I am also working on legislation to give students and parents more information when making one of the biggest financial decisions in one’s life, picking a college.
Work on legislation to give students and parents more information about college outcomes and costs.
Occurrences
Evidence
U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, Orrin Hatch, Elizabeth Warren and Sheldon Whitehouse introduced the College Transparency Act to modernize the college reporting system for postsecondary data and provide greater transparency for students, families, institutions, and policymakers. The release says the bill would report student outcomes such as enrollment, completion, and post-college success across colleges and majors.
The bill text states it would establish a secure, privacy-protected postsecondary student data system to accurately evaluate student enrollment patterns, progression, completion, postcollegiate outcomes, and higher education costs and financial aid, and to provide accurate, complete, and customizable information for students and families making decisions about postsecondary education.
Congress.gov shows Sen. Cassidy introduced S.1349 on 04/27/2023. The summary says the bill would require NCES to establish a secure, privacy-protected data system that evaluates student enrollment, progression, completion, postcollegiate outcomes, and higher education costs and financial aid, and provides complete and customizable information for students and families.
The all-actions page shows the only recorded action on 04/27/2023 was that the bill was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Assessments
Cassidy promised to work on legislation giving students and parents more information about college outcomes and costs. In his first Senate term after the 2014 campaign, he co-introduced the bipartisan College Transparency Act in 2017, which directly aimed to improve reporting on student outcomes, completion, post-college success, and related college information for students and families. Later reintroductions in 2023 show continued work, but the promise was framed as working on legislation rather than securing enactment, so the same-term legislative action satisfies it.
Cassidy promised to work on legislation giving students and parents more information about college outcomes and costs, not necessarily to enact it. During the Senate term won in the 2014 campaign, he co-introduced the bipartisan College Transparency Act in 2017, which directly targeted college outcome and cost transparency for students and families. Later reintroductions further support continued effort, but the same-term introduction is enough to satisfy the specific promise as worded.