Sec. 16. Consumer protections for students
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In this section: The term Federal financial assistance program means a program that provides Federal education assistance funds, as described in section 103 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1003 ), to any postsecondary educational institution. The term postsecondary educational institution means an educational institution that awards a degree or certificate and is located in any State and includes— an institution of higher education, as defined in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1002 ); a postsecondary educational institution, as defined in section 203 of the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act ( 29 U.S.C. 3272 ); and an educational institution, as defined under section 3452 of title 38, United States Code.
The term State includes, in addition to the several States of the United States, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the freely associated States. The term freely associated States means the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a postsecondary educational institution is not eligible to participate in a Federal financial assistance program with respect to any program of postsecondary education or training, including a degree or certificate program, that is designed to prepare students for entry into a recognized occupation or profession that requires licensing or other established requirements as a pre-condition for entry into such occupation or profession, unless— the successful completion of the program fully qualifies a student, in the Metropolitan Statistical Area in which the student resides, to— take any examination required for entry into the recognized occupation or profession in the Metropolitan Statistical Area in which the student resides, including satisfying all State or professionally mandated programmatic and specialized accreditation requirements, if any; and be certified or licensed or meet any other academically related pre-conditions that are required for entry into the recognized occupation or profession in the Metropolitan Statistical Area in which the student resides; and the institution offering the program provides timely placement for all of the academically related pre-licensure requirements for entry into the recognized occupation or profession in the Metropolitan Statistical Area in which the student resides, such as clinical placements, internships, or apprenticeships.
This section shall take effect on the date that is 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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