# 119-hr-6857: Protecting Students on Campus Act of 2025

119-hr-6857, Protecting Students on Campus Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-22] (D-FL); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-08).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-6857
- Congress: 119
- Title: Protecting Students on Campus Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-12-18
- Sponsor: Rep. Frankel, Lois [D-FL-22] (D-FL)
- Cosponsors: 23
- Policy area: Education
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-08

## 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. - 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.

## Cosponsors (23)

- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2026-10-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3] (D-NY), 2026-10-06T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] (R-NE), 2025-12-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McBath, Lucy [D-GA-6] (D-GA), 2025-12-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ciscomani, Juan [R-AZ-6] (R-AZ), 2025-12-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stevens, Haley M. [D-MI-11] (D-MI), 2025-12-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Evans, Gabe [R-CO-8] (R-CO), 2025-12-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Norcross, Donald [D-NJ-1] (D-NJ), 2025-12-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14] (R-TX), 2025-12-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. LaLota, Nick [R-NY-1] (R-NY), 2026-01-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] (D-NY), 2026-01-07T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2026-01-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wasserman Schultz, Debbie [D-FL-25] (D-FL), 2026-01-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17] (R-NY), 2026-01-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Schneider, Bradley Scott [D-IL-10] (D-IL), 2026-01-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] (R-NJ), 2026-01-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Peters, Scott H. [D-CA-50] (D-CA), 2026-01-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-NY-11] (R-NY), 2026-02-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Brown, Shontel M. [D-OH-11] (D-OH), 2026-02-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2] (R-SC), 2026-02-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carbajal, Salud O. [D-CA-24] (D-CA), 2026-02-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kiggans, Jennifer A. [R-VA-2] (R-VA), 2026-03-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA), 2026-03-02T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Monthly civil-rights briefings to Congress: benefit, low. 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…
- College Title VI reporting and audits: mixed, high. 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 Ins…
- More civil-rights info for students: mixed, medium. 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 t…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-6857 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/6857)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-6857 (as of 2026-10-08).