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Protecting Students on Campus Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Frankel, Lois [D-FL-22]
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.
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- 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.
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Analyzed Economic Effects
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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 [D-FL-22]
FL • D
Cosponsors
Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
DC • D
Sponsored 10/6/2026
Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3]
NY • D
Sponsored 10/6/2026
Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2]
NE • R
Sponsored 12/18/2025
Rep. McBath, Lucy [D-GA-6]
GA • D
Sponsored 12/18/2025
Rep. Ciscomani, Juan [R-AZ-6]
AZ • R
Sponsored 12/18/2025
Rep. Stevens, Haley M. [D-MI-11]
MI • D
Sponsored 12/18/2025
Rep. Evans, Gabe [R-CO-8]
CO • R
Sponsored 12/18/2025
Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1]
NJ • D
Sponsored 12/18/2025
Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14]
TX • R
Sponsored 12/18/2025
Rep. LaLota, Nick [R-NY-1]
NY • R
Sponsored 1/7/2026
Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
NY • D
Sponsored 1/7/2026
Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1]
PA • R
Sponsored 1/8/2026
Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25]
FL • D
Sponsored 1/8/2026
Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17]
NY • R
Sponsored 1/9/2026
Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10]
IL • D
Sponsored 1/9/2026
Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4]
NJ • R
Sponsored 1/16/2026
Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50]
CA • D
Sponsored 1/16/2026
Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-NY-11]
NY • R
Sponsored 2/3/2026
Rep. Brown, Shontel M. [D-OH-11]
OH • D
Sponsored 2/3/2026
Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2]
SC • R
Sponsored 2/10/2026
Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24]
CA • D
Sponsored 2/20/2026
Rep. Kiggans, Jennifer A. [R-VA-2]
VA • R
Sponsored 3/2/2026
Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36]
CA • D
Sponsored 3/2/2026
Roll Call Votes
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