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College Transparency Act
A bill to establish a postsecondary student data system.
- Introduced
- Committee
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To President
- Became law
Summary
College Transparency Act
This bill requires the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) 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.
The Department of Education (ED) and NCES must (1) provide dedicated and adequate staffing at ED to implement the bill's requirements, and (2) report to Congress on a quarterly basis regarding the progress of implementing the bill's requirements.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Actions
- Aug 4, 2026 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 537.
- Aug 4, 2026 Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Cassidy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
- Jul 30, 2026 Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- Jul 29, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- Jul 29, 2025 Introduced in Senate
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