"“This case is about protecting access to education, protecting our healthcare workforce, and protecting patients who rely on these providers every single day,” California Atty. Gen. Rob Bonta said during a virtual news conference Tuesday. “The Trump administration is going out of its way to make it harder and more expensive for students to pursue the advanced degrees necessary to serve their communities and pursue meaningful careers that allow them to support themselves and their families.”"
"Bonta said the new limits on loans sought by nursing and other healthcare students - which the U.S. Department of Education initiated in response to Republicans passing broader student loan caps as part of last year's “One Big Beautiful Bill” - was an illegal overreach by the agency that was “deeply shortsighted” and went beyond the scope of the legislation. “Congress can act,” he said. “But what the Department of Education can't do is - contrary to law and in an arbitrary and capricious way and in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act - redefine what a professional student is.”"
"Trump administration officials have defended the changes, saying they will protect students from taking on too much debt. In response to the litigation, Trump administration officials defended the new rules, saying they will help student borrowers in the long run by driving down schooling costs at universities n"
California and other Democratic-led states are suing the Trump administration over new federal limits on borrowing for aspiring nurses, physician’s assistants, therapists, social workers, mental health practitioners, and other healthcare workers. California Attorney General Rob Bonta says the limits are illegal, arbitrary, and capricious, and that they exceed the scope of legislation. The lawsuit argues the changes will further reduce a struggling but vital healthcare workforce and harm patient access to care. Trump administration officials defend the rules as a way to protect students from taking on too much debt and to drive down schooling costs at universities, benefiting borrowers over time.
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