Hours worked and full-time employment

§ 1001. Hours worked and full-time employment. The following shall apply for the purposes of certifying employment for the purposes of the public service loan forgiveness program only and shall have no other applicability for public service employers and their employees.

1. For faculty or teacher employees, a public service employer certifying employment after the effective date of this subdivision shall credit 3.35 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 this subdivision. This subdivision does 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.

2. When determining whether an employee is considered "full-time," as that term is defined in this article, 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 subdivision one of this section differently from hours worked without an adjustment factor.

3. 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" provided in this article.