Protecting Students on Campus Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Frankel, Lois
Introduced
Summary
Title VI transparency and accountability on campus would be strengthened by a federal awareness campaign, required campus postings and complaint links, plus new reporting and audit duties for colleges and the Department of Education. It would also require monthly briefings for one year and an Inspector General study about complaint patterns.
Show full summary
- Students and campus communities: Would get annually updated visual and audio Title VI materials posted in at least one high-traffic campus space and on a high-traffic webpage. Campuses must also show a homepage link to the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) complaint page.
- Institutions that receive federal student aid: Would have to submit an annual report to the Department of Education's Inspector General counting Title VI complaints, analyzing their substance, and describing institutional actions.
- Federal oversight and Congress: The Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights would deliver monthly briefings for 1 year with written reports 48 hours before each briefing. The Inspector General would audit the top 5 percent of institutions by per-capita complaints and study why complaints to campuses differ from those sent to OCR.
Your PRIA Score
Personalized for You
How does this bill affect your finances?
Sign up for a PRIA Policy Scan to see your personalized alignment score for this bill and every other piece of legislation we track. We analyze your financial profile against policy provisions to show you exactly what matters to your wallet.
Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 2 mixed.
College Title VI reporting and audits
If enacted, every institution that gets federal student aid would have to send an annual report to the Education Department Inspector General. The report would list last year’s Title VI complaints received by the school, analyze their substance, and describe what the school did in response. The Inspector General would do annual audits of schools in the top 5 percent by complaints per student (normalized for student population) to review complaint-handling and referrals to the Office for Civil Rights. The Inspector General would also study and quantify why some complaints go to schools rather than to the Office for Civil Rights.
More civil-rights info for students
If enacted, the Department of Education would run a yearly public awareness campaign about Title VI rights (race, color, national origin). Campaign materials would be updated each year, designed for student accessibility, and could be produced by the Department or a contracted nonprofit. Colleges that get federal student aid would have to put a link to the Education Department complaint webpage on their homepage and post the campaign materials each year in at least one busy campus spot and on at least one busy campus webpage. These steps would make complaint information easier to find, while placing ongoing posting duties on institutions.
Monthly civil-rights briefings to Congress
If enacted, the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights would brief Congress every month for one year, starting within 30 days after enactment. Each briefing would show the number of Title VI complaints received in the prior month (by race, color, and national origin), explain how the Office plans to address them and what investigations opened, and give data on how long complaints stay open. A written report with the same information would be sent to Congress at least 48 hours before each briefing, with required protections for personally identifiable information.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Frankel, Lois
FL • D
Cosponsors
Bacon
NE • R
Sponsored 12/18/2025
McBath
GA • D
Sponsored 12/18/2025
Ciscomani
AZ • R
Sponsored 12/18/2025
Stevens
MI • D
Sponsored 12/18/2025
Evans (CO)
CO • R
Sponsored 12/18/2025
Norcross
NJ • D
Sponsored 12/18/2025
Weber (TX)
TX • R
Sponsored 12/18/2025
LaLota
NY • R
Sponsored 1/7/2026
Meng
NY • D
Sponsored 1/7/2026
Fitzpatrick
PA • R
Sponsored 1/8/2026
Wasserman Schultz
FL • D
Sponsored 1/8/2026
Lawler
NY • R
Sponsored 1/9/2026
Schneider
IL • D
Sponsored 1/9/2026
Smith (NJ)
NJ • R
Sponsored 1/16/2026
Peters
CA • D
Sponsored 1/16/2026
Malliotakis
NY • R
Sponsored 2/3/2026
Brown
OH • D
Sponsored 2/3/2026
Wilson (SC)
SC • R
Sponsored 2/10/2026
Carbajal
CA • D
Sponsored 2/20/2026
Kiggans (VA)
VA • R
Sponsored 3/2/2026
Lieu
CA • D
Sponsored 3/2/2026
Roll Call Votes
No roll call votes available for this bill.
View on Congress.govTake It Personal
Get Your Personalized Policy View
Start a Free Government Policy Watch to see how policy affects your household, then upgrade to PRIA Full Coverage for year-round monitoring.
Already have an account? Sign in