College Transparency Act
The source supplies the latest action, but no lifecycle stage.
Latest action (27 Apr 2023): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
What this bill does
Here is a plain-English summary:
S. 1349, the College Transparency Act, would direct the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) to build a secure, student-level data system tracking postsecondary enrollment, progression, completion, costs, and post-graduation outcomes across colleges and universities. The system would be developed within four years, with data periodically matched against records from agencies such as the IRS, Social Security Administration, Department of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Census Bureau to measure earnings, employment, and loan outcomes. An advisory committee, including college representatives, students, privacy experts, and state officials, would help decide what data to collect. The bill lists required data categories (such as enrollment status, demographics, and financial aid) and explicitly bans collection of certain sensitive information, including health data, discipline records, exact addresses, citizenship status, grades, test scores, political affiliation, and religion.
The bill would primarily affect colleges and universities, which would report data to NCES (partly to reduce duplicate federal reporting), and students, whose information would be included but protected through privacy safeguards, correction processes, and public disclosure limits. Policymakers, researchers, and prospective students/families would gain access to aggregate, non-identifying data through a public website for comparing institutions and outcomes.
The bill was introduced in the Senate on April 27, 2023, by Senator Bill Cassidy with bipartisan cosponsors, and referred to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. It has not received a committee vote or floor action, and, according to available records, did not advance further in this session of Congress.
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Official 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.
Timeline
27 Apr 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Common questions
- What does S. 1349 do?
- Here is a plain-English summary: S. 1349, the College Transparency Act, would direct the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) to build a secure, student-level data system tracking postsecondary enrollment, progression, completion, costs, and post-graduation outcomes across colleges and universities. The system would be developed within four years, with data periodically matched against records from agencies such as the IRS, Social Security Administration, Department of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Census Bureau to measure earnings, employment, and loan outcomes. An advisory committee, including college representatives, students, privacy experts, and state officials, would help decide what data to collect. The bill lists required data categories (such as enrollment status, demographics, and financial aid) and explicitly bans collection of certain sensitive information, including health data, discipline records, exact addresses, citizenship status, grades, test scores, political affiliation, and religion. The bill would primarily affect colleges and universities, which would report data to NCES (partly to reduce duplicate federal reporting), and students, whose information would be included but protected through privacy safeguards, correction processes, and public disclosure limits. Policymakers, researchers, and prospective students/families would gain access to aggregate, non-identifying data through a public website for comparing institutions and outcomes. The bill was introduced in the Senate on April 27, 2023, by Senator Bill Cassidy with bipartisan cosponsors, and referred to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. It has not received a committee vote or floor action, and, according to available records, did not advance further in this session of Congress.
- Has S. 1349 become law?
- The source does not supply a confirmed lifecycle stage for S. 1349. Check the latest action and official source below.
- Who sponsored S. 1349?
- S. 1349 was sponsored by Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] (R-LA), with 31 cosponsors.
- What's the latest action on S. 1349?
- Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (27 Apr 2023).
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