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116TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION H. R. 3026
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.
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 pro-
grams under title IV of the Higher Education Act of
1965, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
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tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘The College Data Ac-
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cess Act’’.
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SEC. 2. COLLEGE SCORECARD REQUIRED.
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(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Education shall
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maintain and annually update the College Scorecard de-
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scribed in subsection (b).
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(b) COLLEGE SCORECARD DESCRIBED.—The College
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Scorecard described in this subsection is the online tool
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maintained by the Department of Education as of the date
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of the enactment of this Act that allows users—
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(1) to view certain data relating to each institu-
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tion of higher education eligible to participate in
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programs under title IV of the Higher Education
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Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.), including in-
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stitution and program-level data on the net costs of
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attendance, transfer and enrollment rates, gradua-
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tion rates, average student loan debt, threshold
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earnings, and average earnings after graduation;
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and
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(2) to compare such institutions and programs
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based on such data.
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SEC. 3. DISPLAY OF COLLEGE SCORECARD BY INSTITU-
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TIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.
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Section 487(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965
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(20 U.S.C. 1094(a)) is amended by adding at the end the
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following:
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‘‘(30)(A) Except as provided in subparagraph
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(B), the institution will prominently display, on the
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home page of the institution’s website, a link to the
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most recent version of the institution’s College
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Scorecard as maintained by the Department of Edu-
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cation pursuant to section 2 of the College Data Ac-
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cess Act, or any successor to such online tool.
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‘‘(B) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to an
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institution that is a junior or community college.’’.
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SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.
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Sections 1 and 2 shall take effect on the date that
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is 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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