The College Data Access Act

Bill: 116-hr-3026
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Trahan, Lori [D-MA-3]
Introduced: 2019-05-24
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Academic performance and assessments

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Latest action: action_date: 2019-05-24
text: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-05-24
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>The College Data Access Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Department of Education to maintain and annually update its online tool allowing users to compare institutions of higher education (i.e., College Scorecard).</p> <p>It also requires an institution of higher education to prominently display, on the institution's website, the most recent version of the institution's College Scorecard.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3026 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 24, 2019 Mrs. Trahan introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor A BILL To require that a College Scorecard be maintained for each institution of higher education that participates in programs under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the The College Data Access Act . 2. College scorecard required (a) In general The Secretary of Education shall maintain and annually update the College Scorecard described in subsection (b). (b) College scorecard described The College Scorecard described in this subsection is the online tool maintained by the Department of Education as of the date of the enactment of this Act that allows users— (1) to view certain data relating to each institution of higher education eligible to participate in programs under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.), including institution and program-level data on the net costs of attendance, transfer and enrollment rates, graduation rates, average student loan debt, threshold earnings, and average earnings after graduation; and (2) to compare such institutions and programs based on such data. 3. Display of College Scorecard by institutions of higher education 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) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the institution will prominently display, on the home page of the institution’s website, a link to the most recent version of the institution’s College Scorecard as maintained by the Department of Education pursuant to section 2 of the College Data Access Act, or any successor to such online tool. (B) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to an institution that is a junior or community college. . 4. Effective date Sections 1 and 2 shall take effect on the date that is 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.