Fair College Admissions for Students Act has not moved since its introduction on Mar 6, 2025, with cosponsors split almost evenly between the parties
IntroducedMar 6, 2025
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Passed one chamber—
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What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 43 words.
Fair College Admissions for Students Act This bill prohibits an institution of higher education (IHE) that participates in federal student aid programs from giving preferential treatment in the admissions process to applicants based on their relationships to donors or alumni of the IHE.
Context
- Committees
- Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
- Policy area
- Education: 22 of 3,602 bills became law, 113th–118th (0.6%)
- Sponsor
- 10 of 507 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in senate · 136 words
- Subjects
- Government lending and loan guaranteesHigher educationSchool administrationStudent aid and college costs
- Latest action
- Mar 19, 2026: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 1
Each bill appears once, under its strongest link. 1 in all.
Identical or companion · 1
- 119th H.R. 2809 Fair College Admissions for Students Act R · Introduced
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]