Sec. 8. College athletes’ right to educational outcomes
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Except as provided in subparagraph (C), an institution of higher education that provides an individual with a college athlete scholarship for an academic year shall provide the individual with a scholarship described in subparagraph
(B)for each subsequent academic year— in which the individual is enrolled at the institution and until the individual receives an undergraduate degree from such institution; and without regard to whether the individual is playing an intercollegiate sport for the institution during any such subsequent year. A scholarship awarded to an individual for a subsequent year in accordance with subparagraph
(A)shall be in an amount equal to the scholarship provided to the individual for the preceding year, increased by the rate of inflation for the preceding year. The requirements of subparagraph
(A)shall not apply if an individual— is found by the institution to have committed academic fraud or other misconduct that would ordinarily result in expulsion; or earns a grade point average of less than 2.20 on a 4-point scale, or the equivalent, for 2 or more consecutive semesters. In this paragraph, the term college athlete scholarship means a scholarship provided by an institution of higher education for an academic year to an individual who has agreed to be a college athlete for the institution for such academic year. Any academic advisor or tutoring services provided to a college athlete by an institution of higher education shall be independent from the athletic department of the institution of higher education. An individual working or volunteering for an athletic department of an institution of higher education may not influence, or retaliate against a college athlete based on, a college athlete’s selection of any course or academic major. An individual working for an athletic department of an institution of higher education shall not interfere with, or discourage, any college athlete who wishes to secure employment or internships, participate in student groups or events, or serve as a volunteer, as long as such activities do not interfere with mandatory class time or mandatory team activities. An institution of higher education found to be in violation of subsection (a), or to have permitted the work or volunteering of an individual who violated such subsection, shall be assessed, for each individual harmed by the violation, a civil penalty of $75,000.