WARNER, KAINE PRESS DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION ON DECISION TO LIMIT STUDENT LOANS TO HEALTH CARE WORKERS

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. Tim Kaine issued the following press release:

U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine, a member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, (both D-VA) sent a letter to Secretary of Education Linda McMahon pressing her on the Department of Education's decision to propose student financial aid provisions that alter the definition of "professional degree" to only include doctorate-level degrees. This rule would limit the amount that many health care workers who require long, costly programs for professional licensure could borrow. At a time when Virginia - like the rest of the country - is facing a health care workforce crisis and is in need of tens of thousands of health care workers,...