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College Transparency Act

USA116th CongressS-800| Senate 
| Updated: 3/14/2019
Bill Cassidy

Bill Cassidy

Republican Senator

Louisiana

Cosponsors (36)
Joni Ernst (Republican)Tammy Duckworth (Democratic)Margaret Wood Hassan (Democratic)Dan Sullivan (Republican)Thomas Tillis (Republican)Cindy Hyde-Smith (Republican)David Perdue (Republican)Elizabeth Warren (Democratic)Kamala D. Harris (Democratic)Lamar Alexander (Republican)Amy Klobuchar (Democratic)Lindsey Graham (Republican)Martha McSally (Republican)Mitt Romney (Republican)Doug Jones (Democratic)Kelly Loeffler (Republican)Robert P. Casey (Democratic)Tim Kaine (Democratic)Kyrsten Sinema (Independent)Sheldon Whitehouse (Democratic)Jacky Rosen (Democratic)Tim Scott (Republican)Kevin Cramer (Republican)Christopher Murphy (Democratic)Michael F. Bennet (Democratic)Tina Smith (Democratic)Sherrod Brown (Democratic)Pat Roberts (Republican)Josh Hawley (Republican)Tammy Baldwin (Democratic)John Cornyn (Republican)Cory A. Booker (Democratic)Chuck Grassley (Republican)Patrick Toomey (Republican)Cory Gardner (Republican)Shelley Moore Capito (Republican)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
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.
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Timeline
Mar 14, 2019

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 116-1766
Introduced in House
Mar 14, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Mar 14, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  • March 14, 2019

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 116-1766
    Introduced in House


  • March 14, 2019
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 14, 2019
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Education

Related Bills

  • HR 116-4674: College Affordability Act
  • HR 116-1766: College Transparency Act
Academic performance and assessmentsAdvisory bodiesCensus and government statisticsGovernment information and archivesHigher educationStudent aid and college costsStudent recordsWages and earnings

College Transparency Act

USA116th CongressS-800| Senate 
| Updated: 3/14/2019
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.
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Timeline
Mar 14, 2019

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 116-1766
Introduced in House
Mar 14, 2019
Introduced in Senate
Mar 14, 2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  • March 14, 2019

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 116-1766
    Introduced in House


  • March 14, 2019
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 14, 2019
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Bill Cassidy

Bill Cassidy

Republican Senator

Louisiana

Cosponsors (36)
Joni Ernst (Republican)Tammy Duckworth (Democratic)Margaret Wood Hassan (Democratic)Dan Sullivan (Republican)Thomas Tillis (Republican)Cindy Hyde-Smith (Republican)David Perdue (Republican)Elizabeth Warren (Democratic)Kamala D. Harris (Democratic)Lamar Alexander (Republican)Amy Klobuchar (Democratic)Lindsey Graham (Republican)Martha McSally (Republican)Mitt Romney (Republican)Doug Jones (Democratic)Kelly Loeffler (Republican)Robert P. Casey (Democratic)Tim Kaine (Democratic)Kyrsten Sinema (Independent)Sheldon Whitehouse (Democratic)Jacky Rosen (Democratic)Tim Scott (Republican)Kevin Cramer (Republican)Christopher Murphy (Democratic)Michael F. Bennet (Democratic)Tina Smith (Democratic)Sherrod Brown (Democratic)Pat Roberts (Republican)Josh Hawley (Republican)Tammy Baldwin (Democratic)John Cornyn (Republican)Cory A. Booker (Democratic)Chuck Grassley (Republican)Patrick Toomey (Republican)Cory Gardner (Republican)Shelley Moore Capito (Republican)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

Education

Related Bills

  • HR 116-4674: College Affordability Act
  • HR 116-1766: College Transparency Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Academic performance and assessmentsAdvisory bodiesCensus and government statisticsGovernment information and archivesHigher educationStudent aid and college costsStudent recordsWages and earnings