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Ensuring Distance Education Act This bill treats revenue from distance education programs as nonfederal revenue for purposes of the 90/10 rule. Generally, the 90/10 rule requires a for-profit institution of higher education (IHE) to derive at least 10% of its revenue from sources other than federal financial aid. Under current Department of Education regulations, for-profit IHEs are prohibited from including revenue from distance education programs (including hybrid distance education programs) as nonfederal revenue that meets this 10% requirement. The bill removes the prohibition and allows for distance education programs to be counted as nonfederal revenue for purposes of the rule.
Action Timeline
2025-02-10
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
2025-02-10
Introduced in House
2025-02-10
Introduced in House
Frequently Asked Questions
Did HR.1174 pass?
HR.1174 is still alive. Current stage: COMMITTEE. Pass likelihood: 35%.
What does HR.1174 do?
Ensuring Distance Education Act This bill treats revenue from distance education programs as nonfederal revenue for purposes of the 90/10 rule. Generally, the 90/10 rule requires a for-profit institution of higher education (IHE) to derive at least 10% of its revenue from sources other than federal financial aid. Under current Department of Education regulations, for-profit IHEs are prohibited from including revenue from distance education programs (including hybrid distance education programs) as nonfederal revenue that meets this 10% requirement. The bill removes the prohibition and allows f…
Who sponsored HR.1174?
HR.1174 was sponsored by Burgess Owens (R-Utah).
Full Bill Text
119 HR 1174 IH: Ensuring Distance Education Act U.S. House of Representatives 2025-02-10 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1174 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 10, 2025 Mr. Owens 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 provide that non-Federal revenue generated through certain distance education programs may be counted for purposes of the non-Federal revenue requirements applicable to proprietary institutions of higher education (commonly known as the 90/10 rule ). 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Ensuring Distance Education Act . 2. Treatment of revenue from certain distance education programs for purposes of the 90/10 rule Section 487(d)(1)(B)(iii) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1094(d)(1)(B)(iii) ) is amended by inserting (which may include funds paid for a program offered in whole or in part through distance education regardless of the location from which such program is carried out) after under this title .
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