H.R. 2525 — Introduced in House

I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2525 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 26, 2013 Mr. Salmon (for himself and Mr. Andrews) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to authorize nonprofit institutions of higher education to provide payment to certain third-party entities. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Collaborative College Services Act. 2. Payment for certain third-party entities Section 487(a)(20) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1094(a)(20)) is amended by adding at the end the following: Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, an institution described in section 101 may provide payment, based on the amount of tuition generated by the institution from student enrollment, to a third-party entity that provides a set of services to the institution that includes student recruitment services, regardless of whether the third-party entity is affiliated with an institution that provides educational services other than the institution providing such payment, if— (A) the third-party entity is not otherwise affiliated with the institution providing such payment; (B) the third-party entity does not make compensation payments to its employees that are prohibited under this paragraph; (C) the set of services provided to the institution by the third-party entity include services other than student recruitment services, and the institution does not pay the third-party entity solely for student recruitment services provided by the third-party entity; and (D) any student recruitment information available to the third-party entity, including personally identifiable information, will not be used by, shared with, or sold to any other person or entity, including any institution that is affiliated with the third-party entity. .