Congress·In Committee·S. 4431

Time for Completion Act

College Graduation Rate Reporting Requirements

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This bill 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. No further actions are scheduled at this time.

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Unlikely to pass

While transparency is often a bipartisan goal, this bill currently only has Republican sponsors and has not moved past the initial committee referral.

How we got here

This bill’s path across every version that has carried it.

Reintroduced
Reintroduced from H.R. 8731 (118th), which died when its Congress ended.
H.R. 8731 (118th) →

Key Points

This bill requires colleges to provide more detailed information about how long it takes students to graduate. Currently, many schools only report data for first-time, full-time students, but this would expand that to include part-time students and those who have transferred from other schools.
Colleges would have to show the percentage of students who finish their degrees on time, as well as those who take longer. Specifically, they must report rates for 100 percent, 150 percent, 200 percent, and 300 percent of the normal time, such as showing how many people finish a four-year degree in six or eight years.
The goal is to give students and families a clearer picture of their chances of finishing a program before they enroll. By including part-time and transfer students, the data would better reflect the experiences of modern college students who may not follow a traditional path.
The Department of Education would be responsible for making sure this information is easy to find and displayed clearly for all schools. This ensures that consumers can compare different colleges using the same sets of data.

Impact Analysis

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Milestones

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Apr 29, 2026Senate

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S2130-2131)

Sent to a congressional committee for expert review. The committee decides whether this bill moves forward.

Apr 29, 2026

Introduced in Senate

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Source Information

Document Type

Congressional Bill

Official Title

Time for Completion Act

Bill NumberS 4431

Congress119th Congress

ChamberSenate

Latest ActionRead twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text: CR S2130-2131)

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