HPNA submits comments on proposed rule regarding professional degree classification

This week, HPNA submitted comments to the Department of Education on its proposed rule regarding professional degree classification and loan caps, urging the Department to include post-baccalaureate nursing degrees within the classification of “professional degrees” for the purposes of federal student loan policy. Read the full letter here.

A sign-on letter to the Department of Education supporting nursing being classified as a professional degree is currently being circulated by Senate Nursing Caucus Co-Chairs, Senators Jeff Merkley (D-OR) and Roger Wicker (R-MS), along with House Nursing Caucus co-chairs, Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-01) and Jen Kiggans (R-VA-02), and we need your help securing additional signatures. This comment letter is in response to the Department of Education’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking implementing federal student loan limits for post-baccalaureate students.

Send a message to your legislators asking them to sign on to this letter by the extended deadline of COB Friday, February 27.