Career Education Colleges and Universities

Career Education Colleges and Universities Political Action Committee

Trade association PAC FEC C00213066

Influence at a glance · Jan 2025 – Sep 2026Jan 25 – Sep 26 How we count

PAC giving to candidates$73K

Trade association lobbying, all issues $735K

Giving: FEC filings, net of refunds. Lobbying: the trade association’s own LD-2 reports, all issues, rounded to the nearest $10,000 each quarter. Two different filers, same 21 months.Lobbying: all issues, rounded to the nearest $10,000. Two filers, same 21 months. This PAC gives money raised from the trade association’s employees or members; the trade association itself can’t give to campaigns from its treasury.

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What they lobby on

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Career Education Colleges and Universities reported federal lobbying in 8 of the last 8 quarters (Q4 2024 to Q3 2026), with its own in-house lobbyists. What follows is what the filings say it lobbied on, not which way.

Issue areas ranked by quarters filedQ4 24 → Q3 26

Education8 of 88/8
Veterans8 of 88/8
Taxation/Internal Revenue Code3 of 83/8
Transportation1 of 81/8

Bills named in the filings 33 bills, this period

H.R. 1174 Ensuring Distance Education Act7 filings
H.R. 1176 Clock Hour Program Student Protection Act7 filings
H.R. 1391 Student Veteran Benefit Restoration Act of 20257 filings
S. 1308 / H.R. 1458 VETS Opportunity Act of 20257 filings
H.R. 2271 Change of Ownership and Conversion Improvement Act5 filings

28 more, 12 named in only one filing · Show all 33

S. 1558 / H.R. 3153 Understanding the True Cost of College Act of 20255 filings
S. 1559 / H.R. 3298 Know Before You Owe Federal Student Loan Act of 20255 filings
S. 235 Apprenticeship Pathways Act of 20255 filings
S. 2511 / H.R. 4806 College Transparency Act5 filings
H.R. 1 An act to provide for reconciliation pursuant to title II of H. Con. Res. 14. Broad bill4 filings
H.R. 496 Veterans 2nd Amendment Restoration Act of 20252 filings
H.R. 6498 Student Financial Clarity Act of 20252 filings
H.R. 6502 College Financial Aid Clarity Act of 20252 filings
H.R. 7891 Student Aid Fraud Oversight and Accountability Act of 20262 filings
H.R. 7892 No Aid for Ghost Students Act of 20262 filings
S. 308 Graduate Opportunity and Affordable Loans Act2 filings
S. 383 JOBS Act of 20252 filings
S. 4348 / H.R. 9580 PARITY Act2 filings
S. 756 / H.R. 1151 Freedom to Invest in Tomorrow’s Workforce Act2 filings
S. 994 PROTECT Students Act of 20252 filings
H.Con.Res. 14 Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034. Broad bill2 filings
H.R. 1767, 118th Student Veteran Benefit Restoration Act1 filing
H.R. 2830 Public Safety Officer Concussion and Traumatic Brain Injury Health Act of 20251 filing
H.R. 2830, 118th Veteran Improvement Commercial Driver License Act of 20231 filing
H.R. 3753 Expanding Access for Online Veteran Students Act1 filing
H.R. 496, 118th PELL Act1 filing
H.R. 6585, 118th Bipartisan Workforce Pell Act1 filing
H.R. 7810, 118th Clock Hour Program Student Protection Act1 filing
S. 1309, 118th Student Veterans Transparency and Protection Act of 20231 filing
S. 161 / H.R. 793, 118th JOBS Act of 20231 filing
S. 722 Bureau of Land Management Mineral Spacing Act1 filing
S. 722 / H.R. 1477, 118th Freedom To Invest in Tomorrow's Workforce Act1 filing
H.R. 8870 BUILD America 250 Act Broad bill1 filing

From the filings

“H.R. 3753, the Expanding Access for Online Veteran Students Act H.R. 1391 Student Veteran Benefit Restoration Act of 2025 S. 1308 / H.R. 1458 VETS Opportunity Act VA-2021-VBA-0024 Issues related to State Approving Agency Jurisdiction, distance learning definition and approval of Post-9/11 GI Bill eligibility”

Q3 2026 filing · Veterans

“H.R. 8870 Build America's 250th Act - provisions related to expanded access to critical workforce pathways for surface transportation infrastructure through 90/10 rule relief for proprietary institutions of higher education.”

Q3 2026 filing · Transportation

Contacted as listed on the filings

U.S. House
U.S. Senate
Education
White House Office

The House and Senate appear in every quarter; agencies in all 8 quarters.

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Source: Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (LD-2) by Career Education Colleges and Universities, Senate Office of Public Records. Filings are due 20 days after each quarter ends.

From FEC filings: direct gifts this PAC reported, net of refunds · How we count

Gave directly to 25 sitting members of Congress and 2 other candidates in 2025–26.

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