SENATE 839117th CongressRead twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
College Transparency Act
- Last Action
- 3/18/2021
Actions
- 2021-03-18Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- 2021-03-18Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2021-03-18 (00)
College Transparency Act
This bill requires the National Center for Education Statistics to establish a secure and privacy-protected data system that contains information about postsecondary students.
Specifically, the data system must
- evaluate student enrollment patterns, progression, completion, and postcollegiate outcomes, and higher education costs and financial aid;
- provide complete and customizable information for students and families making decisions about postsecondary education;
- reduce the requirements for reporting by institutions of higher education; and
- periodically match with other federal systems of data.
The bill also establishes a postsecondary student data system advisory committee.
Cosponsors (20)
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
- Tim Scott (R-SC)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
- Shelley Capito (R-WV)
- John Cornyn (R-TX)
- Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
- Joni Ernst (R-IA)
- Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
- Charles Grassley (R-IA)
- Josh Hawley (R-MO)
- Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
- Mitt Romney (R-UT)
- Thomas Tillis (R-NC)
- Roger Marshall (R-KS)
- Dan Sullivan (R-AK)
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- Cory Booker (D-NJ)
- Sherrod Brown (D-OH)
- Bob Casey (D-PA)
- Maggie Hassan (D-NH)
Subjects
- Academic performance and assessments
- Advisory bodies
- Census and government statistics
- Government information and archives
- Higher education
- Labor market
- Student aid and college costs
- Student records
- Wages and earnings
Sourced from Congress.gov (public domain).
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