The Providers’ Council’s bill, An act relative to a loan repayment program for human service workers (S.119) has been reported favorably to the Senate Ways and Means Committee.
This bill would provide student loan repayment to human services workers who provide essential services to hundreds of thousands of people across the Commonwealth. To be eligible, workers must be working at least 35 hours per week and have maintained 12 consecutive months of employment in the sector. Applicants would be eligible for up to $6,000 to repay their qualified education loans if they have an associate degree, up to $20,000 if they have a bachelor’s degree and up to $30,000 if they have a master’s degree.
The House has until the first Wednesday in December to report on the bill (H.283).
For more information on the Council’s legislative agenda, please click here.
For further questions, please contact Caroline O’Neill.
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