Higher Education: New Standards for Career Training Programs
The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions is the next group that must review this bill. It has not moved since July 16, 2026. Most bills like this do not receive a committee vote and often stop moving at this stage.
This bill faces strong opposition from the for-profit college industry and lacks the bipartisan support needed to move through a divided Senate.
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For-profit and proprietary colleges, many of which are small or mid-sized businesses, would face new debt-to-earnings testing, certification paperwork, and a mandatory three-year ban on re-enrolling students in any program that loses eligibility. Programs found to fail the standards, or that are substantially similar to a failed program, could lose access to federal tuition dollars that many of these schools depend on to operate.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sent to a congressional committee for expert review. The committee decides whether this bill moves forward.
Introduced in Senate
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Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
Protecting Students from Worthless Degrees Act
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