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S 937 119th Congress Senate Education First Amendment rights Government lending and loan guarantees Higher education Protest and dissent Student aid and college costs

No Student Loans for Campus Criminals Act

Introduced: March 11, 2025 Introduced by: Cotton, Tom Republican · Arkansas See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Mar 11, 2025
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

No Student Loans for Campus Criminals Act

This bill prohibits an individual who is convicted of any federal or state offense related to the individual's conduct at or during the course of a protest at an institution of higher education from receiving certain federal student loan benefits.

Specifically, an individual who is convicted of such an offense shall not be eligible to have any covered loan forgiven, cancelled, waived, or modified under the Higher Education Act of 1965, under any executive order, or through any action taken by the Department of Education. Covered loans refer to Federal Family Education Loans, Federal Direct Loans, Federal Perkins Loans, and loans under the Health Education Assistance Loan Program.

Additionally, an individual who is convicted of such an offense shall not be eligible to receive Federal Direct Loans.

What's happening now March 11, 2025

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

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