Higher Ed chairs to introduce bill to expand CHESLA

Higher Ed chairs to introduce bill to expand CHESLA

Co-chairs of the legislature’s Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee Rep. Gregg Haddad, D-Mansfield and Sen. Derek Slap, D-West Hartford, recently announced their committee will prioritize a proposal to expand the Connecticut Higher Education Student Loan Authority (CHESLA) in response to the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) removing nursing from its list of professional degree programs during the upcoming legislative session. …