New State Loan Program for Grad Students to Replace Federal Loans

New state loan program for grad students to replace federal loans

Gov. Ned Lamont has proposed a state-run graduate student loan program that would replace federal loans for professions like nursing, physical therapy, social work and education.   The Connecticut Supplemental Graduate Student Loan Program, part of Senate Bill 85, would give students continued access to low-interest loans, according to a press release from Lamont’s office. This comes after President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act over…

Democrats, Student Debt Can’t Be Both the Problem and the Solution

Student debt cannot be both the crisis that demands sweeping forgiveness and a tool that must remain unlimited for future borrowers. Yet that contradiction sits at the center of the backlash to Congress’s recent overhaul of federal graduate student lending. Last year’s reconciliation legislation finally ended the era of unlimited federal lending for graduate and professional students, replacing the Grad PLUS system with clear borrowing caps. Gra…

Nursing, Social Work Grad Students Could Get Student Loan Help Under Proposed CT Program

As of Feb. 5, the bill had been referred to the Joint Committee on Finance, Revenue and Bonding and a public hearing is expected in the coming weeks.

Lamont proposes loan program for health care grads targeted by Trump admin

Governor Ned Lamont. (Molly Ingram / WSHU)Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont has proposed the creation of a state student loan program for graduate students in the health care field who no longer have access to low-interest federal loans because of changes made by the Trump administration.The move would ensure that Connecticut students seeking graduate degrees in professional fields such as nursing, social work and physical therapy would continue to ha…

GOVERNOR LAMONT PROPOSES CREATING LOAN PROGRAM FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS TARGETED BY TRUMP ADMINISTRATION

(HARTFORD, CT) – Governor Ned Lamont today announced that in response to the Trump administration’s recent overhaul of the federal student loan system, which will significantly impact the ability of many students to obtain low-interest federal loans covering the costs of graduate degree programs, he has submitted legislation to the Connecticut General Assembly that will establish the Connecticut Supplemental Graduate Student Loan Program. The go…

Nursing, Social Work, PT Grad Students Could Get Student Loan Help Under Proposed CT Program - We-Ha

Gov. Ned Lamont said we actually should be doing more to encourage people to enter these fields. By CTNewsJunkie.com In response to the recent overhaul of the federal student loan system, Connecticut may adopt legislation establishing a state Supplemental Graduate Student Loan Program. The proposal, which Gov. Ned Lamont submitted to the Connecticut General Assembly [...] The post Nursing, Social Work, PT Grad Students Could Get Student Loan Hel…