Student Protection and University Accountability Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 9203 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9203 To increase the transparency of colleges and universities in carrying out their civil rights responsibilities, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 8, 2026 Ms. Stefanik (for herself and Ms. Gillen) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To increase the transparency of colleges and universities in carrying out their civil rights responsibilities, and for other purposes. 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 ``Student Protection and University Accountability Act''. SEC. 2. COMPLIANCE AND TRANSPARENCY RELATED TO TITLE VI OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT OF 1964. (a) Program Participation Agreement Requirement.--Section 487 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1094) is amended-- (1) by redesignating subsections (i) and (j) as subsections (j) and (k), respectively; (2) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following new paragraph: ``(30) The institution will comply with the provisions of subsection (i) and provide to the Secretary an annual attestation of such compliance.''; and (3) by inserting after subsection (h) the following new subsection: ``(i) Compliance and Transparency Related to Complaints Under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.-- ``(1) Compliance and transparency.--With respect to complaints received by an institution related to alleged violations of title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.), the institution shall take the following actions: ``(A) Have in effect investigative processes related to such complaint