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HR 2079 114th Congress House

Court Legal Access and Student Support (CLASS) Act of 2015

Official title: To provide that chapter 1 of title 9 of the United States Code, relating to the enforcement of arbitration agreements, shall not apply to enrollment agreements… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To provide that chapter 1 of title 9 of the United States Code, relating to the enforcement of arbitration agreements, shall not apply to enrollment agreements made between students and certain institutions of higher education; and to prohibit limitations on the ability of students to pursue claims against certain institutions of higher education.

Introduced: April 28, 2015 Introduced by: Waters, Maxine Democratic · California See on congress.gov
Education Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitrationCivil actions and liabilityHigher educationStudent aid and college costs
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Jun 26, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Apr 28, 2015
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2479)
Apr 28, 2015
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Apr 28, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Latest action June 26, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Court Legal Access and Student Support (CLASS) Act of 2015

This bill makes procedures for the enforcement of arbitration agreements inapplicable to an enrollment agreement between a student and an institution of higher education (IHE).

The bill also amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to forbid an IHE that participates in federal student aid programs, including work-study programs, from requiring a student to agree to any restriction on the student's ability to pursue a claim, individually or with others, against it in court.

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 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 5
D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · Apr 29, 2015
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Apr 28, 2015
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Apr 28, 2015
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Apr 28, 2015
 D
Takano, Mark
California · Apr 28, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2079: Court Legal Access and Student Support (CLASS) Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-2079/
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"H.R. 2079: Court Legal Access and Student Support (CLASS) Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-2079/.
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H.R. 2079, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-2079/.
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