(2) in subsection (b)(1), by inserting after ‘‘high-
er education’’ the following: ‘‘, if the imposition of 
such sanction is done objectively, fairly, and without 
regard to the student’s personal political, ideological, 
or religious beliefs’’. 
SEC. 104. NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON INSTITU-
TIONAL QUALITY AND INTEGRITY. 
(a) 
MEMBERSHIP.—Section 
114(b) 
(20 
U.S.C. 
1011c(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new sentence: ‘‘A member of the Committee may continue 
to serve after the expiration of a term until a successor has 
been appointed.’’. 
(b) EXTENSION.—Section 114(g) (20 U.S.C. 1011c(g)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘2004’’ and inserting ‘‘2012’’. 
SEC. 105. ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE PREVENTION. 
Section 120(e)(5) (20 U.S.C. 1011i(e)(5)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘1999’’ and inserting ‘‘2006’’; 
and 
(2) by striking ‘‘4 succeeding fiscal years’’ and 
inserting ‘‘5 succeeding fiscal years’’. 
SEC. 106. PRIOR RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS. 
Section 121(a) (20 U.S.C. 1011j(a)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘1999 and for each of the 4’’ each place it appears 
and inserting ‘‘2006 and for each of the 5’’.
SEC. 107. LIMITATION ON CERTAIN USES OF FUNDS. 
Part B of title I is further amended by adding after 
section 123 (as added by section 101(b) of this Act) the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘SEC. 124. LIMITATION ON CERTAIN USES OF FUNDS. 
‘‘No funds made available to carry out this Act may 
be used— 
‘‘(1) for publicity or propaganda purposes not 
authorized by the Congress before the date of enact-
ment of the College Access and Opportunity Act of 
2005; or 
‘‘(2) unless authorized by law in effect on such 
date of enactment, to produce any prepackaged news 
story intended for broadcast or distribution unless 
such story includes a clear a notification contained 
within the text or audio of such story stating that the 
prepackaged news story was prepared or funded by 
the Department of Education.’’. 
SEC. 108. CONSUMER INFORMATION AND PUBLIC ACCOUNT-
ABILITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION. 
Section 131 (20 U.S.C. 1015) is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘SEC. 131. CONSUMER INFORMATION AND PUBLIC AC-
COUNTABILITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION. 
‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section to—
‘‘(1) provide students and families with an easy- 
to-use, comprehensive web-based tool for researching 
and comparing institutions of higher education; 
‘‘(2) increase the transparency of college cost, 
price, and financial aid; and 
‘‘(3) raise public awareness of information avail-
able about postsecondary education, particularly 
among low-income families, non-traditional student 
populations, and first-generation college students. 
‘‘(b) 
COLLEGE
OPPORTUNITY
ON-LINE
(COOL) 
WEBSITE RE-DESIGN PROCESS.—In carrying out this sec-
tion, the Secretary— 
‘‘(1) shall identify the data elements that are of 
greatest importance to prospective students, enrolled 
students, and their families, paying particular atten-
tion to low-income, non-traditional student popu-
lations, and first-generation college students; 
‘‘(2) shall convene a group of individuals with 
expertise in the collection and reporting of data re-
lated to institutions of higher education, the measure-
ment of institutional compliance costs, consumer use 
of data related to institutions of higher education, 
general consumer marketing, and college intervention 
services to—
‘‘(A) determine the relevance of particular 
data elements to prospective students, enrolled 
students, and families; 
‘‘(B) assess the cost-effectiveness of various 
ways in which institutions of higher education 
might produce the data desired by consumers; 
‘‘(C) determine the general comparability of 
the data across institutions of higher education; 
‘‘(D) make recommendations regarding the 
inclusion of specific data items and the most ef-
fective and least burdensome methods to institu-
tions of higher education of collecting and re-
porting useful data; and 
‘‘(3) shall assure that the redesigned COOL 
website— 
‘‘(A) uses, to the extent practicable, data ele-
ments currently provided by institutions of high-
er education to the Secretary; 
‘‘(B) includes clear and uniform informa-
tion determined to be relevant to prospective stu-
dents, enrolled students, and families; 
‘‘(C) provides comparable information, by 
assuring that data is based on accepted criteria 
and common definitions;
‘‘(D) includes a sorting function that per-
mits users to customize their search for and com-
parison of institutions of higher education based 
on the information identified through the process 
as prescribed in paragraph (1) as being of great-
est relevance to choosing an institution of higher 
education. 
