College Transparency Act
Latest action (Jul 29, 2025) — on Education and Workforce.
What it does
Congressional Research Service, Jul 29, 2025This bill requires the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) to establish a secure and privacy-protected data system that contains information about postsecondary students.
Specifically, the data system must
evaluate student enrollment patterns, progression, completion, and postcollegiate outcomes, and higher education costs and financial aid;provide complete and customizable information for students and families making decisions about postsecondary education;reduce the requirements for reporting by institutions of higher education; andperiodically match with other federal systems of data.The bill also establishes a postsecondary student data system advisory committee.
Face Value
as introducedHow much of this bill its name accounts for.
- Every bill starts at100
- Areas of law−8
Amends 2 titles of the US Code (5 and 44) rather than one.
Face Value measures reach, not honesty. A big bill can be accurately named, and a low score is not an accusation — it means the contents reach further than any short title could describe. Count it yourself ↗ How this is worked out
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