Title: Comprehensive Student Achievement Information Act of 2017
Policy area: Education

Summary:
Comprehensive Student Achievement Information Act of 2017
This bill amends title I (General Provisions) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to modify consumer information disclosure requirements related to completion or graduation rates.
Currently, an institution that participates in federal student aid programs must disclose the completion or graduation rate of first-time, full-time, certificate- or degree-seeking undergraduate students. This bill expands disclosure requirements to also include the completion or graduation rates of non-first time and half-time certificate- or degree-seeking undergraduate students. The bill also sets forth new time periods for calculating the completion or graduation rates for programs of study that are less than four years.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 351 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 351

To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for comprehensive 
                    student achievement information.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 13, 2017

   Mr. Hatch introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
  referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to provide for comprehensive 
                    student achievement information.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Comprehensive Student Achievement 
Information Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. CONSUMER INFORMATION ABOUT COMPLETION OR GRADUATION TIMES.

    (a) Transparency in College Tuition for Consumers.--Section 
132(i)(1)(J) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
1015a(i)(1)(J)) is amended to read as follows:
                    ``(J)(i) For programs of study 4 years of length or 
                longer--
                            ``(I) the percentages of first-time, full-
                        time, degree- or certificate-seeking 
                        undergraduate students enrolled at the 
                        institution who obtain a degree or certificate 
                        within each of the times for completion or 
                        graduation described in subclauses (I) through 
                        (III) of clause (ii);
                            ``(II) the percentages of first-time, part-
                        time, degree- or certificate-seeking 
                        undergraduate students enrolled at the 
                        institution who obtain a degree or certificate 
                        within each of the times for completion or 
                        graduation described in subclauses (I) through 
                        (III) of clause (ii);
                            ``(III) the percentages of non-first time, 
                        full-time, degree- or certificate-seeking 
                        undergraduate students enrolled at the 
                        institution who obtain a degree or certificate 
                        within each of the times for completion or 
                        graduation described in subclauses (I) through 
                        (III) of clause (ii); and
                            ``(IV) the percentages of non-first-time, 
                        part-time, degree- or certificate-seeking 
                        undergraduate students enrolled at the 
                        institution who obtain a degree or certificate 
                        within each of the times for completion or 
                        graduation described in subclauses (I) through 
                        (III) of clause (ii).
                    ``(ii) The times for completion or graduation 
                described in clause (i) are--
                            ``(I) the normal time for completion of, or 
                        graduation from, the student's program;
                            ``(II) 150 percent of the normal time for 
                        completion of, or graduation from, the 
                        student's program; and
                            ``(III) 200 percent of the normal time for 
                        completion of, or graduation from, the 
                        student's program.
                    ``(iii) For programs of study less than 4 years--
                            ``(I) the percentages of first-time, full-
                        time, degree- or certificate-seeking 
                        undergraduate students enrolled at the 
                        institution who obtain a degree or certificate 
                        within each of the times for completion or 
                        graduation described in subclauses (I) through 
                        (III) of clause (iv);
                            ``(II) the percentages of first-time, part-
                        time, degree- or certificate-seeking 
                        undergraduate students enrolled at the 
                        institution who obtain a degree or certificate 
                        within each of the times for completion or 
                        graduation described in subclauses (I) through 
                        (III) of clause (iv);
                            ``(III) the percentages of non-first-time, 
                        full-time, degree- or certificate-seeking 
                        undergraduate students enrolled at the 
                        institution who obtain a degree or certificate 
                        within each of the times for completion or 
                        graduation described in subclauses (I) through 
                        (III) of clause (iv); and
                            ``(IV) the percentages of non-first-time, 
                        part-time, degree- or certificate-seeking 
                        undergraduate students enrolled at the 
                        institution who obtain a degree or certificate 
                        within each of the times for completion or 
                        graduation described in subclauses (I) through 
                        (III) of clause (iv).
                    ``(iv) The times for completion or graduation 
                described in clause (iii) are--
                            ``(I) the normal time for completion of, or 
                        graduation from, the student's program;
                            ``(II) 150 percent of the normal time for 
                        completion of, or graduation from, the 
                        student's program; and
                            ``(III) 300 percent of the normal time for 
                        completion of, or graduation from, the 
                        student's program.
                    ``(v) In making publicly available the percentages 
                described in this subparagraph, the Secretary shall 
                display each percentage in a consistent manner and with 
                equal visibility.''.
    (b) Institutional and Financial Assistance Information for 
Students.--Section 485(a)(1)(L) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
U.S.C. 1092(a)(1)(L)) is amended to read as follows:
                                    ``(L) the completion or graduation 
                                rates described in section 
                                132(i)(1)(J);''.
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