Official Summaries

No Tax Dollars for College Encampments Act of 2025

This bill requires institutions of higher education (IHEs) that participate in federal student aid programs to report incidents of civil disturbance. 

Specifically, the bill requires each IHE to include in its annual security report its current campus policies for responding to incidents of civil disturbance occurring on campus, including with respect to coordination of such response with state, local, and campus law enforcement. The bill defines the term incident of civil disturbance to mean a civil unrest activity (e.g., a demonstration, riot, or strike) that disrupts the community in which it is taking place and requires intervention to maintain public safety and prevent the disruption of learning.

Additionally, the bill requires accrediting agencies to monitor an IHE's compliance with these reporting requirements. (Under current law, an IHE must be accredited by an accrediting agency to participate in federal student aid programs.)

Current Full Text

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 982 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 982

 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.


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                   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

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                                 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).''.
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