TUITION Act

Bill: 114-hr-4873
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Meehan, Patrick [R-PA-7]
Introduced: 2016-03-23
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding

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Higher education

Student aid and college costs
Latest action: action_date: 2016-09-19
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.

Summaries:
action_date: 2016-03-23
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Tuition Use Information Transparently Identified Online Act or the TUITION Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 to expand disclosure requirements for an institution of higher education (IHE) that participates in federal student aid programs.</p> <p>Specifically, it requires an IHE to publish annually on its website for students and parents: (1) the total revenue it generated from tuition and fees, disaggregated by the proportion of such revenue it applied to any type of institutional expense (e.g., faculty salaries); and (2) a description of each such expense. <br /></p> <p><a name="summary">This requirement takes effect in academic year 2016-2017. <br /></a></p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4873 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 23, 2016 Mr. Meehan (for himself, Mr. MacArthur , and Mr. Smith of Missouri ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require each institution of higher education to describe how it spends tuition and fees.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Tuition Use Information Transparently Identified Online Act or the TUITION Act . 2. Disaggregation of tuition and fees by institutional expenses Section 487(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1094(a) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (30) The institution will, on an annual basis— (A) disaggregate the total revenue generated by the institution from tuition, fees, and other institutional charges for students enrolled in programs eligible for assistance under this title, for the most recent academic year for which data are available, by the proportion of such revenue the institution applied toward any type of institutional expense (such as faculty salaries or facility maintenance); (B) provide a description of each such expense; and (C) publish, on its public website in the location providing admissions information, the information described in subparagraphs (A) and (B) in a manner that clearly presents such information to students (including prospective students) and their parents. . 3. Effective date The amendment made by this Act shall take effect with respect to award year 2016–2017 and each succeeding award year.