# 2026-19536: PLUS Loan Form Gets Supplemental Info Overhaul Request

2026-19536, Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Federal Direct PLUS Loan Request for Supplemental Information, is a Federal Register notice from Education Department published 2026-09-24, effective 2026-07-01; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-01).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-19536
- As of: 2026-10-01
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-19536
- Title: Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to the Office of Management and Budget for Review and Approval; Comment Request; Federal Direct PLUS Loan Request for Supplemental Information
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Education Department
- Citation: 91 FR 60605
- Published: 2026-09-24
- Effective: 2026-07-01
- Comments close: 2026-10-26
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-10-01

## In one line

PLUS Loan Form Gets Supplemental Info Overhaul Request

## Summary

The Department of Education wants to update the form for Federal Direct PLUS Loan applicants to collect extra info. This affects parents and grad students applying for these loans and aims to make the process smoother and clearer. Comments on the changes are open until October 26, 2026, with no new fees involved.

## Abstract

In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Department is proposing revision of a currently approved information collection request (ICR).

## Effects PRIA read

- Revised PLUS loan supplemental form: benefit, low. The Department is revising the Federal Direct PLUS Loan Request for Supplemental Information form. The form 'serves as the means by which a parent applicant may provide certain information to a school' as an alternative to other school-established methods for originating a Direct PLUS Loan award.
- Parent PLUS loan limits modified: mixed, medium. The new regulations will modify the annual and aggregate loan limits for Direct PLUS Loans for parent borrowers. These statutory/regulatory changes apply to Direct PLUS Loans received on or after July 1, 2026.
- Graduate student PLUS eligibility ended: cost, high. The regulations eliminate a graduate or professional student's eligibility for new PLUS loans as of July 1, 2026. This change follows statutory amendments made by the One Big Beautiful Bill signed July 4, 2025 and applies to PLUS loans received on or after July 1, 2026.

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- [2026-17239](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-17239): Education Department General Administrative Regulations, 2026-08-24
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- [2026-08556](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-08556): Reimagining and Improving Student Education-Federal Student Loan Program Final Regulations, 2026-05-01

## Sources
- [2026-19536 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/09/24/2026-19536/agency-information-collection-activities-submission-to-the-office-of-management-and-budget-for)
- [2026-19536 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-09-24/pdf/2026-19536.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-19536 (as of 2026-10-01).