S 800
116th Congress
Senate
Education
Academic performance and assessments
Advisory bodies
Census and government statistics
Government information and archives
Higher education
Student aid and college costs
Student records
Wages and earnings
College Transparency Act
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 14, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Mar 14, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
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.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
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