Education
Project 2025 specifically recommends eliminating Grad PLUS loans; its Parent PLUS recommendation is separate from this comparison.
Project 2025 said
Eliminate Grad PLUS loans (for graduate students) and Parent PLUS loans (for parents of undergraduates).
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Government did
Match: Direct MatchThe budget reconciliation law changed specified clean-energy tax provisions, Medicaid rules, and federal student-aid and repayment provisions, among many other subjects.
Section 81001 ends eligibility for new Federal Direct PLUS loans for graduate and professional periods of instruction beginning on or after July 1, 2026, subject to statutory transition provisions.
Why this match
Project 2025 specifically recommends eliminating Grad PLUS loans; Section 81001 ends new graduate and professional Direct PLUS eligibility beginning July 1, 2026, subject to transition provisions.
Restoring statutory Grad PLUS authority generally requires Congress to amend the law, followed by presidential signature or a veto override. The Education Department implements transition rules; courts can review legal claims.
119th Congress · July 1, 2025 · Passed 51–50, with the Vice President voting yea
On Passage of H.R. 1, as amended
119th Congress · July 3, 2025 · Passed 218–214
On motion that the House concur in the Senate amendment to H.R. 1
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