Maggie Hassan (N.H.), Dick Durbin (Ill.), Sherrod Brown (Ohio) and Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) will announce this morning that they’re filing four amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act, S. 4049 (116), which will hit the Senate floor this week.
— An amendment led by Hassan would require the Education Department to create a tracking system to collect complaints about colleges, including their recruiting and marketing practices. The system would also accept complaints against student loan servicers — and allow for the submission of anonymous complaints.
— An amendment led by Brown would prohibit any college from using Pentagon Tuition Assistance money or other Defense Department education aid dollars for “advertising, recruiting, or marketing activities.”
— An amendment led by Durbin would make changes to the federal 90/10 rule, which imposes a cap on the amount of federal student aid that can flow to for-profit colleges. Under the proposal, for-profit colleges’ receipt of all federal funds — including most GI Bill money — would be capped at 85 percent, up from the current 90 percent.