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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2957 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To establish a postsecondary student data system. |
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| 6 | 6 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 7 | 7 | | APRIL27, 2023 |
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| 8 | 8 | | Mr. K |
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| 9 | 9 | | RISHNAMOORTHI (for himself, Mr. WILSONof South Carolina, Ms. |
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| 10 | 10 | | B |
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| 11 | 11 | | ONAMICI, Ms. MACE, and Ms. SHERRILL) introduced the following bill; |
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| 12 | 12 | | which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To establish a postsecondary student data system. |
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| 15 | 15 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 18 | 18 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘College Transparency 4 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Act’’. 5 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SEC. 2. POSTSECONDARY STUDENT DATA SYSTEM. 6 |
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| 21 | 21 | | Section 132 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 7 |
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| 22 | 22 | | U.S.C. 1015a) is amended— 8 |
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| 23 | 23 | | (1) by redesignating subsection (l) as subsection 9 |
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| 24 | 24 | | (m); and 10 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (2) by inserting after subsection (k) the fol-1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | lowing: 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | ‘‘(l) P |
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| 31 | 31 | | OSTSECONDARYSTUDENTDATASYSTEM.— 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 33 | 33 | | N GENERAL.— 4 |
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| 34 | 34 | | ‘‘(A) E |
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| 35 | 35 | | STABLISHMENT OF SYSTEM .—Not 5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | later than 4 years after the date of enactment 6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | of the College Transparency Act, the Commis-7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | sioner of the National Center for Education 8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | Statistics (referred to in this subsection as the 9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | ‘Commissioner’) shall develop and maintain a 10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | secure and privacy-protected postsecondary stu-11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | dent-level data system in order to— 12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ‘‘(i) accurately evaluate student en-13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | rollment patterns, progression, completion, 14 |
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| 45 | 45 | | and postcollegiate outcomes, and higher 15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | education costs and financial aid; 16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | ‘‘(ii) assist with transparency, institu-17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | tional improvement, and analysis of Fed-18 |
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| 49 | 49 | | eral aid programs; 19 |
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| 50 | 50 | | ‘‘(iii) provide accurate, complete, and 20 |
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| 51 | 51 | | customizable information for students and 21 |
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| 52 | 52 | | families making decisions about postsec-22 |
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| 53 | 53 | | ondary education; and 23 |
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| 54 | 54 | | ‘‘(iv) reduce the reporting burden on 24 |
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| 55 | 55 | | institutions of higher education, in accord-25 |
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| 59 | 59 | | ance with section 5 of the College Trans-1 |
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| 60 | 60 | | parency Act. 2 |
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| 61 | 61 | | ‘‘(B) A |
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| 62 | 62 | | VOIDING DUPLICATED REPORT -3 |
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| 63 | 63 | | ING.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 4 |
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| 64 | 64 | | this section, to the extent that another provi-5 |
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| 65 | 65 | | sion of this section requires the same reporting 6 |
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| 66 | 66 | | or collection of data that is required under this 7 |
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| 67 | 67 | | subsection, an institution of higher education, 8 |
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| 68 | 68 | | or the Secretary or Commissioner, shall use the 9 |
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| 69 | 69 | | reporting or data required for the postsec-10 |
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| 70 | 70 | | ondary student data system under this sub-11 |
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| 71 | 71 | | section to satisfy both requirements. 12 |
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| 72 | 72 | | ‘‘(C) D |
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| 73 | 73 | | EVELOPMENT PROCESS .—In devel-13 |
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| 74 | 74 | | oping the postsecondary student data system 14 |
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| 75 | 75 | | described in this subsection, the Commissioner 15 |
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| 76 | 76 | | shall— 16 |
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| 77 | 77 | | ‘‘(i) focus on the needs of— 17 |
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| 78 | 78 | | ‘‘(I) users of the data system; 18 |
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| 79 | 79 | | and 19 |
