College Transparency Act
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, College Transparency Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers. The main policy domain is Education, Labor, Government Operations.
Who Benefits and How
schools, students, and education providers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, schools, students, and education providers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the College Transparency Act.
- Section iddb7dd7c12cad4d4d8d434ce74a1f827f: 2. Postsecondary student data system Section 132 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1015a) is amended— by redesignating subsection (l) as...
- Section idd9dabd8376f84879be50fa90433d71de: 3. Repeal of prohibition on student data system Section 134 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1015c) is repealed.
- Section idd17e0132a0254b22b19f1db8974cf59f: 4. Institutional requirements Paragraph (17) of section 487(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1094(a)) is amended to read as follows: The...
- Section idffc8f843870d428bb8a4a31be315375f: 5. Transition provisions The Secretary of Education and the Commissioner for Education Statistics shall take such steps as are necessary to ensure that the...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, College Transparency Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.
Key Policy Areas
Education, Labor, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
This bill, College Transparency Act, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- schools, students, and education providers
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- schools, students, and education providers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeMr. Cassidy (for himself, Ms. Warren, Ms. Baldwin, Mrs. Britt, …
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, …
Introduced in Senate
Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
- "secretary_of_defense"
- → Secretary of Defense
- "secretary_of_treasury"
- → Secretary of the Treasury
- "secretary_of_education"
- → Secretary of Education
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