CSWE
On November 7, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) concluded negotiated rulemaking by the Reimagining and Improving Student Education (RISE) committee focused on restructuring student loans, phasing out Grad PLUS loans for graduate and professional students, establishing new loan limits, and simplifying repayment plans as established under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). As part of this rulemaking, ED proposed and reached consensus on a definition of “professional student” that would impact borrowing capacity for current and future social work students.