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| 80 | 80 | | ‘‘(II) entities, including institu-20 |
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| 81 | 81 | | tions of higher education, reporting to 21 |
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| 82 | 82 | | the data system; 22 |
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| 83 | 83 | | ‘‘(ii) take into consideration, to the 23 |
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| 84 | 84 | | extent practicable— 24 |
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| 88 | 88 | | ‘‘(I) the guidelines outlined in the 1 |
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| 89 | 89 | | U.S. Web Design Standards main-2 |
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| 90 | 90 | | tained by the General Services Admin-3 |
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| 91 | 91 | | istration and the Digital Services 4 |
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| 92 | 92 | | Playbook and TechFAR Handbook for 5 |
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| 93 | 93 | | Procuring Digital Services Using 6 |
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| 94 | 94 | | Agile Processes of the U.S. Digital 7 |
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| 95 | 95 | | Service; and 8 |
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| 96 | 96 | | ‘‘(II) the relevant successor docu-9 |
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| 97 | 97 | | ments or recommendations of such 10 |
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| 98 | 98 | | guidelines; 11 |
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| 99 | 99 | | ‘‘(iii) use modern, relevant privacy- 12 |
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| 100 | 100 | | and security-enhancing technology, and en-13 |
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| 101 | 101 | | hance and update the data system as nec-14 |
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| 102 | 102 | | essary to carry out the purpose of this sub-15 |
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| 103 | 103 | | section; 16 |
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| 104 | 104 | | ‘‘(iv) ensure data privacy and security 17 |
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| 105 | 105 | | is consistent with any relevant Federal law 18 |
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| 106 | 106 | | relating to privacy or data security, includ-19 |
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| 107 | 107 | | ing— 20 |
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| 108 | 108 | | ‘‘(I) the requirements of sub-21 |
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| 109 | 109 | | chapter II of chapter 35 of title 44, 22 |
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| 110 | 110 | | United States Code, specifying secu-23 |
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| 111 | 111 | | rity categorization under the Federal 24 |
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| 112 | 112 | | Information Processing Standards or 25 |
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| 116 | 116 | | any relevant successor of such stand-1 |
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| 117 | 117 | | ards; 2 |
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| 118 | 118 | | ‘‘(II) security requirements that 3 |
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| 119 | 119 | | are consistent with the Federal agency 4 |
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| 120 | 120 | | responsibilities in section 3554 of title 5 |
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| 121 | 121 | | 44, United States Code, or any rel-6 |
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| 122 | 122 | | evant successor of such responsibil-7 |
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| 123 | 123 | | ities; and 8 |
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| 124 | 124 | | ‘‘(III) security requirements, 9 |
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| 125 | 125 | | guidelines, and controls consistent 10 |
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| 126 | 126 | | with cybersecurity standards and best 11 |
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| 127 | 127 | | practices developed by the National 12 |
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| 128 | 128 | | Institute of Standards and Tech-13 |
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| 129 | 129 | | nology, including frameworks, con-14 |
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| 130 | 130 | | sistent with section 2(c) of the Na-15 |
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| 131 | 131 | | tional Institute of Standards and 16 |
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| 132 | 132 | | Technology Act (15 U.S.C. 272(c)), or 17 |
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| 133 | 133 | | any relevant successor of such frame-18 |
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| 134 | 134 | | works; 19 |
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| 135 | 135 | | ‘‘(v) follow Federal data minimization 20 |
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| 136 | 136 | | practices to ensure only the minimum 21 |
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| 137 | 137 | | amount of data is collected to meet the 22 |
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| 138 | 138 | | system’s goals, in accordance with Federal 23 |
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| 139 | 139 | | data minimization standards and guide-24 |
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| 144 | 144 | | Standards and Technology; and 2 |
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| 145 | 145 | | ‘‘(vi) provide notice to students out-3 |
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| 146 | 146 | | lining the data included in the system and 4 |
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| 147 | 147 | | how the data are used. 5 |
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| 148 | 148 | | ‘‘(2) D |
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| 149 | 149 | | ATA ELEMENTS.— 6 |
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| 150 | 150 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 151 | 151 | | N GENERAL.—Not later than 4 years 7 |
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| 152 | 152 | | after the date of enactment of the College 8 |
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| 153 | 153 | | Transparency Act, the Commissioner, in con-9 |
