What Schools Need to Know About Proposed Federal Loan Limits for Post-Baccalaureate Nursing Students
Webinar Details
The U.S. Department of Education recently completed negotiated rulemaking meetings with the Reimagining and Improving Student Education (RISE) Committee to inform how the Department will implement changes to student financial aid provisions included in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (P.L. 119-21). These proposed changes would place post-baccalaureate nursing students under the lower federal loan caps of $20,500 annually and $100,000 in aggregate lifetime limits, rather than the $50,000 annual and $200,000 aggregate limits available to "professional" degree programs.
AACN has been leading the effort to designate nursing as a “professional” degree. Join us to learn more about this ongoing policy development, what these loan limits mean for student affordability and program operations, and next steps as we prepare to comment on the upcoming Notice of Proposed Rulemaking. The webinar will also outline AACN’s advocacy efforts and explain how you can contribute data and insights to strengthen the nursing community’s response to federal policy impacting academic nursing.
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Speakers
Rachel L. Minahan, MA
Chief Government Affairs and Policy Officer
American Association of Colleges of Nursing
Rachel Minahan joined the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) in June 2018, where she leads the Association’s advocacy and policy portfolio. In this role, she works closely with Members of Congress, the Administration, national coalitions, and AACN member institutions to advance health and health care through a nursing lens. She also serves as Executive Director of the Nursing Community Coalition, a 64-member organization representing a broad spectrum of nursing education, practice, research, and regulation.
Prior to AACN, Rachel spent more than a decade in government relations and policy, including eight years as a Legislative Director and Senior Legislative Assistant at Polsinelli and Wheat Government Relations. She began her career on Capitol Hill and as a field organizer in Iowa, experiences that grounded her deep commitment to public service and advocacy.
Rachel earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Interdisciplinary Studies in Communication, Legal Institutions, Economics, and Government from American University, and a Master of Arts in Global Security Studies from Johns Hopkins University. She has also served as an assistant adjunct professor at Georgetown University’s School of Nursing and Health Studies, where she taught courses on the foundations of health systems and policy.
Josh Adams, PhD
Director of Policy and Regulatory Affairs
American Association of Colleges of Nursing
Pricing and CE Credit
This webinar is free to deans, faculty, staff and students from AACN member schools of nursing. All non-member audiences will be required to pay a $59 webinar fee.
Continuing Nursing Education
One nursing continuing professional development (NCPD) credit is associated with this webinar; attendees must be present for the entire webinar and complete the evaluation to receive a certificate of completion.
The American Association of Colleges of Nursing is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.