Protecting Students from Worthless Degrees Act

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Introduced

18 September 2014

Last action

17 November 2014 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

Summary

Protecting Students from Worthless Degrees Act - Makes any institution of higher education (IHE) postsecondary program designed to prepare students for a recognized occupation or profession requiring licensing or other entry pre-conditions ineligible to participate in a federal financial assistance program, unless it meets specified student consumer protection requirements. Requires each program to: (1) fully prepare students to satisfy those entry pre-conditions in the metropolitan statistical areas and states in which the students reside and in any state the program claims a successful program graduate will be prepared to work in the particular occupation or profession involved; and (2) provide timely placement of students in required pre-licensure positions, such as clinical placements, internships, or apprenticeships. Directs the Secretary of Education to promulgate regulations regarding pre-accredited IHE programs to: (1) impose consumer protection requirements on such programs that are consistent with those this Act imposes on accredited programs, and (2) condition an IHE's participation in any federal financial assistance program on the IHE signing a loan discharge agreement with each of their students who is enrolled in any pre-accredited program.

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Timeline

18 September 2014
Introduced
Referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Armed Services, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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18 September 2014
Introduced
Introduced in House
Source: IntroReferral
18 September 2014
Introduced
Introduced in House
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29 September 2014
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Source: Committee
17 November 2014
Referred
Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Source: Committee

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Related records

related to ← Protecting Students from Worthless Degrees Act
related to ← Higher Education Affordability Act

Sources

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/5572
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us · 113-hr-5572 · source updated 23 March 2026