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DECIDE Act

USA119th CongressS-2700| Senate 
| Updated: 9/3/2025
Jon Husted

Jon Husted

Republican Senator

Ohio

Cosponsors (1)
Tommy Tuberville (Republican)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
The Debt, Earnings, and Cost Information Disclosure for Education Act, or DECIDE Act, seeks to significantly improve transparency and accountability for Federal student loan borrowers. It directs the Secretary of Education to annually expand and update the College Scorecard with crucial program-level data. This data will include the median annual earnings of students who received federal funds, along with the median amounts of Federal Direct Stafford Loan, Graduate PLUS, and Parent PLUS loan debt for program completers at the time they enter repayment. The Scorecard will also display the default and repayment rates specifically for students who completed each program. Furthermore, the bill mandates the inclusion of new institution-level data on the College Scorecard, encompassing the overall cohort default rate and repayment rate. It also requires reporting on the default and repayment rates for Graduate Federal Direct PLUS loans and Parent Federal Direct PLUS loans at the institutional level. The bill defines "repayment rate" as the share of borrowers with federal student loans in repayment who are in specific status categories two years after entering repayment, excluding private and certain federal loans.
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Timeline
Sep 3, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Sep 3, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  • September 3, 2025
    Introduced in Senate


  • September 3, 2025
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

Education

DECIDE Act

USA119th CongressS-2700| Senate 
| Updated: 9/3/2025
The Debt, Earnings, and Cost Information Disclosure for Education Act, or DECIDE Act, seeks to significantly improve transparency and accountability for Federal student loan borrowers. It directs the Secretary of Education to annually expand and update the College Scorecard with crucial program-level data. This data will include the median annual earnings of students who received federal funds, along with the median amounts of Federal Direct Stafford Loan, Graduate PLUS, and Parent PLUS loan debt for program completers at the time they enter repayment. The Scorecard will also display the default and repayment rates specifically for students who completed each program. Furthermore, the bill mandates the inclusion of new institution-level data on the College Scorecard, encompassing the overall cohort default rate and repayment rate. It also requires reporting on the default and repayment rates for Graduate Federal Direct PLUS loans and Parent Federal Direct PLUS loans at the institutional level. The bill defines "repayment rate" as the share of borrowers with federal student loans in repayment who are in specific status categories two years after entering repayment, excluding private and certain federal loans.
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Timeline
Sep 3, 2025
Introduced in Senate
Sep 3, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
  • September 3, 2025
    Introduced in Senate


  • September 3, 2025
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Jon Husted

Jon Husted

Republican Senator

Ohio

Cosponsors (1)
Tommy Tuberville (Republican)

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee

Education

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted