State policy makers may have assumed that, because for-profit colleges receive up to 90 percent of their funds through the U.S. Department of Education and additional funds for serving military and veteran students, overseeing them is primarily a federal responsibility. But in fact, federal oversight has been demonstrated to be inadequate, and the Trump administration is in the process of rolling back the protections that do exist. This toolkit describes seven approaches for states to consider to protect students against low-quality colleges and deceptive and unfair practices. Those steps include: (1) Implement Accountability Standards for State Financial Aid or Other Government Support; (2) Use a Market-Value Test to Protect Students and Taxpayers; (3) Publish Employment Outcomes for All Colleges' Programs; (4) Protect Students with Tuition Recovery Funds; (5) Enforce the Rules that Make Colleges Public or Nonprofit; (6) Don't Let Schools Deny Students Access to Justice; and (7) Warn Consumers About Predatory Recruiting. While most of these policies can be applied to all types of colleges, it is at for-profit colleges heavily reliant on federal student loans where both the problems, as well as the benefits of additional oversight, are greatest. The suggested policies are intended to steer the colleges toward positive outcomes for students and for the state. [This tool kit was written with the assistance of Yan Cao, Tariq Habash, Jennifer Mishory, Brett Robertson, and Jennifer Wang.]