FAFSA Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Pfluger
Introduced
Summary
This bill would make people convicted of assault against a police officer or of rioting ineligible for federal student aid. It would bar Title IV grants, loans, and work assistance and would convert certain grants already received into Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loans that accrue interest and are not eligible for forgiveness.
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- Students convicted of the specified offenses would be ineligible for any Title IV grant, loan (other than the conversion loan), or work assistance.
- If a student had received Title IV grants for the program they were enrolled in when the offense occurred, those grants would be treated as Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loans and must be repaid with interest from the award date.
- Those converted loans would be ineligible for any loan forgiveness, cancellation, discharge, or reduction under the Higher Education Act or any other law or administrative program.
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Student aid ban after riot or police assault
If enacted, students convicted of assaulting a police officer or of rioting would lose federal student aid under Title IV. Rioting would include inciting, organizing, joining, or aiding a violent riot. This would start with the first award year after the bill becomes law. While disqualified, you could not get new Title IV grants, loans, or work-study. Any Title IV grants you already got for the program you were in on the date of the offense would be turned into a Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan. You would have to repay it with interest from the grant award date. Those converted loans would not qualify for forgiveness, cancellation, discharge, or reduction under any law or administrative program.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Pfluger
TX • R
Cosponsors
Edwards
NC • R
Sponsored 3/21/2025
Franklin, Scott
FL • R
Sponsored 3/25/2025
Rep. Van Orden, Derrick [R-WI-3]
WI • R
Sponsored 3/25/2025
Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2]
NE • R
Sponsored 3/26/2025
Rep. Carey, Mike [R-OH-15]
OH • R
Sponsored 3/26/2025
Goldman (TX)
TX • R
Sponsored 5/8/2025
Roll Call Votes
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