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S 2123 116th Congress Senate Education Employment and training programs Higher education Student aid and college costs Teaching, teachers, curricula Vocational and technical education

Break the Higher Education Monopoly Act of 2019

Introduced: July 16, 2019 Introduced by: Hawley, Josh Republican · Missouri See on congress.gov
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Jul 16, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jul 16, 2019
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Break the Higher Education Monopoly Act of 2019

This bill requires the Department of Education to develop an alternative certification program that allows students to use Pell Grants for enrollment in educational programs that have existed for at least five years and would not otherwise be eligible.

The alternative certification program may not require accreditation, state authorization, minimum instructional hours, or minimum classroom time for an educational program to be eligible.

What's happening now July 16, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2123: Break the Higher Education Monopoly Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2123/
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"S. 2123: Break the Higher Education Monopoly Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2123/.
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S. 2123, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-2123/.
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