On Wednesday, Rep. Timothy M. Kennedy (D-NY) introduced the Loan Equity for Advanced Professionals (LEAP) Act. The bill ensures graduate students, as defined by the Department, have access to $50,000 annually and $200,000 aggregately and thus the same limits as professional students. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBA) set higher loan caps for professional students, and Department of Education negotiated rulemaking reached consensus on a narrow definition of professional students which excludes most allied health programs. ASAHP supports the LEAP Act.

A press release from Rep. Kennedy is available here [updated to include the December 17 press release].

Also, Rep. Kennedy led 69 of his colleagues in a letter to the Department of Education regarding the Department’s negotiated rulemaking.

The LEAP Act is available here.