Student Right to Know Before You Go Act of 2019
The source supplies the latest action, but no lifecycle stage.
Latest action (6 Mar 2019): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
What this bill does
The Student Right to Know Before You Go Act of 2019 would require the National Center for Education Statistics to create a new system for collecting and analyzing data from colleges and universities that participate in federal student aid programs. This system would gather information on student outcomes, including graduation rates, transfer rates, dropout rates, how much debt students take on, and their ability to repay those loans. It would also look at post-graduation earnings and debt-to-earnings ratios. The data would be collected and reported in a way that aims to protect individual privacy and data security.
The bill would affect institutions of higher education that receive federal student aid, requiring them to report specific data. The Department of Education would be responsible for publishing these metrics on its website. Within five years of the bill's enactment, these institutions would also need to provide links on their websites to the Department of Education's page containing this data. The bill also makes amendments to the Higher Education Act of 1965 to align reporting requirements and prevent duplication.
This bill was introduced in the Senate in March 2019 and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. It has not advanced further in the legislative process. If passed by Congress and signed into law, the Department of Education would have until October 1, 2021, to establish the new data system.
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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
6 Mar 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Common questions
- What does S. 681 do?
- The Student Right to Know Before You Go Act of 2019 would require the National Center for Education Statistics to create a new system for collecting and analyzing data from colleges and universities that participate in federal student aid programs. This system would gather information on student outcomes, including graduation rates, transfer rates, dropout rates, how much debt students take on, and their ability to repay those loans. It would also look at post-graduation earnings and debt-to-earnings ratios. The data would be collected and reported in a way that aims to protect individual privacy and data security. The bill would affect institutions of higher education that receive federal student aid, requiring them to report specific data. The Department of Education would be responsible for publishing these metrics on its website. Within five years of the bill's enactment, these institutions would also need to provide links on their websites to the Department of Education's page containing this data. The bill also makes amendments to the Higher Education Act of 1965 to align reporting requirements and prevent duplication. This bill was introduced in the Senate in March 2019 and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. It has not advanced further in the legislative process. If passed by Congress and signed into law, the Department of Education would have until October 1, 2021, to establish the new data system.
- Has S. 681 become law?
- The source does not supply a confirmed lifecycle stage for S. 681. Check the latest action and official source below.
- Who sponsored S. 681?
- S. 681 was sponsored by Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] (D-OR), with 2 cosponsors.
- What's the latest action on S. 681?
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (6 Mar 2019).
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