Rep. Cohen Introduces the POST Act to Tighten Funding Rules for For-Profit Colleges
The POST Act of 2025 is currently sitting in the House Committee on Education and Workforce. No action has been taken on this bill since June 2025, which means it has been stalled for 12 months. The committee must review the bill before it can move forward, but it is not showing any signs of progress.
This bill faces strong opposition from the for-profit college industry and typically lacks the bipartisan support needed to pass through a divided Congress.
This bill’s path across every version that has carried it.
Reintroduced
Reintroduced from H.R. 9004 (118th), which died when its Congress ended.
H.R. 9004 (118th) →Scores run from -100 (strongly harmful) to +100 (strongly beneficial) for each group, combining impact, certainty, scope, and duration ratings of 1-5. How impact scoring works
Owners of for-profit colleges and career training schools would face a tougher revenue requirement. Schools that currently rely on federal aid for 85-90% of their revenue would need to either attract significantly more private-pay students or face losing access to federal student aid entirely. Some smaller for-profit institutions could be forced to close if they cannot meet the new threshold.
“an institution shall derive not less than 15 percent of the institution's revenues from sources other than Federal education assistance funds”
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Introduced in House
The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.
The Protecting Our Students and Taxpayers (POST) Act of 2025 seeks to reinstate a stricter revenue ratio for proprietary schools. Supporters argue it protects veterans from predatory recruitment, while industry groups claim the 85/15 rule unfairly targets the sector without measuring quality.
The bicameral POST Act would require for-profit colleges to obtain at least 15% of their revenue from non-federal sources. The legislation also proposes a new oversight committee to coordinate investigations into schools that fail to meet these financial and transparency benchmarks.
The POST Act of 2025 would impose a two-year ban on federal student aid for any for-profit college that derives more than 85% of its revenue from the government. The bill is part of a broader effort by Democrats to tighten accountability for the proprietary education sector.
No votes recorded for this bill yet.
Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
POST Act of 2025
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