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| 154 | 154 | | sultation with the Postsecondary Student Data 10 |
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| 155 | 155 | | System Advisory Committee established under 11 |
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| 156 | 156 | | subparagraph (B), shall determine— 12 |
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| 157 | 157 | | ‘‘(i) the data elements to be included 13 |
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| 158 | 158 | | in the postsecondary student data system, 14 |
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| 159 | 159 | | in accordance with subparagraphs (C) and 15 |
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| 160 | 160 | | (D); and 16 |
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| 161 | 161 | | ‘‘(ii) how to include the data elements 17 |
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| 162 | 162 | | required under subparagraph (C), and any 18 |
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| 163 | 163 | | additional data elements selected under 19 |
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| 164 | 164 | | subparagraph (D), in the postsecondary 20 |
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| 165 | 165 | | student data system. 21 |
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| 166 | 166 | | ‘‘(B) P |
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| 167 | 167 | | OSTSECONDARY STUDENT DATA 22 |
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| 168 | 168 | | SYSTEM ADVISORY COMMITTEE .— 23 |
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| 169 | 169 | | ‘‘(i) E |
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| 170 | 170 | | STABLISHMENT.—Not later 24 |
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| 171 | 171 | | than 2 years after the date of enactment 25 |
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| 175 | 175 | | of the College Transparency Act, the Com-1 |
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| 176 | 176 | | missioner shall establish a Postsecondary 2 |
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| 177 | 177 | | Student Data System Advisory Committee 3 |
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| 178 | 178 | | (referred to in this subsection as the ‘Advi-4 |
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| 179 | 179 | | sory Committee’), whose members shall in-5 |
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| 180 | 180 | | clude— 6 |
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| 181 | 181 | | ‘‘(I) the Chief Privacy Officer of 7 |
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| 182 | 182 | | the Department or an official of the 8 |
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| 183 | 183 | | Department delegated the duties of 9 |
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| 184 | 184 | | overseeing data privacy at the Depart-10 |
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| 185 | 185 | | ment; 11 |
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| 186 | 186 | | ‘‘(II) the Chief Security Officer 12 |
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| 187 | 187 | | of the Department or an official of 13 |
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| 188 | 188 | | the Department delegated the duties 14 |
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| 189 | 189 | | of overseeing data security at the De-15 |
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| 190 | 190 | | partment; 16 |
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| 191 | 191 | | ‘‘(III) representatives of diverse 17 |
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| 192 | 192 | | institutions of higher education, which 18 |
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| 193 | 193 | | shall include equal representation be-19 |
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| 194 | 194 | | tween 2-year and 4-year institutions 20 |
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| 195 | 195 | | of higher education, and from public, 21 |
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| 196 | 196 | | nonprofit, and proprietary institutions 22 |
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| 197 | 197 | | of higher education, including minor-23 |
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| 198 | 198 | | ity-serving institutions; 24 |
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| 202 | 202 | | ‘‘(IV) representatives from State 1 |
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| 203 | 203 | | higher education agencies, entities, 2 |
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| 204 | 204 | | bodies, or boards; 3 |
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| 205 | 205 | | ‘‘(V) representatives of postsec-4 |
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| 206 | 206 | | ondary students; 5 |
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| 207 | 207 | | ‘‘(VI) representatives from rel-6 |
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| 208 | 208 | | evant Federal agencies; 7 |
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| 209 | 209 | | ‘‘(VII) individuals with expertise 8 |
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| 210 | 210 | | in data privacy and security; and 9 |
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| 211 | 211 | | ‘‘(VIII) other stakeholders (in-10 |
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| 212 | 212 | | cluding individuals with consumer 11 |
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| 213 | 213 | | protection and postsecondary edu-12 |
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| 214 | 214 | | cation research). 13 |
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| 215 | 215 | | ‘‘(ii) R |
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| 216 | 216 | | EQUIREMENTS.—The Commis-14 |
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| 217 | 217 | | sioner shall ensure that the Advisory Com-15 |
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| 218 | 218 | | mittee— 16 |
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| 219 | 219 | | ‘‘(I) adheres to all requirements 17 |
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| 220 | 220 | | under chapter 10 of title 5, United 18 |
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| 221 | 221 | | States Code (commonly known as the 19 |
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| 222 | 222 | | ‘Federal Advisory Committee Act’); 20 |
