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College Transparency Act

USA117th CongressS-839| Senate 
| Updated: 3/18/2021
Bill Cassidy

Bill Cassidy

Republican Senator

Louisiana

Cosponsors (35)
Joni Ernst (Republican)Tammy Duckworth (Democratic)Roger Marshall (Republican)Margaret Wood Hassan (Democratic)Dan Sullivan (Republican)Thomas Tillis (Republican)Cindy Hyde-Smith (Republican)Elizabeth Warren (Democratic)Ben Ray Luján (Democratic)Christopher A. Coons (Democratic)Amy Klobuchar (Democratic)Lindsey Graham (Republican)Mitt Romney (Republican)John W. Hickenlooper (Democratic)Robert P. Casey (Democratic)Tim Kaine (Democratic)Kyrsten Sinema (Independent)Sheldon Whitehouse (Democratic)Jacky Rosen (Democratic)Chris Van Hollen (Democratic)Tim Scott (Republican)Ben Sasse (Republican)Kevin Cramer (Republican)Christopher Murphy (Democratic)Michael F. Bennet (Democratic)Tina Smith (Democratic)Sherrod Brown (Democratic)Josh Hawley (Republican)Tammy Baldwin (Democratic)John Cornyn (Republican)Cory A. Booker (Democratic)Chuck Grassley (Republican)Rob Portman (Republican)Mark Kelly (Democratic)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

Bill from Previous Congress

S 116-800
College Transparency Act
Mar 18, 2021

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 117-2030
Introduced in House
Mar 18, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Mar 18, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 116-800
    College Transparency Act


  • March 18, 2021

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 117-2030
    Introduced in House


  • March 18, 2021
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 18, 2021
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Education

Related Bills

  • HR 117-2030: College Transparency Act
Academic performance and assessmentsAdvisory bodiesCensus and government statisticsGovernment information and archivesHigher educationLabor marketStudent aid and college costsStudent recordsWages and earnings

College Transparency Act

USA117th CongressS-839| Senate 
| Updated: 3/18/2021
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

Bill from Previous Congress

S 116-800
College Transparency Act
Mar 18, 2021

Latest Companion Bill Action

HR 117-2030
Introduced in House
Mar 18, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Mar 18, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  • Bill from Previous Congress

    S 116-800
    College Transparency Act


  • March 18, 2021

    Latest Companion Bill Action

    HR 117-2030
    Introduced in House


  • March 18, 2021
    Introduced in Senate


  • March 18, 2021
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Bill Cassidy

Bill Cassidy

Republican Senator

Louisiana

Cosponsors (35)
Joni Ernst (Republican)Tammy Duckworth (Democratic)Roger Marshall (Republican)Margaret Wood Hassan (Democratic)Dan Sullivan (Republican)Thomas Tillis (Republican)Cindy Hyde-Smith (Republican)Elizabeth Warren (Democratic)Ben Ray Luján (Democratic)Christopher A. Coons (Democratic)Amy Klobuchar (Democratic)Lindsey Graham (Republican)Mitt Romney (Republican)John W. Hickenlooper (Democratic)Robert P. Casey (Democratic)Tim Kaine (Democratic)Kyrsten Sinema (Independent)Sheldon Whitehouse (Democratic)Jacky Rosen (Democratic)Chris Van Hollen (Democratic)Tim Scott (Republican)Ben Sasse (Republican)Kevin Cramer (Republican)Christopher Murphy (Democratic)Michael F. Bennet (Democratic)Tina Smith (Democratic)Sherrod Brown (Democratic)Josh Hawley (Republican)Tammy Baldwin (Democratic)John Cornyn (Republican)Cory A. Booker (Democratic)Chuck Grassley (Republican)Rob Portman (Republican)Mark Kelly (Democratic)Shelley Moore Capito (Republican)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

Education

Related Bills

  • HR 117-2030: College Transparency Act
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Academic performance and assessmentsAdvisory bodiesCensus and government statisticsGovernment information and archivesHigher educationLabor marketStudent aid and college costsStudent recordsWages and earnings