College Transparency Act
Sen. Cassidy and Sen. Warren Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Track College Costs and Graduate Earnings
The College Transparency Act is currently in the early stages of the legislative process. It was recently introduced in the Senate and sent to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions for review. The bill is actively moving forward as it awaits further discussion by committee members.
Legislative Progress
This bill has very strong bipartisan support and has been introduced in multiple sessions, but it faces some opposition from privacy advocates and certain higher education groups.
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Staff at the National Center for Education Statistics, the Department of Education, and multiple other federal agencies (IRS, SSA, Census, VA, DOD, BLS) would take on significant new responsibilities to build, maintain, and operate the data system and its inter-agency data sharing agreements. The bill also creates criminal penalties for any federal employee who willfully discloses personally identifiable information from the system.
“If a violation of subparagraph (A) is committed by any officer or employee of the United States, the officer or employee shall be dismissed from office or discharged from employment upon conviction for the violation.”
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sent to a congressional committee for expert review. The committee decides whether this bill moves forward.
Introduced in Senate
The bill was officially filed and given a number. It now enters the legislative queue.
Votes
No votes have been recorded for this legislation yet.
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Congressional Bill
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College Transparency Act
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