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HOUSE BILL 611
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By: Delegates Wolek, Forbes, Ghrist, Harris, Smith, and Solomon
Introduced and read first time: January 23, 2025
Assigned to: Appropriations
A BILL ENTITLED
AN ACT concerning 1
Institutions of Higher Education – Mandatory Disclosures for New and 2
Prospective Students 3
(Informed Enrollment Act) 4
FOR the purpose of requiring institutions of higher education in the State to provide certain 5
information to prospective students and display and present the information in a 6
certain manner; requiring the Maryland Higher Education Commission to make 7
certain data available to institutions of higher education in the State under certain 8
circumstances; and generally relating to the provision of information to new and 9
prospective students at institutions of higher education. 10
BY adding to 11
Article – Education 12
Section 15–140 13
Annotated Code of Maryland 14
(2022 Replacement Volume and 2024 Supplement) 15
SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, 16
That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: 17
Article – Education 18
15–140. 19
(A) SUBJECT TO SUBSECTION (B) OF THIS SECTION, ON OR BEFORE JULY 1, 20
2026, EACH INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE STATE THAT ADMITS 21
FIRST–TIME UNDERGRADUATE S TUDENTS SHALL PROMINENTLY DISPLAY ON ITS 22
PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE PROSPECTIVE STUDENT WEBSITE A LINK TO THE U.S. 23
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION COLLEGE SCORECARD WEBSITE . 24
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(B) EACH INSTITUTION SHAL L: 1
(1) INCLUDE WITH THE LINK REQUIRED UNDER SUBSE CTION (A) OF 2
THIS SECTION AN EXPLANATION OF TH E RESOURCE AND THE I NFORMATION IT 3
PROVIDES AS IT RELAT ES TO: 4
(I) COST OF ATTENDANCE ; 5
(II) GRADUATION RATES ; 6
(III) SALARY OUTCOMES ; AND 7
(IV) DEBT OUTCOMES ; AND 8
(2) SHARE THE INFORMATION AND WHERE TO FIND TH E 9
INFORMATION ON THE I NSTITUTION’S WEBSITES: 10
(I) DURING INCOMING STUDENT ORI ENTATION AND 11
RECRUITMENT EVENTS ; 12
(II) IN RELATED RECRUITMENT MATERIALS; AND 13
(III) REGULARLY WITH : 14
1. PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS AND THEIR GUARDIANS OR 15
PARENTS; 16
2. NEW INCOMING STUDENT S; 17
3. CURRENT STUDENTS ; 18
4. ACADEMIC ADVISORS ; AND 19
5. CAMPUS CAREER COUNSEL ORS. 20
(C) AS APPLICABLE, EACH INSTITUTION SHA LL SHARE THE LINK AN D 21
EXPLANATION S REQUIRED UNDER SUBSE CTIONS (A) AND (B) OF THIS SECTION ON: 22
(1) THE INSTITUTION ’S SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOU NTS AT LEAST ONCE 23
EACH SEMESTER ; AND 24
(2) THE WEBSITE FOR THE I NSTITUTION’S CAMPUS CA REER CENTER . 25
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(D) (1) IF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION DISCONTINUE S THE 1
OPERATION OF THE COLLEGE SCORECARD, THE COMMISSION SHALL MAKE THE 2
DATA REQUIRED UNDER SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION AVAI LABLE TO 3
INSTITUTIONS OF HIGH ER EDUCATION IN THE STATE. 4
(2) IN COMPILING THE DATA UNDER THIS SUBSECTIO N, THE 5
COMMISSION SHALL : 6
(I) COLLABORATE WITH INST ITUTIONS OF HIGHER 7
EDUCATION; AND 8
(II) USE DATA MAINTAINED B Y: 9
1. THE COMMISSION; 10
2. THE MARYLAND LONGITUDINAL DATA SYSTEM; AND 11
3. OTHER RELATED SOURCES . 12
SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act shall take effect July 13
1, 2025. 14