H.R. 1174 · 119th Congress
Ensuring Distance Education Act
- Stage
- In committee
- Sponsor
- Burgess Owens
- Introduced
- 2025-02-10
- Latest action
- 2025-02-10 · Introduced in House
Summary
Ensuring Distance Education Act
This bill treats revenue from distance education programs as nonfederal revenue for purposes of the 90/10 rule.
Generally, the 90/10 rule requires a for-profit institution of higher education (IHE) to derive at least 10% of its revenue from sources other than federal financial aid. Under current Department of Education regulations, for-profit IHEs are prohibited from including revenue from distance education programs (including hybrid distance education programs) as nonfederal revenue that meets this 10% requirement. The bill removes the prohibition and allows for distance education programs to be counted as nonfederal revenue for purposes of the rule.