‘‘(c) DATA COLLECTION.— 
‘‘(1) DATA SYSTEM.—The Secretary shall con-
tinue to redesign the relevant parts of the Integrated 
Postsecondary Education Data System to include ad-
ditional data as required by this section and to con-
tinue to improve the usefulness and timeliness of data 
collected by such systems in order to inform con-
sumers about institutions of higher education. 
‘‘(2) COLLEGE CONSUMER PROFILE.—The Sec-
retary shall publish, for each academic year and in 
accordance with standard definitions developed by the 
Commissioner of Education Statistics (including defi-
nitions developed under section 131(a)(3)(A) as in ef-
fect on the day before the date of enactment of the Col-
lege Access and Opportunity Act of 2005), from at 
least all institutions of higher education participating 
in programs under title IV the following information:
‘‘(A) The tuition and fees charged for a 
first-time, full-time undergraduate student. 
‘‘(B) The room and board charges for such 
a student. 
‘‘(C) The cost of attendance for a first-time, 
full-time undergraduate student, consistent with 
the provisions of section 472. 
‘‘(D) The average amount of financial as-
sistance received by a first-time full-time under-
graduate student, including— 
‘‘(i) each type of assistance or benefits 
described in 428(a)(2)(C)(ii); 
‘‘(ii) institutional and other assistance; 
and 
‘‘(iii) Federal loans under parts B, D, 
and E of title IV. 
‘‘(E) The number of first-time, full-time stu-
dents receiving financial assistance described in 
each clause of subparagraph (D). 
‘‘(F) The average net price for first-time, 
full-time students receiving Federal, State, or in-
stitutional grant or loan assistance. 
‘‘(G) The institutional instructional expend-
iture per full-time equivalent student.
‘‘(H) Student enrollment information, in-
cluding information on the number and percent-
age of full-time and part-time students, the num-
ber and percentage of resident and non-resident 
students. 
‘‘(I) Faculty/student ratios. 
‘‘(J) Faculty information, including the 
total number of faculty and the percentage of 
faculty who are full-time employees of the insti-
tution and the percentage who are part-time. 
‘‘(K) Completion and graduation rates, 
identifying whether the completion or graduation 
rates are from a 2-year or 4-year program of in-
struction and, in the case of a 2-year program 
of instruction, the percentage of students who 
transfer to 4-year institutions prior or subse-
quent to completion or graduation. 
‘‘(L) A link to the institution of higher edu-
cation with information of interest to students 
including mission, accreditation, student services 
(including services for students with disabilities), 
transfer of credit policies and, if appropriate, 
placement rates and other measures of success in 
preparing students for entry into or advance-
ment in the workforce.
‘‘(M) Any additional information that the 
Secretary may require. 
‘‘(d) DATA
DISSEMINATION.—The Secretary shall 
make available, at a minimum, the data collected pursuant 
to this section, including an institution’s college afford-
ability index as calculated in accordance with subsection 
(e). Such data shall be made available in a manner that 
permits the review and comparison of data submissions of 
individual institutions of higher education. Such data shall 
be presented in a form that is easily accessible and under-
standable and allows parents and students to make in-
formed decisions based on the prices for typical full-time 
undergraduate students and the institution’s rate of cost in-
crease. The Secretary shall work with public and private 
entities to promote broad public awareness, particularly 
among middle and high school students and their families, 
of the information made available under this section, in-
cluding by distribution to students who participate in or 
receive benefits from Federally funded education programs 
and other Federal programs determined by the Secretary. 
‘‘(e) COLLEGE AFFORDABILITY INDEX.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall, on the 
basis of the data submitted under subsection (a), cal-
culate a college affordability index for each institu-
tion of higher education submitting such data and
shall make the index available in accordance with 
subsection (d) as soon as operationally possible on the 
Department’s college opportunity online Web site. 
Such index shall be presented in a manner so that the 
index for any institution is stated in a column or cell 
immediately adjacent to a column or cell containing 
the total tuition and fees of the institution. 
‘‘(2) CALCULATION OF INDEX.—The college af-
fordability index shall be equal to— 
‘‘(A) the percentage increase in the tuition 
and fees charged for a first-time, full-time, full- 
year undergraduate student between the first of 
the 3 most recent preceding academic years and 
the last of those 3 academic years; divided by 
‘‘(B) the percentage increase in the Con-
sumer Price Index—All Urban Consumers (Cur-
rent Series) from July of the first of those 3 aca-
demic years to July of the last of those 3 aca-
demic years. 
