“The approval of funds for Connecticut’s grad student loan program means that thousands of nurses, teachers and social workers will have access to low-interest student loans so they can continue their careers and avoid being buried by debt. The Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee made the creation of this program a top priority this year and I’m gratified to see it get done. Thanks to Governor Lamont and members of the Bond Commission for taking action and stepping up at a time when the Trump administration and national Republicans are abandoning public servants.”

State Senator Derek Slap (D-West Hartford), Senate Chair of the Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee, in response to the State Bond Commission’s May 29 release of $10 million for the MyCHESLA Grad loan program, created to fill a gap left by the impending elimination of the federal Grad PLUS loan program.