College Transparency Act
Latest action · Mar 18, 2021 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedMar 18, 2021
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
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.
Cosponsors 35
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 18, 2021 to Jun 6, 2022; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | Elizabeth Warren | Original | Mar 18, 2021 |
| D-RI | Sheldon Whitehouse | Original | Mar 18, 2021 |
| R-SC | Tim Scott | Original | Mar 18, 2021 |
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Apr 22, 2021 | |
| D-DE | Christopher A. Coons | Apr 22, 2021 | |
| D-CT | Christopher Murphy | Apr 22, 2021 | |
| R-IA | Chuck Grassley | Apr 22, 2021 | |
| R-MS | Cindy Hyde-Smith | Apr 22, 2021 | |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Apr 22, 2021 | |
| R-AK | Dan Sullivan | Apr 22, 2021 | |
| D-NV | Jacky Rosen | Apr 22, 2021 | |
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Apr 22, 2021 | |
| R-IA | Joni Ernst | Apr 22, 2021 | |
| R-MO | Josh Hawley | Apr 22, 2021 | |
| R-ND | Kevin Cramer | Apr 22, 2021 | |
| R-SC | Lindsey Graham | Apr 22, 2021 | |
| D-NH | Margaret Wood Hassan | Apr 22, 2021 | |
| D-CO | Michael F. Bennet | Apr 22, 2021 | |
| R-UT | Mitt Romney | Apr 22, 2021 | |
| D-PA | Robert P. Casey Jr. | Apr 22, 2021 | |
| R-KS | Roger Marshall | Apr 22, 2021 | |
| R-WV | Shelley Moore Capito | Apr 22, 2021 | |
| D-OH | Sherrod Brown | Apr 22, 2021 | |
| D-WI | Tammy Baldwin | Apr 22, 2021 | |
| D-IL | Tammy Duckworth | Apr 22, 2021 | |
| R-NC | Thom Tillis | Apr 22, 2021 | |
| D-VA | Tim Kaine | Apr 22, 2021 | |
| D-MN | Tina Smith | Apr 22, 2021 | |
| R-OH | Rob Portman | Nov 16, 2021 | |
| D-MD | Chris Van Hollen | Dec 14, 2021 | |
| D-NM | Ben Ray Luján | Jan 31, 2022 | |
| I-AZ | Kyrsten Sinema | Jan 31, 2022 | |
| D-AZ | Mark Kelly | Jan 31, 2022 | |
| R-NE | Ben Sasse | Apr 25, 2022 | |
| D-CO | John W. Hickenlooper | Jun 6, 2022 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee | Referred Mar 18, 2021 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Mar 18, 2021Introduced in Senate
- Mar 18, 2021Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 800 | College Transparency Act | Reintroduction of | Mar 14, 2019 |
| S 1349 | College Transparency Act | Reintroduced Bill | Apr 27, 2023 |
| HR 2030 | College Transparency Act | Identical bill | Mar 18, 2021 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to establish a postsecondary student data system.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- College Transparency Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Education.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Mar 18, 2021Introduced in Senate
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