3.0.0 608 2022-11-01T17:03:32Z 2022-11-01T17:03:32Z Senate S 2019-02-28 116 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2019-02-28T19:04:41Z Court Legal Access and Student Support (CLASS) Act of 2019 116 1430 HR 2019-04-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law. Identical bill CRS PROTECT Students Act of 2019 116 867 S 2019-03-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Related bill CRS 2019-02-28 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2019-02-28 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. N W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI 2019-02-28 True W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2019-02-28 True R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2019-02-28 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2019-02-28 True B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2019-02-28 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2019-02-28 True M000133 Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA] Edward Markey D MA J. 2019-02-28 True Education Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration Civil actions and liability Higher education Student aid and college costs Education 00 2019-02-28 Introduced in Senate 2020-08-05T18:50:38Z Court Legal Access and Student Support (CLASS) Act of 2019

This bill forbids institutions of higher education (IHEs) that participate in federal student aid programs from restricting students' ability to pursue claims against IHEs in court. In addition, the bill makes mandatory arbitration agreements inapplicable to enrollment agreements between students and IHEs.]]>

Court Legal Access and Student Support (CLASS) Act of 2019 Display Title Court Legal Access and Student Support (CLASS) Act of 2019 Short Title(s) as Introduced Court Legal Access and Student Support (CLASS) Act of 2019 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide that chapter 1 of title 9 of the United States Code, relating to the enforcement of arbitration agreements, shall not apply to enrollment agreements made between students and certain institutions of higher education, and to prohibit limitations on the ability of students to pursue claims against certain institutions of higher education. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2019-02-28T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s608is/xml/BILLS-116s608is.xml 2019-02-28 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.