Bill Text: IL HB3151 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides that the Illinois Community College Board shall develop materials designed to increase awareness of the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program at community college districts. Provides for when a board of trustees of a community college district shall provide the information to faculty employees. Provides that for the purpose of qualifying for the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program, a board shall, in completing the employer portion of the employment certification form, credit a faculty employee with at least 3.35 hours worked for each hour of lecture or classroom time. Provides that the adjustment provisions do not supersede any higher adjustment factor established by a collective bargaining agreement or employer policy in recognition of the amount of out-of-class work that is associated with instruction, including, but not limited to, performance of office hours. Provides that a board shall, in completing the employer portion of the employment certification form, credit a faculty employee with noninstructional assignments hour for hour with no adjustment factor. Makes other changes.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2023-03-10 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3151 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB3151-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB3151 Introduced , by Rep. Lawrence "Larry" Walsh, Jr. SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
110 ILCS 805/3-29.26 new
Amends the Public Community College Act. Provides that the Illinois Community College Board shall develop materials designed to increase awareness of the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program at community college districts. Provides for when a board of trustees of a community college district shall provide the information to faculty employees. Provides that for the purpose of qualifying for the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program, a board shall, in completing the employer portion of the employment certification form, credit a faculty employee with at least 3.35 hours worked for each hour of lecture or classroom time. Provides that the adjustment provisions do not supersede any higher adjustment factor established by a collective bargaining agreement or employer policy in recognition of the amount of out-of-class work that is associated with instruction, including, but not limited to, performance of office hours. Provides that a board shall, in completing the employer portion of the employment certification form, credit a faculty employee with noninstructional assignments hour for hour with no adjustment factor. Makes other changes.
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A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning education.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Public Community College Act is amended by
adding Section 3-29.26 as follows:
(110 ILCS 805/3-29.26 new)
Sec. 3-29.26. Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness
Program.
(a) In this Section:
"Certifying employment" means either completing the
employer sections of the public service loan forgiveness form
or sharing data directly with the U.S. 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, part time, contingent, or
contracted.
"Full time" means, for the purpose of certifying
employment only, working at least an average of 30 hours per
week or at least an average of 30 hours per week throughout a
contractual or employment period of at least 8 months in a
12-month period, provided that if the U.S. Department of

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Education adopts a lower hourly standard, that standard
applies.
"Public service employer" means any community college
district designated as a public service organization or
employer by the U.S. Department of Education for the purpose
of the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.
"Public service loan forgiveness form" means the form
used by the U.S. Department of Education to certify an
individual's employment at a public service organization and
determine eligibility for the purposes of the federal Public
Service Loan Forgiveness Program.
(b) The State Board shall develop materials designed to
increase awareness of the federal Public Service Loan
Forgiveness Program at community college districts. The
materials shall include the following:
(1) a one-page form letter, for use by community
college districts to notify faculty employees who may be
eligible for the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness
Program, that briefly summarizes the program, provides
information on what an eligible faculty employee is
required to do in order to participate, and recommends
that the faculty employee contact the faculty employee's
loan servicer or servicers for additional information.
(2) a detailed fact sheet describing the federal
Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program; and
(3) a document containing answers to frequently asked

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questions about the federal Public Service Loan
Forgiveness Program.
(c) The State Board shall provide the materials described
in subsection (b) to each community college district for
distribution to faculty employees.
(d) A board shall annually provide to all faculty
employees the materials described in subsection (b) in written
or electronic form.
(e) A board shall provide a newly hired faculty employee
with the materials described in subsection (b) within 30 days
after the faculty employee's first day of employment.
(f) A board shall annually provide a faculty employee who
is enrolled in the federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness
Program with notice of renewal and a copy of the employment
certification form, with the employer portion of the form
already completed. A board may not unreasonably delay
completing the employer portion of the employment
certification form.
(g) For the purpose of qualifying for the federal Public
Service Loan Forgiveness Program, a board shall, in completing
the employer portion of the employment certification form,
credit a faculty employee with at least 3.35 hours worked for
each hour of lecture or classroom time. This subsection (g)
does not supersede any higher adjustment factor established by
a collective bargaining agreement or employer policy in
recognition of the amount of out-of-class work that is

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associated with instruction, including, but not limited to,
performance of office hours. A board shall, in completing the
employer portion of the employment certification form, credit
a faculty employee with noninstructional assignments hour for
hour with no adjustment factor.
(h) When determining whether an employee is considered
full time for the purpose of certifying employment for the
federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program only, a board
may not treat any adjusted total hours worked pursuant to
subsection (g) differently from hours worked without an
adjustment factor.