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S. 681 116th Congress Senate

Student Right to Know Before You Go Act of 2019

Official title: A bill to establish a new higher education data system to allow for more accurate, complete, and secure data on student retention, graduation, and earnings out… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to establish a new higher education data system to allow for more accurate, complete, and secure data on student retention, graduation, and earnings outcomes, at all levels of postsecondary enrollment, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 6, 2019 Introduced by: Ron Wyden Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov
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It never became law before the 116th Congress (2019–2020) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Mar 6, 2019
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 Latest action March 6, 2019

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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Student Right to Know Before You Go Act of 2019

This bill requires the National Center for Education Statistics to establish and maintain a new higher education data system. The Center must use the system to calculate student education, debt-related, and earning metrics (e.g., student graduation rates, transfer rates, rates of continuation to subsequent levels of education, dropout rates, loan debt amounts, loan repayment rates, and debt-to-earnings ratios) for each institution of higher education (IHE) that participates in federal student aid programs. The metrics must be disaggregated and separately provided on the basis of specified categories.

The system must meet requirements for minimizing privacy and security risks.

The bill provides for the transition from the existing Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System to the new higher education data system.

The Department of Education (ED) must publish the metrics and post the metrics on its website. Within five years, an IHE that participates in federal student aid programs must display links on its website to ED's website that provides metrics data.

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  • HR 1565 Identical bill Student Right to Know Before You Go Act of 2019
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Warner, Mark R.
Virginia · Mar 6, 2019
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