‘‘(D) the extent to which other services 
were altered to affect tuition and fees; 
‘‘(E) the extent to which the institution’s 
policies affected student body demographics and 
time to completion; 
‘‘(F) what, if any, operational factors 
played a role in reducing tuition and fees; 
‘‘(G) the extent to which academic quality 
was affected, and how; 
‘‘(H) if the institution is a public institu-
tion, the relationship between State and local 
appropriations and the institution’s tuition and 
fees; 
‘‘(I) the extent to which policies and prac-
tices reducing costs and prices may be rep-
licated from one institution to another; and 
‘‘(J) other information as necessary to de-
termine best practices in increasing the afford-
ability of postsecondary education. 
‘‘(2) INTERIM
AND
FINAL
REPORTS.—The 
Comptroller General shall submit an interim and a 
final report regarding the findings of the study re-
quired by paragraph (1) to the appropriate author-
izing committees of Congress. The interim report 
shall be submitted not later than July 31, 2011, and
the final report shall be submitted not later than 
July 31, 2013. 
‘‘(j) STUDENT AID RECIPIENT SURVEY.—
‘‘(1) SURVEY REQUIRED.—The Secretary shall 
conduct a survey of student aid recipients under title 
IV on a regular cycle and State-by-State basis, but 
not less than once every 4 years— 
‘‘(A) to identify the population of students 
receiving Federal student aid; 
‘‘(B) to describe the income distribution 
and other socioeconomic characteristics of fed-
erally aided students; 
‘‘(C) to describe the combinations of aid 
from State, Federal, and private sources re-
ceived by students from all income groups; 
‘‘(D) to describe the debt burden of edu-
cational loan recipients and their capacity to 
repay their education debts, and the impact of 
such debt burden on career choices; 
‘‘(E) to describe the role played by the 
price of postsecondary education in the deter-
mination by students of what institution to at-
tend; and 
‘‘(F) to describe how the increased costs of 
textbooks and other instructional materials af-
fects the costs of postsecondary education to 
students. 
‘‘(2) SURVEY
DESIGN.—The survey shall be 
representative of full-time and part-time, under-
graduate, graduate, and professional and current 
and former students in all types of institutions, and 
designed and administered in consultation with the 
Congress and the postsecondary education commu-
nity. 
‘‘(3) DISSEMINATION.—The Commissioner of 
Education Statistics shall disseminate the informa-
tion resulting from the survey in both printed and 
electronic form. 
‘‘(k) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary is authorized to 
issue such regulations as may be necessary to carry out 
the provisions of this section.’’. 
SEC. 109. DATABASES OF STUDENT INFORMATION. 
Part C of title I is further amended by adding at the 
end the following new section: 
‘‘SEC. 132. DATABASES OF STUDENT INFORMATION PRO-
HIBITED. 
‘‘(a) PROHIBITION.—Except as described in (b), 
nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize the de-
sign, development, creation, implementation, or mainte-
nance of a nationwide database of personally identifiable
information on individuals receiving assistance, attending 
institutions receiving assistance, or otherwise involved in 
any studies or other collections of data under this Act, 
including a student unit record system, an education bar 
code system, or any other system that tracks individual 
students over time. 
‘‘(b) EXCEPTION.—The provisions of subsection (a) 
shall not affect the loan obligation enforcement activities 
described in section 485B of this Act.’’. 
SEC. 110. PERFORMANCE-BASED ORGANIZATION. 
Section 141 (20 U.S.C. 1018) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(2)(B)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘unit’’ after ‘‘to reduce 
the’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘and, to the extent prac-
ticable, the total costs of administering those 
programs’’ after ‘‘those programs’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)—
(A) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘Each 
year’’ and inserting ‘‘Each fiscal year’’; 
(B) in paragraph (1)(B), by inserting ‘‘sec-
ondary markets, guaranty agencies,’’ after 
‘‘lenders,’’; and 
(C) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking 
‘‘Chief Financial Officer Act of 1990 and’’ and