DC postsecondary agent bonds.
$275. Five minutes.
Each enrollment agent or sales representative for a licensed District postsecondary school files a $3,000 surety bond with the Higher Education Licensure Commission (HELC). Ours is $275 flat — the floor on a bond this size, since 3% of $3,000 is below our $275 minimum. No credit check on this bond.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Per-agent license bonds are the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Agent and school details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit check section.
Pay & e-sign
Small license bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with the Commission
Your executed $3,000 agent bond arrives by email, ready to file with the school’s HELC agent filing. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$3,000 bond, 3% = $90, below the $275 floor — so the price is $275 per term, per agent. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
The District requires each agent or sales representative who enrolls students for a licensed postsecondary school to be bonded. The agent bond is a student-protection guarantee against misrepresentation of the education or credentials a student will receive — it backs the agent’s honesty in recruiting.
It's a three-party arrangement: the agent (the principal), the surety carrier, and the District together with prospective students (the protected parties). If an agent misrepresents a program and a student is harmed, the student can recover against the $3,000 agent bond.
This is separate from the institution bond. The school itself files an institution bond (often $50,000); each enrollment agent files this $3,000 bond. If the surety pays an agent-bond claim, the agent repays the surety — it is not insurance for the agent.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — no credit check section, because this bond doesn't have one.
Start the application →Common questions.
If yours isn't here, the bond team can usually answer within the hour.
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Bond your enrollment agents today.
$275 flat per agent, five-minute application, no credit check. Free until issued.