3.0.0 1165 2023-01-11T13:27:17Z 2023-01-11T13:27:17Z Senate S 2015-04-30 114 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2015-04-30T20:18:33Z 2015-04-30 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2015-04-30 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR N D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2015-04-30 True Education Administrative law and regulatory procedures Consumer affairs Department of Education Education programs funding Employment and training programs Government lending and loan guarantees Higher education Licensing and registrations Marketing and advertising Student aid and college costs Vocational and technical education Education 00 2015-04-30 Introduced in Senate 2015-06-23T21:34:43Z Protecting Students from Worthless Degrees Act

This bill makes any institution of higher education (IHE) postsecondary program designed to prepare students for a recognized occupation or profession requiring licensing or other entry pre-conditions ineligible to participate in a federal financial assistance program, unless it meets specified student consumer protection requirements within one year after this Act's enactment.

Each program must: (1) fully prepare students to satisfy those entry pre-conditions in the metropolitan statistical areas and states in which the students reside and in any state the program claims a successful program graduate will be prepared to work in the particular occupation or profession involved; and (2) provide timely placement of students in required pre-licensure positions, such as clinical placements, internships, or apprenticeships.

The bill requires the Department of Education to promulgate regulations regarding pre-accredited IHE programs to: (1) impose consumer protection requirements that are consistent with those this Act imposes on accredited programs, and (2) condition an IHE's participation in any federal financial assistance program on the IHE signing a loan discharge agreement with each student who is enrolled in any pre-accredited program.

]]> Protecting Students from Worthless Degrees Act Display Title Protecting Students from Worthless Degrees Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide consumer protections for students. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Protecting Students from Worthless Degrees Act Introduced in Senate 2015-04-30T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s1165is/xml/BILLS-114s1165is.xml 2015-04-30 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.