Introduced:
Feb 10, 2025
Policy Area:
Education
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Feb 10, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Summaries (1)
Introduced in House
- Feb 10, 2025
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<p><strong>Clock Hour Program Student Protection Act</strong></p><p>This bill provides statutory authority for the 150% rule, which allows an educational program that prepares students for gainful employment in a recognized occupation to maintain eligibility for federal student aid funding if the program operates within 150% of the state's minimum hours requirement for licensure. </p><p>The Department of Education (ED) previously enforced the 150% rule through regulations. ED proposed a new regulation to rescind the 150% rule and instead limit the length of these programs to 100% of the state's minimum required hours. This revised regulation was set to take effect on July 1, 2024; however, a court imposed a temporary injunction to halt the regulation from taking effect.</p>
Actions (3)
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Type: IntroReferral
| Source: House floor actions
| Code: H11100
Feb 10, 2025
Introduced in House
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Feb 10, 2025
Introduced in House
Type: IntroReferral
| Source: Library of Congress
| Code: 1000
Feb 10, 2025
Subjects (1)
Education
(Policy Area)
Cosponsors (5)
(R-NY)
Feb 24, 2025
Feb 24, 2025
(R-PA)
Feb 10, 2025
Feb 10, 2025
(R-UT)
Feb 10, 2025
Feb 10, 2025
(R-PA)
Feb 10, 2025
Feb 10, 2025
(R-WI)
Feb 10, 2025
Feb 10, 2025
Full Bill Text
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Version: Introduced in House
Version Date: Feb 10, 2025
Last Updated: Nov 13, 2025 6:36 AM
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1176 Introduced in House
(IH) ]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1176
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to clarify the clock hour
requirements for certain eligible programs under title IV of such Act.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 10, 2025
Mr. Smucker (for himself, Mr. Owens, Mr. Meuser, Mr. Thompson of
Pennsylvania, and Mr. Van Orden) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to clarify the clock hour
requirements for certain eligible programs under title IV of such Act.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1176 Introduced in House
(IH) ]
<DOC>
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1176
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to clarify the clock hour
requirements for certain eligible programs under title IV of such Act.
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 10, 2025
Mr. Smucker (for himself, Mr. Owens, Mr. Meuser, Mr. Thompson of
Pennsylvania, and Mr. Van Orden) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to clarify the clock hour
requirements for certain eligible programs under title IV of such Act.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1.
This Act may be cited as the ``Clock Hour Program Student
Protection Act''.
SEC. 2.
(a) In General.--
Section 481
(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965
(20 U.
(b) of the Higher Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 1088
(b) ) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``
(5) An otherwise eligible program that provides a program of
training to prepare students for gainful employment in a recognized
profession in a State, and for which the number of clock hours of
instruction exceeds the minimum number of clock hours of instruction
required by such State for training in the recognized profession for
which the otherwise eligible program prepares students, shall be
determined to be an eligible program under this subsection if the
number of clock hours of instruction provided by such otherwise
eligible program does not exceed the greater of--
``
(A) 150 percent of the minimum number of clock hours
required by such State for training in the recognized
profession for which the otherwise eligible program prepares
students; or
``
(B) 150 percent of the minimum number of clock hours
required by a Federal agency for such training.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall take
effect on the date of enactment of this Act, and shall apply with
respect to award year 2024-2025, and each succeeding award year.
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