NMSA 21-22K-4. Employment certification; public service loan forgiveness
AI-assisted research summary: Public service employers must certify certain employees’ employment and not unreasonably delay certification; post-secondary institutions must use a stated calculation for PSLF-related full-time determinations.
21-22K-4. Employment certification; public service loan forgiveness form; calculation of time worked. 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 United States department of education or its agents, notwithstanding any other provision of law, a public service employer shall be permitted to send to the United States department of education or its agents the information necessary for employment certification. B. Subject to the provisions of this section, a public service employer shall certify the employment of: (1) any former or current employee who requests that the public service employer complete a public service loan forgiveness form; and (2) any employee who is ending work with the public service employer. C. The public service employer shall certify the period of employment requested by the former or current employee or, if no period is specified, shall certify a former or current employee’s entire period of employment. D. Post-secondary educational institutions shall use the calculation established in Section 3 [21-22K-3 NMSA 1978] of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Multiplier Act and may apply it to hours worked beginning October 1, 2007, only for the purpose of determining whether a part-time employee is considered full-time for the public service loan forgiveness program. E. A public service employer shall not unreasonably delay certifying employment. F. Nothing in this section shall prevent a public service employer from seeking permission from employees prior to certifying the employees' employment. History: Laws 2025, ch. 90, § 4.