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| 223 | 223 | | ‘‘(II) establishes operating and 21 |
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| 224 | 224 | | meeting procedures and guidelines 22 |
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| 225 | 225 | | necessary to execute its advisory du-23 |
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| 226 | 226 | | ties; and 24 |
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| 230 | 230 | | ‘‘(III) is provided with appro-1 |
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| 231 | 231 | | priate staffing and resources to exe-2 |
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| 232 | 232 | | cute its advisory duties. 3 |
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| 234 | 234 | | EQUIRED DATA ELEMENTS .—The 4 |
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| 235 | 235 | | data elements in the postsecondary student 5 |
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| 236 | 236 | | data system shall include, at a minimum, the 6 |
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| 237 | 237 | | following: 7 |
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| 238 | 238 | | ‘‘(i) Student-level data elements nec-8 |
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| 239 | 239 | | essary to calculate the information within 9 |
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| 240 | 240 | | the surveys designated by the Commis-10 |
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| 241 | 241 | | sioner as ‘student-related surveys’ in the 11 |
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| 242 | 242 | | Integrated Postsecondary Education Data 12 |
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| 243 | 243 | | System (IPEDS), as such surveys are in 13 |
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| 244 | 244 | | effect on the day before the date of enact-14 |
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| 245 | 245 | | ment of the College Transparency Act, ex-15 |
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| 246 | 246 | | cept that in the case that collection of such 16 |
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| 247 | 247 | | elements would conflict with subparagraph 17 |
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| 248 | 248 | | (F), such elements in conflict with sub-18 |
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| 249 | 249 | | paragraph (F) shall be included in the ag-19 |
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| 250 | 250 | | gregate instead of at the student level. 20 |
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| 251 | 251 | | ‘‘(ii) Student-level data elements nec-21 |
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| 252 | 252 | | essary to allow for reporting student en-22 |
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| 253 | 253 | | rollment, persistence, retention, transfer, 23 |
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| 254 | 254 | | and completion measures for all credential 24 |
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| 255 | 255 | | levels separately (including certificate, as-25 |
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| 259 | 259 | | sociate, baccalaureate, and advanced de-1 |
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| 260 | 260 | | gree levels), within and across institutions 2 |
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| 261 | 261 | | of higher education (including across all 3 |
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| 262 | 262 | | categories of institution level, control, and 4 |
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| 263 | 263 | | predominant degree awarded). The data 5 |
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| 264 | 264 | | elements shall allow for reporting about all 6 |
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| 265 | 265 | | such data disaggregated by the following 7 |
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| 266 | 266 | | categories: 8 |
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| 267 | 267 | | ‘‘(I) Enrollment status as a first- 9 |
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| 268 | 268 | | time student, recent transfer student, 10 |
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| 269 | 269 | | or other non-first-time student. 11 |
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| 270 | 270 | | ‘‘(II) Attendance intensity, 12 |
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| 271 | 271 | | whether full-time or part-time. 13 |
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| 272 | 272 | | ‘‘(III) Credential-seeking status, 14 |
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| 273 | 273 | | by credential level. 15 |
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| 274 | 274 | | ‘‘(IV) Race or ethnicity, in a 16 |
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| 275 | 275 | | manner that captures all the racial 17 |
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| 276 | 276 | | groups specified in the most recent 18 |
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| 277 | 277 | | American Community Survey of the 19 |
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| 278 | 278 | | Bureau of the Census. 20 |
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| 279 | 279 | | ‘‘(V) Age intervals. 21 |
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| 280 | 280 | | ‘‘(VI) Gender. 22 |
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| 281 | 281 | | ‘‘(VII) Program of study (as ap-23 |
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| 282 | 282 | | plicable). 24 |
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| 286 | 286 | | ‘‘(VIII) Military or veteran ben-1 |
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| 287 | 287 | | efit status (as determined based on 2 |
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| 288 | 288 | | receipt of veteran’s education benefits, 3 |
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| 289 | 289 | | as defined in section 480(c)). 4 |
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| 290 | 290 | | ‘‘(IX) Status as a distance edu-5 |
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| 291 | 291 | | cation student, whether exclusively or 6 |
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| 292 | 292 | | partially enrolled in distance edu-7 |
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| 293 | 293 | | cation. 8 |
