ORS 329.759: Calculation of work hours over duration of employment for purposes of public service loan forgiveness program.

(1) A community college operated under ORS chapter 341 or a public university listed in ORS 352.002 that certifies hours worked by a faculty member who teaches for purposes of the public service loan forgiveness program defined in ORS 329.756 must calculate the full-time equivalent work hours engaged in per week by the faculty member who teaches, and determine the periods during which the faculty member who teaches was employed in a full-time capacity, by using the calculation set forth in ORS 329.756 for the entire period of time the faculty member who teaches has been employed at the community college or public university, including any periods of employment that occurred before March 23, 2022. (2) The method used by community colleges and public universities to calculate the full-time equivalent work hours engaged in per week by a faculty member who teaches, and to determine the periods during which the faculty member who teaches was employed in a full-time capacity, that is set forth in ORS 329.756 is ratified and approved for the purpose of calculating the full-time equivalent work hours engaged in per week by a faculty member who teaches, and determining the periods during which the faculty member who teaches was employed in a full-time capacity, prior to March 23, 2022. [2022 c.100 §2]