I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4479 
To establish a new higher education data system to allow for more accurate, 
complete, and secure data on student retention, graduation, and earnings 
outcomes, at all levels of postsecondary enrollment, and for other pur-
poses. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 29, 2017 
Mr. HUNTER (for himself, Mr. FITZPATRICK, Mr. PETERS, and Mr. CARSON 
of Indiana) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Commit-
tees on Armed Services, Veterans’ Affairs, and Ways and Means, for a 
period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To establish a new higher education data system to allow 
for more accurate, complete, and secure data on student 
retention, graduation, and earnings outcomes, at all lev-
els of postsecondary enrollment, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Student Right to Know 
Before You Go Act of 2017’’. 
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SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act: 
(1) AIDED
STUDENT.—The term ‘‘aided stu-
dent’’ means a student enrolled in an institution of 
higher education who has received assistance under 
a Federal student financial aid program. 
(2) 
COMMISSIONER.—The 
term 
‘‘Commis-
sioner’’ means the Commissioner for Education Sta-
tistics. 
(3) DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘‘Department’’ 
means the Department of Education. 
(4) FEDERAL STUDENT FINANCIAL AID PRO-
GRAM.—The term ‘‘Federal student financial aid 
program’’ means any of the following: 
(A) The Federal Pell Grant program under 
subpart 1 of part A of title IV of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a et 
seq.). 
(B) The Federal Family Education Loan 
program under part B of such title (20 U.S.C. 
1071 et seq.). 
(C) The Federal Direct Loan program 
under part D of such title (20 U.S.C. 1087a et 
seq.). 
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(D) The Federal Perkins Loan program 
under part E of such title (20 U.S.C. 1087aa 
et seq.). 
(5) HIGHER EDUCATION DATA SYSTEM.—The 
term ‘‘higher education data system’’ means the 
data system established under section 3(a). 
(6) INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION.—The 
term ‘‘institution of higher education’’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 102 of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1002). 
(7) IPEDS.—The term ‘‘IPEDS’’ means the 
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System 
administered by the Commissioner of Education Sta-
tistics. 
(8) MACHINE-READABLE
FORMAT.—The term 
‘‘machine-readable format’’ means a format in which 
information or data can be easily processed by a 
computer without human intervention while ensuring 
no semantic meaning is lost. 
(9) 
PERSONALLY
IDENTIFIABLE
INFORMA-
TION.—The term ‘‘personally identifiable informa-
tion’’ includes— 
(A) a student’s name; 
(B) the name of a student’s parent or 
other family members; 
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(12) SECURE
MULTI-PARTY
COMPUTATION.— 
The term ‘‘secure multi-party computation’’ means a 
computerized system that enables different partici-
pating entities in possession of private sets of data 
to link and aggregate their data sets for the exclu-
sive purpose of performing a finite number of pre- 
approved computations without transferring or oth-
erwise revealing any private data to each other or 
anyone else. 
(13) STUDENT-FOCUSED IPEDS METRICS.—The 
term ‘‘student-focused IPEDS metrics’’ means the 
aggregate metrics required under IPEDS, as in ef-
fect on the day before the date of enactment of this 
Act, that are student-related and calculated using 
student-related data components (such as student 
enrollment rates and graduation rates). 
SEC. 3. HIGHER EDUCATION DATA SYSTEM. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW DATA SYSTEM.—By 
not later than October 1, 2020, the Secretary, acting 
through the Commissioner, shall establish and maintain 
a new higher education data system that meets the re-
quirements of subsection (b). 
(b) REQUIREMENTS OF DATA SYSTEM.—The higher 
education data system shall— 
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(1) facilitate the compilation of statistical data 
necessary to create a robust and useful higher edu-
cation data system while minimizing the privacy and 
security risks by using commercially available tech-
nology that, at a minimum, uses technical protection 
measures that reasonably ensure that— 
(A) a reporting entity’s raw data, including 
personally identifiable information, shall not be 
accessible through the system to the Depart-
ment or any party other than the reporting en-
tity; 
(B) no information about the data compo-
nents used in the system is revealed by the sys-
tem to the Department or any other party, ex-
cept as incorporated into the outcome metrics 
described in section 5; and 
(C) no data or information that can iden-
tify an individual is revealed by the system to 
the Department or any other party; 
(2)(A) permit only the Office of the Commis-
sioner, directly and not by grant or contract, to per-
form statistical queries necessary to determine the 
outcome metrics described in section 5 using the 
data components submitted by the reporting entities; 
and 
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(B) prohibit, using commercially available tech-
nology, any other queries by the Department or any 
other party through the system; 
(3) be resistant, to the extent possible using 
commercially available technology, to attempts by 
any party to individually identify individuals in the 
data components submitted by reporting entities; 
and 
(4) minimize, to the extent possible using com-
mercially available technology, the privacy risks to 
individuals whose data has been submitted by a re-
porting entity that could result from data breaches 
of any system operated by the reporting entity. 
