HR 1949 · 113th Congress · Education

Improving Postsecondary Education Data for Students Act

Introduced 2013-05-13· Sponsored by Rep. Messer, Luke [R-IN-6]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
Committee
House Vote
4
Senate
5
Enacted
Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.(2013-05-23)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Improving Postsecondary Education Data for Students Act - Directs the Secretary of Education to convene an Advisory Committee on Improving Postsecondary Education Data that is composed of higher education stakeholders, business representatives, and experts in higher education policy, consumer choice, and privacy. Requires the Committee to study: the types of information the federal government should collect and report on institutions of higher education (IHEs) to assist students and families in their search for an IHE, including information related to postsecondary education costs, student outcomes, and postgraduation earnings; how that information should be collected and reported, including how to disaggregate student outcome information by student subgroups; and ways in which the federal government could make that information more readily available to students and their families in an easily accessible and understandable format, and to states, IHEs, and private-sector entities. Requires the Committee, in conducting the study, to: (1) review relevant research concerning the types of information students and parents seek in searching for an IHE; (2) consider whether additional info…

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H.R. 1949, Improving Postsecondary Education Data for Students Act

May 20, 2013

As ordered reported by the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on May 16, 2013

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Cosponsors (6)

6 Republicans