A 4939 New Jersey General Assembly · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Establishes Sign Language Interpreting Services Providers Loan Redemption Program; appropriates $2 million.

This bill establishes a program to help certified sign language interpreters in New Jersey pay off student loans. It provides loan redemption (up to $200,000 total per participant) in exchange for service at approved sites like schools, healthcare facilities, or nonprofits. Interpreters must be certified by the National Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, work in New Jersey, and commit to 1-4 years of service (with 18% loan redemption after year one, increasing to 28% for years three and four). The $2 million appropriation will fund this program, prioritizing counties facing interpreter shortages and excluding those already in other federal or state loan repayment programs.
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Introduced Oct 21, 2024 Last action Oct 21, 2024
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Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Higher Education Committee
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