(c) CONSIDERATIONS.—In designing, establishing, 
and maintaining the higher education data system, the 
Secretary, acting through the Commissioner, shall use the 
best available cybersecurity and privacy-enhancing tech-
nologies to protect the data collected under such system 
and the privacy of the underlying individuals. In designing 
the data system, the Commissioner— 
(1) shall use secure multiparty computation 
technologies; or 
(2) may utilize technology other than secure 
multiparty computation technologies if the other 
technology— 
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(A) fully complies with subparagraphs (A) 
through (C) of subsection (b)(1); and 
(B) delivers greater student privacy and 
security than secure multiparty computation. 
(d) RULES AND GUIDANCE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—By not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary, acting through the Commissioner, shall issue 
rules regarding how reporting entities, and other en-
tities performing the reporting duties in accordance 
with section 4(a)(2)(B), shall comply with the re-
quirements established under this Act and the 
amendments made to the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) by this Act. Such 
rules shall— 
(A) establish common definitions for re-
porting entities to follow in submitting the data 
components required under section 4; and 
(B) establish the collection and submission 
requirements for the higher education data sys-
tem. 
(2) PROTECTION
OF
DATA.—The Secretary 
shall promulgate and periodically review rules or 
guidance relating to security under this Act, which 
shall govern the access, use, and disclosure of data 
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collected in connection with the activities authorized 
in this Act. The rules or guidance described in this 
paragraph shall— 
(A) be consistent with the need to protect 
data from unauthorized access, use, and disclo-
sure; and 
(B) include— 
(i) an audit capability and require-
ments for routine audits; 
(ii) access controls; and 
(iii) requirements to ensure sufficient 
data security, quality, validity, and reli-
ability. 
(3) REVIEW.—Every 5 years, the Secretary 
shall review, and update as appropriate, the rules 
and guidance issued under paragraphs (1) and (2). 
(e) NOTICE.—The Secretary shall provide a clear, 
prominent, comprehensible, and non-misleading notice of 
the requirements of this section that shall— 
(1) describe how the requirements of this sec-
tion are to be implemented, and how personal infor-
mation is to be collected, used, analyzed, or retained 
pursuant to this Act; and 
(2) be posted on the website of the Department 
and made available to all reporting entities. 
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(f) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to place requirements or restric-
tions on activity not specifically related to establishing and 
maintaining the higher education data system. 
SEC. 4. REPORTING OF DATA COMPONENTS. 
(a) DATA COMPONENTS REPORTED
BY INSTITU-
TIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—By not later than October 1, 
2020, each institution of higher education partici-
pating in any Federal student financial assistance 
program shall report to the higher education data 
system— 
(A) not more than the minimum student- 
level data necessary to enable the Commissioner 
to calculate the metrics described in section 5 
for each year; and 
(B) not more than the minimum student- 
level data necessary for the Commissioner to 
calculate the student-focused IPEDS metrics 
for each year. 
(2) USE
OF
TECHNOLOGY.—In reporting the 
data described in paragraph (1) to the higher edu-
cation data system, the institution may— 
(A) directly report the data using the tech-
nology described in section 3(b)(1) and author-
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ized in a rule or guidance issued under section 
3(d); or 
(B) submit such data to a third-party ser-
vicer that has demonstrated the capacity to uti-
lize such technology and agreed to conduct the 
reporting for the institution. 
(b) DATA COMPONENTS REPORTED FROM THE SO-
CIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION AND THE SECRETARY 
OF THE TREASURY.—Beginning October 1, 2020, the 
Commissioner of Social Security and the Secretary of the 
Treasury shall report to the higher education data system 
the earnings data components for individuals employed in 
the United States, including the self-employed, inde-
pendent contractors, and members of the military, that— 
(1) are available to the Commissioner of Social 
Security or the Secretary, respectively; and 
(2) are necessary, as determined by the Com-
missioner for Education Statistics, for the calcula-
tion of the outcome metrics described in section 5 
for each year. 
(c) MILITARY-RELATED DATA COMPONENTS RE-
PORTED FROM THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE AND THE 
SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.—Beginning October 
1, 2020, the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs shall report to the higher education data 
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system the data components relating to the recipients of 
educational assistance benefits provided directly to service-
members and veterans under the laws administered by the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs and Secretary of Defense, 
that— 
(1) are available to each such Secretary; and 
(2) are necessary, as determined by the Com-
missioner, for the calculation of the outcome metrics 
described in section 5 for each year. 
