Nursing is a Professional Degree Act

This bill changes how the federal Higher Education Act defines a "professional degree" for purposes of the federal Direct Loan program's rules on professional students. It removes a reference to an existing federal regulation and writes a new definition directly into the law. A professional degree would mean a degree that completes the academic requirements to begin practice in a profession and requires skill beyond a bachelor's degree. The bill lists specific degrees that count, including pharmacy, dentistry, law, medicine, clinical psychology, and nursing degrees (MSN, DNP, DNAP, or Ph.D.), and lets the Secretary of Education add other degrees that meet the definition.

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Sponsors

• Jennifer A. Kiggans Republican sponsor
• 24 cosponsors