S. 937 Introduced Education

No Student Loans for Campus Criminals Act

A bill to establish that an individual who is convicted of any offense under any Federal or State law related to the individual's conduct at and during the course of a protest that occurs at an institution of higher education shall be ineligible to receive a Federal student loan or for forgiveness, cancellation, waiver, or modification of certain Federal student loans.

  1. Introduced
  2. Committee
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. To President
  6. Became law
Sponsor Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] Introduced March 11, 2025 Cosponsors 0 Latest action March 11, 2025

Summary

No Student Loans for Campus Criminals Act
This bill prohibits an individual who is convicted of any federal or state offense related to the individual's conduct at or during the course of a protest at an institution of higher education from receiving certain federal student loan benefits.
Specifically, an individual who is convicted of such an offense shall not be eligible to have any covered loan forgiven, cancelled, waived, or modified under the Higher Education Act of 1965, under any executive order, or through any action taken by the Department of Education. Covered loans refer to Federal Family Education Loans, Federal Direct Loans, Federal Perkins Loans, and loans under the Health Education Assistance Loan Program.
Additionally, an individual who is convicted of such an offense shall not be eligible to receive Federal Direct Loans.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

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Actions

  1. Mar 11, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  2. Mar 11, 2025 Introduced in Senate

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