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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6857 
To require institutions of higher education participating in Federal student 
aid programs to share information about title VI of the Civil Rights 
Act of 1964, including a link to the webpage of the Office for Civil 
Rights where an individual can submit a complaint regarding discrimina-
tion in violation of such title, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 18, 2025 
Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida (for herself, Mr. BACON, Mrs. MCBATH, Mr. 
CISCOMANI, Ms. STEVENS, Mr. EVANS of Colorado, Mr. NORCROSS, and 
Mr. WEBER of Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Education and Workforce 
A BILL 
To require institutions of higher education participating in 
Federal student aid programs to share information about 
title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, including a 
link to the webpage of the Office for Civil Rights where 
an individual can submit a complaint regarding discrimi-
nation in violation of such title, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Students 
on Campus Act of 2025’’. 
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SEC. 2. TITLE VI AWARENESS CAMPAIGN. 
(a) TITLE VI AWARENESS CAMPAIGN.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Education, 
acting through the Assistant Secretary for Civil 
Rights of the Department of Education, shall carry 
out a public awareness campaign regarding the 
availability of all rights provided to individuals under 
title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 
2000d et seq.). 
(2) AWARENESS CAMPAIGN.—The public aware-
ness campaign shall include appealing visual and au-
ditory elements and shall be updated annually and 
distributed to institutions of higher education for 
physical posting in 1 or more high traffic public 
places, such as student centers, and digital posting 
on 1 or more high traffic institution web pages, such 
as student services. The campaign shall utilize such 
methods and materials as necessary to maximize 
student accessibility. 
(3) ABILITY
TO
CONTRACT.—The Secretary 
may carry out this subsection directly or through a 
contract with a nonprofit organization that has an 
established history handling public awareness com-
munications campaigns for the Federal Government. 
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(b) HEA AMENDMENTS.—Section 487(a) of the 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1094(a)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(30) The institution— 
‘‘(A) has prominently displayed on the 
homepage of the institution a link to the 
webpage of the Office for Civil Rights of the 
Department of Education where an individual 
can submit a complaint regarding discrimina-
tion on the basis of race, color, or national ori-
gin in violation of title VI of the Civil Rights 
Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.); and 
‘‘(B) will annually display and post the 
public awareness campaign materials created 
and distributed under section 2(a) of the Pro-
tecting Students on Campus Act of 2025 in 
high traffic public places on campus, such as 
student centers, and high traffic institution web 
pages, such as student services.’’. 
SEC. 3. CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFINGS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning not later than 30 days 
after the date of enactment of this Act and ending 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Assistant Sec-
retary for Civil Rights of the Department of Education 
shall give a monthly briefing to Congress— 
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(1) explaining the number of complaints that 
the Office for Civil Rights of the Department of 
Education (referred to in this Act as the ‘‘Office’’) 
has received in the previous month regarding dis-
crimination on the basis of race, color, or national 
origin in violation of title VI of the Civil Rights Act 
of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.), disaggregated by 
the basis of discrimination; 
(2) describing how the Office plans to address 
those complaints and the investigations opened in re-
sponse to those complaints; and 
(3) providing data about the length of time that 
those complaints remain open after being received by 
the Office. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 48 hours prior to each 
briefing described in subsection (a), the Assistant Sec-
retary for Civil Rights of the Department of Education 
shall provide a written report to Congress that contains 
the information that will be presented at the next briefing, 
in a manner that protects personally identifiable informa-
tion in accordance with applicable privacy laws. 
SEC. 4. AUDIT AND STUDY. 
(a) REQUIREMENT TO SUBMIT DATA.—Each institu-
tion of higher education receiving Federal funds shall sub-
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mit an annual report to the Inspector General of the De-
partment of Education that includes— 
(1) the number of complaints regarding dis-
crimination on the basis of race, color, or national 
origin in violation of title VI of the Civil Rights Act 
of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d et seq.) that were sub-
mitted to the institution in the previous year; 
(2) an analysis of the number of such com-
plaints and their substance; and 
(3) a narrative of the action the institution took 
with respect to such complaints. 
(b) AUDIT.—The Inspector General of the Depart-
ment of Education shall complete an annual audit of the 
institutions of higher education that are in the top 5 per-
cent of institutions based on the per capita number of 
complaints described in subsection (a) received by the in-
stitutions, controlling for student population, to examine 
the process for addressing such complaints and the need 
for any referrals to the Office for Civil Rights of the De-
partment of Education. 
(c) STUDY.—The Inspector General of the Depart-
ment of Education shall conduct a study— 
(1) regarding why there is a disparity between 
the complaints regarding discrimination on the basis 
of race, color, or national origin in violation of title 
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VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d 
et seq.) that are submitted to institutions of higher 
education and such complaints that are submitted to 
the Office; and 
(2) quantifying the distinction described in 
paragraph (1). 
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