S. 2859 Senate Education
Equal Campus Access Act of 2025
STAGE 2 OF 8 — COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION
Currently in the Senate. Last action: committee on health, education, labor, and pensions. hearings held on Mar 19, 2026.
- Senate Introduced in Senate Sep 18, 2025
- Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S6732-6734) Sep 18, 2025
- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Hearings held. Mar 19, 2026
Cosponsors
30
Subjects
Education programs fundingHigher educationReligionSchool administration
Committees
- Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee
- [Hearings By (full committee), Mar 19, 2026]
- [Referred To, Sep 18, 2025]
Summary
Equal Campus Access Act of 2025This bill prohibits funding made available under the Higher Education Act of 1965 from being provided to any public institution of higher education (IHE) that denies certain campus rights to religious student organizations. Specifically, the bill prohibits a public IHE from receiving these funds if it denies a religious student organization any right, benefit, or privilege that is otherwise afforded to other student organizations at the IHE because of the religious student organization's beliefs, practices, speech, leadership standards, or standards of conduct.
[Summary as of: Introduced in Senate]
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