On Thursday, Rep. Ritchie Torres Introduced the Professional Degree Access Restoration Act, “legislation to reverse recent reductions in federal loan availability for graduate and professional students. The bill would amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to restore the full loan limits that were narrowed” in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBA).

The 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.

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