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Cuts Federal Funds for Schools Hiring Chinese Instructors
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Cuts Federal Funds for Schools Hiring Chinese Instructors

IntroducedJanuary 15, 2025
Passed Senate10 months ago
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Passed/agreed to in Senate
Why This Matters

This bill prohibits colleges from receiving federal funds if they hire instructors funded by the Chinese Communist Party.

If your college employs a teacher funded by the Chinese Communist Party, it will lose federal funding.
Who this affects
students · educators · colleges · universities
What changes is this bill making?
  1. 1This bill stops federal funding for colleges that employ teachers funded by the Chinese Communist Party.
  2. 2Schools can regain funding if they no longer employ such instructors in future years.
  3. 3The bill defines a 'CCP-funded instructor' as anyone receiving money from the Chinese Communist Party while teaching.
  4. 4The changes will take effect 180 days after the bill is signed into law.
Read the detailed summary

Protecting Higher Education from Foreign Threats Act This bill prohibits an institution of higher education (IHE) from receiving federal funds for an award year in which the IHE employs an instructor who, while employed at the IHE and providing direct instruction to students, received funds from the Chinese Community Party. An IHE may regain eligibility for federal funds by demonstrating to the Department of Education that it no longer employs such instructor.

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Senate
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IntroducedJan 15, 2025
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SenateOct 16, 2025
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Passed/agreed to in Senate

The President

Donald Trump
President
Awaiting Signature
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