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No Tax Dollars for College Encampments Act of 2025
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education to disclose campus policies relating to responding to certain incidents of civil disturbance, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill amends the Higher Education Act to require colleges and universities to publicly disclose their policies for responding to incidents of civil disturbance on campus, including demonstrations, riots, or strikes. The bill requires institutions to disclose how they coordinate responses with state, local, and campus law enforcement. The bill defines "incident of civil disturbance" as civil unrest that disrupts the community and requires intervention to maintain public safety and prevent learning disruption. The bill also requires accrediting agencies to monitor institutions' compliance with these disclosure requirements.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN] (R-IN)
1 cosponsor
- Sen. Ricketts, Pete [R-NE] (R-NE)
Actions (2)
- Mar 12, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. · senate
- Mar 12, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 12, 2025
Mr. Banks (for himself and Mr. Ricketts) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
A BILL
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education to disclose campus policies relating to responding to certain incidents of civil disturbance, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “No Tax Dollars for College Encampments Act of 2025”.
SEC. 2. HEA AMENDMENTS.
(a) Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics.—Section 485(f)(1)(J) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092(f)(1)(J)) is amended—
(1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking “A statement” and inserting “(i) A statement”;
(2) by redesignating clause (i) as subclause (I);
(3) by inserting after subclause (I), as so redesignated, the following:
“(II) respond to incidents of civil disturbance occurring on the campus, including with respect to coordination of such response with State, local, and campus law enforcement;”;
(4) by redesignating clauses (ii) and (iii) as subclauses
(III) and (IV), respectively; and
(5) by adding at the end the following:
“(ii) For purposes of this subparagraph, the term ‘incident of civil disturbance’ means a civil unrest activity (including a demonstration, riot, or strike) that disrupts the community in which it is taking place and requires intervention to—
“(I) maintain public safety; and
“(II) prevent the disruption of learning, as applicable.”.
(b) Accrediting Agency or Association Operating Procedures.— Section 496(c) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1099b(c)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (8), by striking “and” at the end;
(2) in paragraph (9), by striking the period at the end and inserting “; and”; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
“(10) monitors an institution’s compliance with section 485(f)(1)(J).”. <all>
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