Clarity in Professional Degree Act
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 2
- Latest action
- Dec 16, 2025
What it does
The Clarity in Professional Degree Act would amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to expand the definition of "professional degree" for federal student aid eligibility to include specific graduate and professional credentials in fields such as nursing, occupational therapy, physical therapy, social work, accounting, architecture, special and secondary education, music education, world languages, and public health. This change would affect students pursuing these degrees by restoring their qualification for Title IV federal student aid programs, which had been removed under a prior Department of Education reclassification set to take effect July 1, 2026. The bill aims to prevent…
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Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.