3.0.0 2107 2026-04-21T15:48:45Z 2026-04-21T15:48:45Z Senate S S 2025-06-18 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2107 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2025-06-18T16:42:44Z POST Act of 2025 119 4026 HR 2025-06-17 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. Identical bill CRS 2025-06-18 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2025-06-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. N B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2025-06-18 True H001042 Sen. Hirono, Mazie K. [D-HI] Mazie Hirono D HI K. 2025-06-18 True K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2025-06-18 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2025-06-18 True S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2025-06-18 True R000122 Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] John Reed D RI F. 2025-06-18 True W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2025-06-18 True Education Education 2025-07-09T12:45:13Z 00 2025-06-18 Introduced in Senate 2026-04-21T15:48:26Z Protecting Our Students and Taxpayers Act of 2025 or the POST Act of 2025

This bill requires proprietary (i.e., for-profit) institutions of higher education (IHEs) to derive a larger portion of their revenues from nonfederal sources by replacing the existing 90/10 rule with an 85/15 rule.

Specifically, the bill requires a proprietary IHE to derive at least 15% of its revenue from sources other than federal education assistance funds. (Currently, a proprietary IHE must derive at least 10% of its revenue from sources other than federal education assistance funds.)

Additionally, the bill specifies how revenue must be calculated for purposes of the 85/15 rule. (Currently, the Higher Education Act of 1965 and accompanying regulatory provisions specify how revenue must be calculated for purposes of the 90/10 rule.)

Finally, the bill makes a proprietary IHE that fails to meet the 85/15 rule's requirements for a fiscal year ineligible to participate in federal student aid programs for at least two institutional fiscal years. However, the proprietary IHE may regain eligibility if it complies with all eligibility and certification requirements for at least two institutional fiscal years. (Currently, if a proprietary IHE fails to meet the 90/10 rule's requirement in a single year, then its certification to participate in federal student aid programs becomes provisional for two institutional fiscal years. Further, if a proprietary IHE fails to meet the rule's requirements in two consecutive years, then it loses its eligibility to participate in these programs for at least two institutional fiscal years.)

]]> POST Act of 2025 Display Title 45 POST Act of 2025 2025-07-02T01:23:20Z Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 POST Act of 2025 2025-07-02T01:23:19Z Introduced in Senate IS Short Title(s) as Introduced 101 Protecting Our Students and Taxpayers Act of 2025 2025-07-02T01:23:19Z Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced 6 A bill to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 regarding proprietary institutions of higher education in order to protect students and taxpayers. 2025-07-02T01:19:10Z Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2025-06-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119s2107is/xml/BILLS-119s2107is.xml 2025-06-18 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.