sociate, baccalaureate, and advanced de-
gree levels), within and across institutions 
of higher education (including across all 
categories of institution level, control, and 
predominant degree awarded). The data 
elements shall allow for reporting about all 
such data disaggregated by the following 
categories: 
‘‘(I) Enrollment status as a first- 
time student, recent transfer student, 
or other non-first-time student. 
‘‘(II) 
Attendance 
intensity, 
whether full-time or part-time. 
‘‘(III) Credential-seeking status, 
by credential level. 
‘‘(IV) Race or ethnicity, in a 
manner that captures all the racial 
groups specified in the most recent 
American Community Survey of the 
Bureau of the Census. 
‘‘(V) Age intervals. 
‘‘(VI) Gender. 
‘‘(VII) Program of study (as ap-
plicable). 
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‘‘(VIII) Military or veteran ben-
efit status (as determined based on 
receipt of veteran’s education benefits, 
as defined in section 480(c)). 
‘‘(IX) Status as a distance edu-
cation student, whether exclusively or 
partially enrolled in distance edu-
cation. 
‘‘(X) Federal Pell Grant recipient 
status under section 401 and Federal 
loan recipient status under title IV, 
provided that the collection of such in-
formation complies with paragraph 
(1)(B). 
‘‘(D) OTHER DATA ELEMENTS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Commissioner 
may, after consultation with the Advisory 
Committee and provision of a public com-
ment period, include additional data ele-
ments in the postsecondary student data 
system, such as those described in clause 
(ii), if those data elements— 
‘‘(I) are necessary to ensure that 
the postsecondary data system fulfills 
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the purposes described in paragraph 
(1)(A); and 
‘‘(II) are consistent with data 
minimization principles, including the 
collection of only those additional ele-
ments that are necessary to ensure 
such purposes. 
‘‘(ii) DATA ELEMENTS.—The data ele-
ments described in clause (i) may in-
clude— 
‘‘(I) status as a first generation 
college student, as defined in section 
402A(h); 
‘‘(II) economic status; 
‘‘(III) participation in postsec-
ondary remedial coursework or gate-
way course completion; or 
‘‘(IV) other data elements that 
are necessary in accordance with 
clause (i). 
‘‘(E) REEVALUATION.—Not less than once 
every 3 years after the implementation of the 
postsecondary student data system described in 
this subsection, the Commissioner, in consulta-
tion with the Advisory Committee described in 
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subparagraph (B), shall review the data ele-
ments included in the postsecondary student 
data system and may revise the data elements 
to be included in such system. 
‘‘(F) PROHIBITIONS.—The Commissioner 
shall not include individual health data (includ-
ing data relating to physical health or mental 
health), student discipline records or data, ele-
mentary and secondary education data, an 
exact address, citizenship status, migrant sta-
tus, or national origin status for students or 
their families, course grades, postsecondary en-
trance examination results, political affiliation, 
or religion in the postsecondary student data 
system under this subsection. 
‘‘(3) PERIODIC MATCHING WITH OTHER FED-
ERAL DATA SYSTEMS.— 
‘‘(A) DATA SHARING AGREEMENTS.— 
‘‘(i) The Commissioner shall ensure 
secure and privacy-protected periodic data 
matches by entering into data sharing 
agreements with each of the following Fed-
eral agencies and offices: 
‘‘(I) The Secretary of the Treas-
ury and the Commissioner of the In-
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ternal Revenue Service, in order to 
calculate aggregate program- and in-
stitution-level earnings of postsec-
ondary students. 
‘‘(II) The Secretary of Defense, 
in order to assess the use of postsec-
ondary educational benefits and the 
outcomes of servicemembers. 
‘‘(III) The Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs, in order to assess the use of 
postsecondary 
educational 
benefits 
and outcomes of veterans. 
‘‘(IV) The Director of the Bu-
reau of the Census, in order to assess 
the earnings outcomes of former post-
secondary education students. 
‘‘(V) The Chief Operating Officer 
of the Office of Federal Student Aid, 
in order to analyze the use of postsec-
ondary educational benefits provided 
under this Act. 
‘‘(VI) The Commissioner of the 
Social Security Administration, in 
order to evaluate labor market out-
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comes of former postsecondary edu-
cation students. 
‘‘(VII) The Commissioner of the 
Bureau of Labor Statistics, in order 
to assess the wages of former postsec-
ondary education students. 
‘‘(ii) The heads of Federal agencies 
and offices described under clause (i) shall 
enter into data sharing agreements with 
the Commissioner to ensure secure and 
privacy-protected periodic data matches as 
described in this paragraph. 
‘‘(B) CATEGORIES
OF
DATA.—The Com-
missioner shall, at a minimum, seek to ensure 
that the secure and privacy-protected periodic 
data matches described in subparagraph (A) 
permit consistent reporting of the following cat-
egories of data for all postsecondary students: 
‘‘(i) Enrollment, retention, transfer, 
and completion outcomes for all postsec-
ondary students. 
‘‘(ii) Financial indicators for postsec-
ondary students receiving Federal grants 
and loans, including grant and loan aid by 
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