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Dick Durbin: “No more than 90 percent of your revenues can come from the Federal Government.”

On the recordJune 11, 2013
No more than 90 percent of your revenues can come from the Federal Government.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Durbin explains the 90-10 rule governing for-profit schools' revenue sources.

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