S 1121
115th Congress
Senate
Education
Academic performance and assessments
Census and government statistics
Government information and archives
Higher education
Student aid and college costs
Student records
Wages and earnings
College Transparency Act
Introduced: May 15, 2017
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 15, 2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
May 15, 2017
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
College Transparency Act
This bill amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require 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 post-collegiate outcomes, and higher education costs and financial aid at the student level;
- provide complete and customizable information for students and families making decisions about postsecondary education;
- reduce the requirements for reporting by colleges and universities; and
- link with other federal systems of data.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
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