‘‘(f) OUTCOMES AND ACTIONS.— 
‘‘(1) RESPONSE
FROM
INSTITUTION.—Effective 
on June 30, 2009, an institution that has a college 
affordability index that exceeds 2.0 for any 3-year in-
terval ending on or after that date shall provide a re-
port to the Secretary, in such a form, at such time,
and containing such information as the Secretary 
may require. Such report shall include— 
‘‘(A) an explanation of the factors contrib-
uting to the increase in the institution’s costs 
and in the tuition and fees charged to students; 
‘‘(B) a management plan stating the spe-
cific steps the institution is and will be taking 
to reduce its college affordability index; 
‘‘(C) an action plan, including a schedule, 
by which the institution will reduce increases in 
or stabilize, such costs and tuition and fees; and 
‘‘(D) if determinations of tuition and fee in-
creases are not within the exclusive control of the 
institution, a description of the agency or instru-
mentality of State government or other entity 
that participates in such determinations and the 
authority exercised by such agency, instrumen-
tality, or entity. 
‘‘(2) INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC.—Upon re-
ceipt of the institution’s report and management plan 
under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall make the in-
stitution’s report required under paragraph (1) avail-
able to the public in accordance with subsection (b). 
‘‘(3) QUALITY-EFFICIENCY TASK FORCES.—
‘‘(A) REQUIRED.—Each institution subject 
to paragraph (1) that has a college affordability 
index that is in the highest 25 percent of such 
indexes of all institutions subject to paragraph 
(1) shall establish a quality-efficiency task force 
to review the operations of such institution. 
‘‘(B) MEMBERSHIP.—Such task force shall 
include administrators and business and civic 
leaders and may include faculty, students, trust-
ees, parents of students, and alumni of such in-
stitution. 
‘‘(C) FUNCTIONS.—Such task force shall 
analyze institutional operating costs in compari-
son with such costs at other institutions within 
the class of institutions. Such analysis should 
identify areas where, in comparison with other 
institutions in such class, the institution oper-
ates more expensively to produce a similar re-
sult. Any identified areas should then be targeted 
for in-depth analysis for cost reduction opportu-
nities. 
‘‘(D) REPORT.—The results of the analysis 
by a quality-efficiency task force under this 
paragraph shall be included in the report to the 
Secretary under paragraph (1).
‘‘(4) CONSEQUENCES FOR 2-YEAR CONTINUATION 
OF FAILURE.—If the Secretary determines that the in-
stitution has failed to comply with the management 
plan and action plan submitted by the institution 
under this subsection following the next 2 academic 
years that begin after the submission of such plans, 
and has failed to reduce the college affordability index 
below 2.0 for such 2 academic years, the Secretary— 
‘‘(A) shall make available to the public a 
detailed report provided by the institution on all 
costs and expenditures, and on all tuition and 
fees charged to students, for such 2 academic 
years; 
‘‘(B) shall place the institution on an af-
fordability alert status and shall make the infor-
mation regarding the institution’s failure avail-
able in accordance with subsection (d); 
‘‘(C) shall notify the institution’s accred-
iting agency of the institution’s failure; and 
‘‘(D) may require the institution to submit 
to a review and audit by the Inspector General 
of the Department of Education to determine the 
cause of the institution’s failure. 
‘‘(5) INFORMATION TO STATE AGENCIES.—Any 
institution that reports under paragraph (1)(C) that
an agency or instrumentality of State government or 
other entity participates in the determinations of tui-
tion and fee increases shall, prior to submitting any 
information to the Secretary under this subsection, 
submit such information to, and request the comments 
and input of, such agency, instrumentality, or entity. 
With respect to any such institution, the Secretary 
shall provide a copy of any communication by the 
Secretary with that institution to such agency, in-
strumentality, or entity. 
‘‘(6) EXEMPTIONS.— 
‘‘(A) RELATIVE
PRICE
EXEMPTION.—The 
Secretary shall, for any 3-year interval for which 
college affordability indexes are computed under 
paragraph (1), determine and publish the dollar 
amount that, for each class of institution de-
scribed in paragraph (7) represents the max-
imum tuition and fees charged for a full-time 
undergraduate student in the least costly quartile 
of institutions within each such class during the 
last year of such 3-year interval. An institution 
that has a college affordability index computed 
under paragraph (1) that exceeds 2.0 for any 
such 3-year interval, but that, on average during 
such 3-year interval, charges less than such max-