H.R. 7683 would require postsecondary education institutions to meet certain requirements to participate in federal student aid programs, including the Federal Pell Grant Program and the federal student loan programs.
Under the bill, public institutions generally would have to:
Allow students to freely engage in noncommercial expressive activity on campus;
Provide religious student organizations with any rights otherwise afforded to other student organizations;
Make admission and employment decisions without soliciting applicants’ or employees’ personal beliefs regarding any particular social or political issues, including diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives beyond upholding existing federal law; and
Publish viewpoint-neutral policies for allocating mandatory student fees among student organizations and for assessing security fees for student-organized events.
If a public institution was found by a court to have violated any of the bill’s requirements, the institution would lose eligibility for federal student aid until the Secretary of Education determined that the institution was no longer in violation.
