S. 2490 (105th): A bill to prohibit postsecondary educational institutions from requiring the purchase of goods and services from on-campus businesses, intentionally withholding course information from off-campus businesses, or preventing students from obtaining course information or materials from off-campus businesses.

Introduced:
Sep 17, 1998 (105th Congress, 1997–1998)
Sponsor:
Sen. Duncan “Lauch” Faircloth [R-NC]
Status:
Died (Referred to Committee)

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Status

This bill was introduced on September 17, 1998, in a previous session of Congress, but was not enacted.

Progress
Introduced Sep 17, 1998
Referred to Committee Sep 17, 1998
Cosponsors
none
Committees

Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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Last updated Sep 17, 1998.
4 pages

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9/17/1998--Introduced.
Directs the Secretary of Education to ensure that each Federal department or agency, and each State or private entity that receives Federal education funds, does not provide any financial aid to a postsecondary educational institution, or to a student attending such an institution, if the institution directly or indirectly:
(1) requires the purchase of goods and services from an on-campus business;
(2) permits more favorable treatment of, or more favorable promotional opportunities for, an on-campus business than for an off-campus business;
(3) withholds, or unreasonably delays the provision of, any accurate or complete course-related information, including textbook requirements, from or to an off-campus business; or
(4) impedes a student's access to course-related information or course materials at an off-campus business.

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