S. 2109: Military and Veterans Education Protection Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-11-09 · Education · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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Where it came from: introduced 2017-11-09 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Military and Veterans Education Protection Act

Plain summary

Military and Veterans Education Protection Act This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to revise a requirement, commonly known as the 90/10 rule, which directs proprietary (for profit) institutions of higher education to derive at least 10% of their revenue from nonfederal financial aid sources, or risk becoming ineligible for title IV funding. Currently the rule allows federal educational assistance for military personnel and veterans to count toward the 10%. This bill defines federal educational assistance to include federal educational assistance for military personnel and veterans. Thus, the bill prohibits proprietary institutions from counting federal educational assistance for military personnel and veterans as nonfederal funding sources.

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Official text

Military and Veterans Education Protection Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Carper, Thomas R. [D-DE] · 37 cosponsors

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Richard J. Durbin (D-IL), Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Patty Murray (D-WA), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Tammy Baldwin (D-WI), Jack Reed (D-RI), Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY), Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH), Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Christopher Murphy (D-CT), Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Edward J. Markey (D-MA), Christopher A. Coons (D-DE), Charles E. Schumer (D-NY), Jeff Merkley (D-OR), Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Brian Schatz (D-HI), Gary C. Peters (D-MI), Ron Wyden (D-OR), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Cory A. Booker (D-NJ), Tina Smith (D-MN)

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Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115s2109.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/s>

Record fed-us-cong115-s2109 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115