119th Congress
S. 2511
College Transparency Act
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To President
- Became law
- Sponsor
- Bill Cassidy(R-LA)
- Introduced
- Jul 29, 2025
- Policy area
- Education
- Committees
- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
- Official text
- Reported to Senate · Congress.gov page
Cosponsors (26)
Original cosponsors (21)
- Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
- Christopher Murphy (D-CT)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
- Chuck Grassley (R-IA)
- Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS)
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
- John Cornyn (R-TX)
- John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO)
- Joni Ernst (R-IA)
- Katie Boyd Britt (R-AL)
- Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
- Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH)
- Mark Kelly (D-AZ)
- Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA)
- Roger Marshall (R-KS)
- Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV)
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- Thom Tillis (R-NC)
- Tim Kaine (D-VA)
- Tina Smith (D-MN)
- Tommy Tuberville (R-AL)
Added later (5)
- Jon Husted (R-OH) · Sep 11, 2025
- Tim Scott (R-SC) · Oct 15, 2025
- Jim Banks (R-IN) · Dec 4, 2025
- Ben Ray Luján (D-NM) · Dec 17, 2025
- Martin Heinrich (D-NM) · Sep 16, 2026
Summary
Summary by the Congressional Research Service· describes the “Reported to Senate” version
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.
Roll-call votes
No recorded votes on this bill.
Actions
- Aug 4, 2026 · Senate
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 537. - Aug 4, 2026 · Senate
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Reported by Senator Cassidy with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report. - Jul 30, 2026 · Senate
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. - Jul 29, 2025 · Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. - Jul 29, 2025
Introduced in Senate