Sec. 2. Findings
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Congress finds the following: On September 6, 2017, Hurricane Irma made landfall in Puerto Rico, particularly affecting its east coast and the islands of Vieques and Culebra. While Puerto Rico was recovering from Hurricane Irma, on September 20, 2017, Hurricane María made landfall in Puerto Rico as a category 4 hurricane, being the worst storm to strike the Island in over 80 years. Consequently, Puerto Rican institutions of higher education have faced extraordinary expenses to continue their operations, such as power generators, fuel, additional security guards, transportation, cleaning, reconstruction, food, potable water, among others.
In most cases, the insurance companies are not covering the damages or losses or have delayed payments. Students in Puerto Rico lack the funds to cover their tuition payment plans because they have been using such funds to deal with their own extraordinary expenses in the aftermath of Hurricanes Irma and María. While other students are leaving the Island and continuing their studies in the contiguous United States. As a result of Hurrianes Irma and Maria, Puerto Rican for-profit higher education institutions are unable to comply with the 90–10 Rule under section 487(a)(24) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1084(a)(24) ) because they are unable to meet the requirement that not less than ten percent of such institution's revenues be derived from sources other than funds provided under title IV of such Act ( 20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.).
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