Nursing groups have secured a small win from House appropriators in their bid to challenge a Trump administration rule that limits access to federal student loans for a litany of healthcare-related degrees.
House lawmakers advanced out of committee Tuesday a domestic spending bill covering the Education, Health, and Labor Departments for fiscal year 2027 that includes a provision qualifying graduate nursing students for higher loan allowances.
The GOP’s 2025 tax-and-spending law created new federal student loan caps and split advanced degree programs into two categories: students in “graduate” programs face more stringent limits than “professional” students. The Education Department’s rule ...
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