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The bill reduces administrative burdens and speeds participation for colleges and the Department of Education at the cost of weakening statutory oversight and potentially reducing protections for students and accountability for use of federal student aid funds.
Colleges and universities will face fewer federal administrative requirements when enrolling students in federal aid programs, reducing institutional compliance burden and administrative costs.
Schools and the Department of Education may decide on institution participation faster and experience reduced delays in program administration due to removed statutory obligations.
Students may lose institutional protections or oversight tied to federal aid participation, reducing safeguards for borrowers and program recipients.
The Department of Education could lose statutory enforcement tools and procedures, weakening oversight and raising the risk that federal student aid funds are misused by some institutions.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Removes two statutory provisions from 20 U.S.C. § 1094 that had governed conditions in program participation agreements for institutions in federal student aid programs.
Official title: To repeal the 90/10 rule as it pertains to proprietary schools under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
Introduced July 2, 2026 by Mark Harris · Last progress July 2, 2026
Removes two specific provisions from the Higher Education Act's program participation rules that had applied to institutions participating in federal student aid programs. The bill deletes paragraph (24) of subsection (a) and entirely repeals subsection (d) of 20 U.S.C. § 1094, eliminating the statutory obligations, conditions, or authorities those provisions imposed on institutions' program participation agreements. The change narrows the list of statutory conditions that institutions must follow to participate in federal student aid programs by erasing those two parts; it does not itself add new requirements, appropriate funds, or specify replacements for the repealed text.