Collaborative College Services Act

Bill: 113-hr-2525
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Salmon, Matt [R-AZ-5]
Introduced: 2013-06-26
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Business ethics

Consumer affairs

Contracts and agency

Higher education

Right of privacy

School administration

Student aid and college costs

Wages and earnings
Latest action: action_date: 2013-09-13
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-06-26
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Collaborative College Services Act - Amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize nonprofit institutions of higher education (IHEs) to make payments to third-party entities for services that include student recruitment and are based on the amount of tuition that the IHE generates from student enrollment if the third-party entity: (1) is not otherwise affiliated with the IHE, (2) does not provide incentive payments to its employees for their success in enrolling students or securing financial aid for them, (3) is paid by the IHE for services that are not limited to student recruitment services, and (4) will not make student recruitment information available to any other person or entity.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2525 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 26, 2013 Mr. Salmon (for himself and Mr. Andrews ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize nonprofit institutions of higher education to provide payment to certain third-party entities.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Collaborative College Services Act . 2. Payment for certain third-party entities Section 487(a)(20) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1094(a)(20) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, an institution described in section 101 may provide payment, based on the amount of tuition generated by the institution from student enrollment, to a third-party entity that provides a set of services to the institution that includes student recruitment services, regardless of whether the third-party entity is affiliated with an institution that provides educational services other than the institution providing such payment, if— (A) the third-party entity is not otherwise affiliated with the institution providing such payment; (B) the third-party entity does not make compensation payments to its employees that are prohibited under this paragraph; (C) the set of services provided to the institution by the third-party entity include services other than student recruitment services, and the institution does not pay the third-party entity solely for student recruitment services provided by the third-party entity; and (D) any student recruitment information available to the third-party entity, including personally identifiable information, will not be used by, shared with, or sold to any other person or entity, including any institution that is affiliated with the third-party entity. .