The terms of the loan assumptions granted under this article shall be as follows, subject to the specific terms of each loan assumption agreement:
(a) After a program participant has completed one academic year, or the equivalent, of full-time teaching nursing studies at one or more regionally accredited, eligible California colleges or universities, pursuant to Section 70102, the commission shall assume up to eight thousand three hundred thirty-three dollars ($8,333) of the outstanding liability of the participant under one or more of the designated loan programs.
(b) After the program participant has completed two consecutive academic years, or the equivalent, of full-time teaching at one or more regionally accredited California colleges or universities, pursuant to Section 70102, the commission shall assume up to an additional eight thousand three hundred thirty-three dollars ($8,333) of the outstanding liability of the participant under one or more of the designated loan programs, for a total loan assumption of up to sixteen thousand six hundred sixty-six dollars ($16,666).
(c) After a program participant has completed three consecutive academic years, or the equivalent of full-time teaching, at one or more regionally accredited California colleges or universities, pursuant to Section 70102, the commission shall assume up to an additional eight thousand three hundred thirty-four dollars ($8,334) of the outstanding liability of the participant under one or more of the designated loan programs, for a total loan assumption of up to twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).
(d) The commission may assume liability for loans received by the program participant to pay for the costs of obtaining the program participant’s undergraduate and graduate degrees.
(e) The term of the loan assumption agreement shall be not more than 10 years from the date on which the agreement was executed by the program participant and the commission.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 183, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2009.)