Student Training and Education Metrics Act of 2019

To establish certain requirements for institutions that participate in the Federal Direct loan program, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Student Training and Education Metrics Act of 2019 2. Risk-sharing payments Section 454 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1087d(a) (1) in subsection (a)— (A) in paragraph (5), by striking and (B) by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (8); and (C) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following: (6) provide that the institution accepts the institutional risk-sharing requirements under subsection (d); ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (d) Institutional risk-Sharing based on loan default (1) In general Beginning with fiscal year 2022, and each succeeding fiscal year, each institution of higher education participating in the direct student loan program under this part shall remit to the Secretary, at such times as the Secretary may specify, an institutional risk-sharing payment, as determined under paragraph (2). (2) Determination of risk-sharing payments (A) Determination of cohort loan balance The cohort loan balance of an institution for a fiscal year equals the total principal amount of all loans made under this part to attend such institution for the cohort of borrowers who entered repayment, deferment, or forbearance on such loans in the third preceding fiscal year for which the determination is made. (B) Determination of cohort nonrepayment loan balance The cohort nonrepayment loan balance of an institution for a fiscal year equals, from the total amount of the loans described in subparagraph (A), the total loan balance of those borrowers who have gone into default in the 3 consecutive fiscal years since their loans entered repayment, deferment, or forbearance. (C) Determination of payment The risk-sharing payment of an institution for a fiscal year shall equal: (i) For the first year after the date of enactment of this Act, an amount equal to 1 percent of the cohort nonrepayment loan balance determined under subparagraph (B). (ii) For the second year after the date of enactment of this Act through the ninth year after the date of enactment of this Act, an amount equal to 2 percent of the cohort nonrepayment loan balance determined under subparagraph (B) through 9 percent of that balance, respectively for each year. (iii) For the tenth year after the date of enactment of this Act, and for any successive year, an amount equal to 10 percent of the cohort nonrepayment loan balance determined under subparagraph (B). . 3. Program integrity (a) Institutional reporting Section 454 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1087d(a) (1) in subsection (a), by inserting after paragraph (6) (as added by section 2), the following: (7) provide that the institution will collect and report to the Secretary, by July 1 of each year, data regarding— (A) the 6-year graduation rate for each academic program offered at the institution; (B) the percentage of graduates who are employed full-time or continuing their education full-time 1, 3, and 5 years after graduating; (C) the median full-time wages of graduates for each academic program 1, 3, and 5 years after graduating; (D) the total cost of tuition and fees for the mandatory credit hours necessary to graduate with a degree for each academic program; and (E) the cost to graduate with a degree for each academic program (including tuition, fees, room and board, and books and supplies); and ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: (e) Publicly available information The Secretary shall publish and make publicly available the data described in subsection (a)(7). . (b) Program review and data Section 498A(a)(1) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1099c–1(a)(1) title; title, which shall include annually collecting and reporting, for each institution— (A) the average amount of Federal student loan debt owed for an individual student on the date of graduation from that institution; and (B) the rate of loan deferment, rate of forbearance, rate of default, and rate of delinquency (each expressed separately) for borrowers of all Federal student loans, 5, 7, and 10 years after the borrowers’ date of graduation from the institution; . 4. Prohibition on tuition and fee increases An institution of higher education (as defined in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1002

Summary: Student Training and Education Metrics Act of 2019 This bill makes institutions of higher education (IHE) responsible for a percentage of the loan balance of students who are in default, and it requires IHEs and the Department of Education (ED) to report certain metrics related to student debt and academic programs. Specifically, the bill requires an IHE to remit to ED an annually increasing percentage of the loan balance of students who are in default, up to 10% in the tenth year. Additionally, an IHE shall forfeit its eligibility to receive any federal funds if it raises the amount of tuition and fees above the amount charged for the 2019-2020 award year. An IHE must collect, report to ED, and make publicly available certain statistics such as the (1) graduation rate for each academic program; (2) percentage of graduates who are employed full-time or continuing their education full-time one, three, and five years after graduating; and (3) cost to graduate with a degree for each academic program. For each IHE, ED must annually report (1) the average amount of federal student loan debt owed by a student upon graduation; and (2) the rate of loan deferment, forbearance, default, and delinquency at certain intervals following graduation.