POST Act of 2025

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4026 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4026 To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 regarding proprietary institutions of higher education in order to protect students and taxpayers. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 17, 2025 Mr. Cohen introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 regarding proprietary institutions of higher education in order to protect students and taxpayers. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Protecting Our Students and Taxpayers Act of 2025'' or ``POST Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. 85/15 RULE. (a) In General.--Section 102(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002(b)) is amended-- (1) in paragraph (1)-- (A) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``and'' after the semicolon; (B) in subparagraph (E), by striking the period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and (C) by adding at the end the following: ``(F) meets the requirements of paragraph (2).''; (2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following: ``(2) Revenue sources.-- ``(A) Definitions.--In this paragraph: ``(i) Alternative financing arrangement.-- The term `alternative financing agreement' means a financing agreement between-- ``(I) a student of an institution; and ``(II)(aa) the institution; ``(bb) any entity or individual-- ``(AA) in the institution's ownership tree; or ``(BB) with any common ownership of the institution and the entity providing the funds; or ``(cc)(AA) an entity that has any other relationship or agreement with the institution