Student Right to Know Before You Go Act of 2019
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Latest action (29 Mar 2019): Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
What this bill does
The Student Right to Know Before You Go Act of 2019, if enacted, would require the National Center for Education Statistics to create and manage a new system for collecting and analyzing data from institutions of higher education that participate in federal student aid programs. This system would calculate various metrics related to student outcomes, such as graduation rates, transfer rates, dropout rates, and student loan debt and repayment. The data would be disaggregated based on specific categories like race, gender, and enrollment status.
This bill would affect students applying to or attending institutions of higher education that receive federal student aid. It would also impact these institutions, as they would be required to report data to the new system and, within five years of its implementation, display links on their websites to the Department of Education's data. The Department of Education would be responsible for publishing these metrics online.
This bill was introduced in the House of Representatives in March 2019 and referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, along with other committees. Its current status is "Introduced," meaning it has not yet passed either chamber of Congress or been signed into law.
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Official summary
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.
Timeline
29 Mar 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
Common questions
- What does H.R. 1565 do?
- The Student Right to Know Before You Go Act of 2019, if enacted, would require the National Center for Education Statistics to create and manage a new system for collecting and analyzing data from institutions of higher education that participate in federal student aid programs. This system would calculate various metrics related to student outcomes, such as graduation rates, transfer rates, dropout rates, and student loan debt and repayment. The data would be disaggregated based on specific categories like race, gender, and enrollment status. This bill would affect students applying to or attending institutions of higher education that receive federal student aid. It would also impact these institutions, as they would be required to report data to the new system and, within five years of its implementation, display links on their websites to the Department of Education's data. The Department of Education would be responsible for publishing these metrics online. This bill was introduced in the House of Representatives in March 2019 and referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, along with other committees. Its current status is "Introduced," meaning it has not yet passed either chamber of Congress or been signed into law.
- Has H.R. 1565 become law?
- The source does not supply a confirmed lifecycle stage for H.R. 1565. Check the latest action and official source below.
- Who sponsored H.R. 1565?
- H.R. 1565 was sponsored by Rep. Hunter, Duncan D. [R-CA-50] (R-CA), with 4 cosponsors.
- What's the latest action on H.R. 1565?
- Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity. (29 Mar 2019).
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