(d) FINANCIAL
ASSISTANCE
ELIGIBILITY
DATA 
FROM THE SECRETARY OF EDUCATION.—Beginning Oc-
tober 1, 2020, the Secretary shall provide to the higher 
education data system the data components relating to in-
dividual eligibility for, and receipt of aid from, all Federal 
student financial aid programs that are necessary for the 
calculation of the outcome metrics described in section 5 
for each year. 
SEC. 5. ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW METRICS. 
(a) METRICS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning not later than 4 
years after the date of enactment of this Act and an-
nually thereafter, the Secretary, acting through the 
Commissioner, shall use the higher education data 
system to calculate only the metrics described in 
subsections (b) and (c) for each institution partici-
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pating in the system and, wherever applicable and 
feasible, for each program of study at the institu-
tion. 
(2) PERIOD OF DATA.—The Secretary shall cal-
culate the metrics described in subsections (b) and 
(c) for the previous year. 
(b) EDUCATION AND DEBT-RELATED METRICS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The education and debt-re-
lated metrics to be calculated under the higher edu-
cation data system are the following: 
(A) All student-focused IPEDS metrics. 
(B) The percentage of students who re-
ceive each of the following: 
(i) Federal grants. 
(ii) Federal loans. 
(iii) State grants. 
(iv) State loans. 
(v) Private loans. 
(vi) Private scholarships. 
(vii) Institutional grants. 
(viii) Institutional loans. 
(C) Student completion rates, calculated 
based on the percentage of students who com-
plete the program within 100 percent, 150 per-
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cent, and 200 percent of normal program com-
pletion time. 
(D) The mean and median amount of Fed-
eral loan debt, including accrued interest, in-
curred by aided students while enrolled in the 
institution for the most recent award year for 
which data are available. 
(E) The mean and median amount of total 
Federal loan debt, including accrued interest, 
incurred by aided students of the institution, as 
of the date of the student’s graduation or com-
pletion of the student’s program of study. 
(F) The mean and median amount of total 
Federal loan debt, including accrued interest, of 
aided students who do not complete a program, 
measured as of the day before the student’s re-
payment period for any such loans begin. 
(G) The loan repayment rates of students 
who enrolled in the institution, as of 2, 6, and 
15 years after the date of program completion 
or exit. 
(H) Student transfer rates, which shall be 
defined as the percentage of students who leave 
an institution and successfully enroll in a pro-
gram of study at another institution, by sector 
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of transfer, including whether the receiving pro-
gram of study is offered by a public 4-year in-
stitution, public 2-year institution, public less- 
than-2-year institution, private nonprofit 4-year 
institution, private nonprofit 2-year institution, 
private nonprofit less-than-2-year institution, 
private for-profit 4-year institution, private for- 
profit 2-year institution, or private for-profit 
less-than-2-year institution. 
(I) Transfer student completion rates, 
which shall be defined as the percentage of stu-
dents who leave an institution, successfully en-
roll in a program of study at another institu-
tion, and complete such program of study, by 
sector of transfer (as described in subparagraph 
(H)). 
(J) Rates of continuation to subsequent 
levels of education, including lateral, higher, 
and lower levels of degree or credential progres-
sion, disaggregated by credential sought (in-
cluding master’s degree, law degree, medical de-
gree, veterinary degree, and postbaccalaureate 
certificate). 
(K) The percentage of students who re-
ceive the degree level they initially sought and 
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the percentage of students who receive a higher 
degree level. 
(L) The percentage of students who drop 
out of the institution without receiving a degree 
or credential. 
(2) DISAGGREGATION.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—The education and 
debt-related metrics described in paragraph (1) 
shall be disaggregated and separately provided, 
except as allowed under subparagraph (B), on 
the basis of the following uncombined categories 
of data: 
(i) Students who received a Federal 
Pell Grant under subpart 1 of part A of 
title IV of the Higher Education Act of 
1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070a et seq.). 
(ii) Students who received a loan 
under part B or D of such title (20 U.S.C. 
1071 et seq.; 1087 et seq.) but not a Fed-
eral Pell Grant. 
(iii) Students who received neither a 
Federal Pell Grant, nor a loan under such 
part B or D. 
(iv) Students who are recipients of 
educational assistance benefits provided di-
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rectly to veterans under the law. The Sec-
retary of Veterans Affairs shall coordinate 
with the Secretary to make available data 
sufficient to enable such reporting under 
this subparagraph. 
(v) Students who are servicemembers 
or veterans. 
(vi) Enrollment status, including the 
following: 
(I) First-time, full-time students. 
(II) First-time, part-time stu-
dents. 
(III) 
Non-first-time, 
full-time 
students. 
(IV) 
Non-first-time, 
part-time 
students. 
(vii) Race or ethnicity. 
(viii) Age or age intervals. 
(ix) Gender. 
(x) 
First-generation 
postsecondary 
education student status. 
