eligibility for the purposes of the Public Service 
Loan Forgiveness program.

���� "Public Service Loan 
Forgiveness Program" means the federal loan forgiveness program 
established under the �College Cost Reduction and Access Act� (20 U.S.C. 
s.1087e). 

���� 2.��� a.� For the purposes of 
certifying employment for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program for 
educator employees, a public service employer shall credit 3.35 hours worked 
for each hour of lecture or classroom time. The provisions of this subsection 
shall not supersede any greater adjustment factor established by a collective 
bargaining 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, and shall have no other applicability for public 
service employers and their employees.

���� b.��� When determining whether 
an employee is considered full-time, for the purpose of certifying employment 
for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program only, a public service employer 
shall not treat any adjusted total hours worked pursuant to this section 
differently from hours worked without an adjustment factor.

���� c.���� For the purpose of 
certifying employment only, a public service employer shall consider as 
full-time any employee who satisfies the definition of full-time pursuant to 
section 1 of P.L.��� , c.��� (C.������� ) (pending before the Legislature as 
this bill).

���� 3.��� a.� In the event that 
the United States Department of Education permits public service employers to 
certify employment for past or present individual employees or groups of 
employees directly with the department or its agents, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, a public service employer shall be permitted to send to the 
department or its agents the information necessary for employment 
certification.

���� b.��� In the event that a 
public service employer does not directly certify employment with the United 
States Department of Education pursuant to subsection a. of this section, the 
public serv