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This bill, the PROTECT Students Act of 2025 (Preventing Risky Operations from Threatening the Education and Career Trajectories of Students Act), aims to enhance accountability and oversight in higher education by introducing several key provisions. The bill establishes a comprehensive framework to protect students and taxpayers by creating a new enforcement unit within the Office of Federal Student Aid, implementing stricter guidelines for institutional eligibility, and introducing more transparent reporting requirements for colleges. Key provisions include creating a debt-to-earnings metric to evaluate educational programs, expanding borrower defense to repayment protections, establishing a complaint tracking system, and creating a multi-agency For-Profit Education Oversight Coordination Committee. The bill also mandates that institutions spend a minimum percentage of tuition revenue on instruction, prohibits institutions from limiting student legal actions, and requires more detailed financial and performance disclosures. Additionally, the legislation strengthens oversight by giving the Secretary of Education more tools to investigate and penalize institutions that engage in fraudulent or misleading practices, with the ultimate goal of ensuring that higher education institutions provide quality education and protect students' financial interests.

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https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/994/all-info