Student Financial Aid

Student Financial Aid; Providing that, for purposes of receiving state financial aid awards, a student may not be denied classification as a resident based on his or her immigration status if certain criteria are met; establishing the Professional Student Loan Repayment Program within the Department of Education; specifying professionals who are eligible to participate in the program; requiring the department to make payments, subject to appropriation and on a first-come, first-served basis, to professionals to repay student loans that were used to pay specified costs; providing that the state bears no responsibility for the accrual of any interest charges or other remaining balances, etc.