(xi) The type of credential (including 
a baccalaureate degree, associate’s degree, 
and a certificate) sought by the student 
through the program of study. 
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(xii) Whether the student is college- 
ready or non-college-ready in mathematics 
and science, as determined by the institu-
tion of higher education. 
(xiii) Completion status. 
(B) EXCEPTION.—The education and debt- 
related metrics described in a category under 
any of clauses (i) through (iv), (xi), or (xiii) of 
subparagraph (A) may be derived for purposes 
of the requirements of such subparagraph by 
combining data for such category with another 
single category of data described in any of 
clauses (i) through (xiii) of such subparagraph. 
(c) EARNING METRICS.—The earning metrics shall 
be calculated in the following manner: 
(1) The earnings metrics shall consist of the 
debt-to-earnings ratio, and the annual earnings from 
employment, of students who enrolled in the institu-
tion of higher education— 
(A) calculated at the mean, median, and 
10th, 25th, 75th, and 90th percentiles of such 
students; and 
(B) further disaggregated by— 
(i) program of study and credential 
received; 
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(ii) the State in which the student is 
employed; and 
(iii) completion status. 
(2) The debt-to-earnings ratios and the annual 
earnings from employment calculated and disaggre-
gated under paragraph (1) shall be calculated and 
reported for students for each of the following time 
periods: 
(A) 2 years after the student’s educational 
program completion or exit. 
(B) 6 years after the student’s educational 
program completion or exit. 
(C) 15 years after the student’s education-
al program completion or exit. 
SEC. 6. TRANSITION. 
(a) 
ENSURING
COMPARABILITY
OF
DATA 
METRICS.—For a period of 5 years beginning on the date 
on which the new outcome metrics under this Act are first 
reported to the public under section 7(a), the Secretary 
shall be responsible for publishing all student-focused 
IPEDS metrics as required under IPEDS as of the day 
before the date of enactment of this Act. 
(b) TRANSITION.—Beginning 5 years after the date 
on which the new outcome metrics under this Act are first 
reported to the public under section 7(a), the higher edu-
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cation data system shall replace any separate reporting or 
data collection requirements under IPEDS involving the 
student-focused IPEDS metrics. 
SEC. 7. DISCLOSURE AND USE OF DATA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall— 
(1) make the outcome metrics described in sec-
tion 5 for each year available on the website of the 
Department and through any other appropriate 
method, in a timely and user-friendly manner; and 
(2) publish such outcome metrics in a machine- 
readable format— 
(A) on the website of the Department and 
through any other appropriate method; and 
(B) in a timely manner. 
(b) SALE OF DATA COMPONENTS PROHIBITED.—The 
Secretary shall not sell any data components collected for 
the higher education data system to any third party. 
SEC. 8. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect any 
other activity related to data collection undertaken by the 
Department of Education or any other Federal agency 
that is authorized under any other Federal law, except as 
provided under section 6 with respect to the collection of 
the IPEDS student-focused metrics. 
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SEC. 9. AMENDMENTS TO THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 
1965. 
(a) REMOVING DUPLICATIVE REQUIREMENTS.—The 
Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) 
is amended— 
(1) in section 132(i)(4), by inserting at the end 
the following: ‘‘, subject to the requirements of the 
Student Right to Know Before You Go Act of 2017 
and until the Secretary determines that the transi-
tion to the higher education data system established 
under such Act has occurred.’’; and 
(2) in section 485, by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(n) ALIGNMENT WITH INSTITUTIONAL REPORTING 
REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of the Student Right to Know 
Before You Go Act of 2017, the Secretary shall 
issue guidance outlining which data metrics required 
to be submitted by institutions of higher education 
under such Act are duplicative of institutional re-
porting requirements under this section or other re-
quirements under such Act. 
‘‘(2) LINK
TO
INSTITUTIONAL
REPORTING 
WEBSITE.— 
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 5 years 
after the date of enactment of the Student 
Right to Know Before You Go Act of 2017, an 
institution of higher education participating in 
any program under this title shall— 
‘‘(i) notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, not be required to meet any 
duplicative requirements identified under 
paragraph (1); and 
‘‘(ii) provide a prominently displayed 
link on the institution’s website to the 
website of the Department that provides 
the outcome metrics of the higher edu-
cation data system established under the 
Student Right to Know Before You Go Act 
of 2017. 
‘‘(B) REQUIREMENTS OF LINK.—The link 
described in subparagraph (A)(ii) shall— 
‘‘(i) at a minimum, be included on 
any webpage for the institution with cost, 
financial aid, admissions, or other con-
sumer information; and 
‘‘(ii) be clear, conspicuous, and readily 
accessible, as determined by the Sec-
retary.’’. 
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SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this Act such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal 
years 2018 through 2026. 
Æ 
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