Education
Project 2025 proposes ending new Parent PLUS lending. Public Law 119-21 instead imposes new annual and aggregate Parent PLUS borrowing limits beginning July 1, 2026.
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: Partial AlignmentThe budget reconciliation law changed specified clean-energy tax provisions, Medicaid rules, and federal student-aid and repayment provisions, among many other subjects.
Public Law 119-21 retained Parent PLUS while imposing new annual and aggregate borrowing limits for loans generally made on or after July 1, 2026.
Why this match
Public Law 119-21 imposes Parent PLUS borrowing limits but does not eliminate the program, so it partially aligns with the Project 2025 recommendation.
Changing or removing the statutory Parent PLUS borrowing limits generally requires Congress to amend the law and presidential signature or a veto override. The Education Department administers implementation and courts may 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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