College Transparency Act

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Introduced 2025-07-29Topic: higher education · technology privacy

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Summary by the Congressional Research Service

College Transparency Act This 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; and periodically match with other federal systems of data. The bill also establishes a postsecondary student data system advisory committee. The Department of Education (ED) and NCES must (1) provide dedicated and adequate staffing at ED to implement the bill's requirements, and (2) report to Congress on a quarterly basis regarding the progress of implementing the bill's requirements.

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Action history

Date	Chamber	Action	Status effect
2026-08-04	Senate	Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 537.
2026-08-04	Senate	Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Cassidy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.	refer
2026-08-04		Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Cassidy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.	report
2026-07-30	Senate	Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.	refer
2025-07-29	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.	refer
2025-07-29		Introduced in Senate	introduce

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