Higher Education and Employment Transparency Act

Bill: 114-hr-1573
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Carson, Andre [D-IN-7]
Introduced: 2015-03-24
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Census and government statistics

Consumer affairs

Employee hiring

Government information and archives

Higher education

School administration

Student aid and college costs
Latest action: action_date: 2015-11-16
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-03-24
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Higher Education and Employment Transparency Act</strong></p> <p>Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to make publicly available on the College Navigator website the employment information that schools who are participating in that Act's title IV (Student Assistance) programs are required to provide to prospective and enrolled students.</p> <p>Requires those schools to supplement that employment information by indicating whether or not the jobs their graduates obtain are paid jobs or require any postsecondary education.</p> <p>Requires those schools to include on their websites, and the Secretary to include on the College Navigator website, a link to the appropriate section of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) website that provides information from the Occupational Employment Statistics program and the Occupational Outlook Handbook of the BLS.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1573 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 24, 2015 Mr. Carson of Indiana introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To require institutions of higher education to provide students with information from the Occupational Employment Statistics program and the Occupational Outlook Handbook of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Higher Education and Employment Transparency Act . 2. Occupational Employment Statistics (a) Requirements for the Secretary of Education Section 132(i)(1) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1015a(i)(1) ) is amended— (1) in subparagraph (V), by adding at the end the following new clause: (v) Employment information with respect to graduates of the institution’s degree or certificate programs that is required to be provided by the institution under section 485(a)(R). ; and (2) in subparagraph (W), by inserting before the period at the end the following: and a link to the appropriate section of such website that provides information from the Occupational Employment Statistics program and the Occupational Outlook Handbook of the Bureau of Labor Statistics . (b) Requirements for institutions of higher education (1) Institutional and financial assistance information for students Section 485(a)(R) of such Act ( 20 U.S.C. 1092(a)(R) ) is amended by inserting after certificate programs, the following: including whether such employment is paid or unpaid and whether such employment requires any postsecondary education, . (2) Program participation agreements Section 487(a) of such Act ( 20 U.S.C. 1094(a) ) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph: (30) The institution will provide a link on the institution’s website, prominently and near any institutional statistics (such as job placement rates), to the appropriate section of the Bureau of Labor Statistics website that provides information from the Occupational Employment Statistics program and the Occupational Outlook Handbook of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. . (c) Effective date The amendments made by this Act shall be effective for academic year 2015–2016 and succeeding academic years.