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| 294 | 294 | | ‘‘(X) Federal Pell Grant recipient 9 |
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| 295 | 295 | | status under section 401 and Federal 10 |
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| 296 | 296 | | loan recipient status under title IV, 11 |
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| 297 | 297 | | provided that the collection of such in-12 |
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| 298 | 298 | | formation complies with paragraph 13 |
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| 299 | 299 | | (1)(B). 14 |
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| 300 | 300 | | ‘‘(D) O |
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| 301 | 301 | | THER DATA ELEMENTS .— 15 |
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| 302 | 302 | | ‘‘(i) I |
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| 303 | 303 | | N GENERAL.—The Commissioner 16 |
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| 304 | 304 | | may, after consultation with the Advisory 17 |
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| 305 | 305 | | Committee and provision of a public com-18 |
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| 306 | 306 | | ment period, include additional data ele-19 |
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| 307 | 307 | | ments in the postsecondary student data 20 |
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| 308 | 308 | | system, such as those described in clause 21 |
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| 309 | 309 | | (ii), if those data elements— 22 |
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| 310 | 310 | | ‘‘(I) are necessary to ensure that 23 |
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| 311 | 311 | | the postsecondary data system fulfills 24 |
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| 315 | 315 | | the purposes described in paragraph 1 |
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| 316 | 316 | | (1)(A); and 2 |
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| 317 | 317 | | ‘‘(II) are consistent with data 3 |
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| 318 | 318 | | minimization principles, including the 4 |
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| 319 | 319 | | collection of only those additional ele-5 |
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| 320 | 320 | | ments that are necessary to ensure 6 |
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| 321 | 321 | | such purposes. 7 |
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| 322 | 322 | | ‘‘(ii) D |
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| 323 | 323 | | ATA ELEMENTS.—The data ele-8 |
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| 324 | 324 | | ments described in clause (i) may in-9 |
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| 325 | 325 | | clude— 10 |
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| 326 | 326 | | ‘‘(I) status as a first generation 11 |
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| 327 | 327 | | college student, as defined in section 12 |
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| 328 | 328 | | 402A(h); 13 |
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| 329 | 329 | | ‘‘(II) economic status; 14 |
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| 330 | 330 | | ‘‘(III) participation in postsec-15 |
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| 331 | 331 | | ondary remedial coursework or gate-16 |
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| 332 | 332 | | way course completion; or 17 |
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| 333 | 333 | | ‘‘(IV) other data elements that 18 |
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| 334 | 334 | | are necessary in accordance with 19 |
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| 335 | 335 | | clause (i). 20 |
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| 336 | 336 | | ‘‘(E) R |
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| 337 | 337 | | EEVALUATION.—Not less than once 21 |
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| 338 | 338 | | every 3 years after the implementation of the 22 |
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| 339 | 339 | | postsecondary student data system described in 23 |
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| 340 | 340 | | this subsection, the Commissioner, in consulta-24 |
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| 341 | 341 | | tion with the Advisory Committee described in 25 |
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| 345 | 345 | | subparagraph (B), shall review the data ele-1 |
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| 346 | 346 | | ments included in the postsecondary student 2 |
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| 347 | 347 | | data system and may revise the data elements 3 |
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| 348 | 348 | | to be included in such system. 4 |
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| 350 | 350 | | ROHIBITIONS.—The Commissioner 5 |
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| 351 | 351 | | shall not include individual health data (includ-6 |
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| 352 | 352 | | ing data relating to physical health or mental 7 |
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| 353 | 353 | | health), student discipline records or data, ele-8 |
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| 354 | 354 | | mentary and secondary education data, an 9 |
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| 355 | 355 | | exact address, citizenship status, migrant sta-10 |
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| 356 | 356 | | tus, or national origin status for students or 11 |
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| 357 | 357 | | their families, course grades, postsecondary en-12 |
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| 358 | 358 | | trance examination results, political affiliation, 13 |
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| 359 | 359 | | or religion in the postsecondary student data 14 |
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| 360 | 360 | | system under this subsection. 15 |
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| 363 | 363 | | ERAL DATA SYSTEMS.— 17 |
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| 364 | 364 | | ‘‘(A) D |
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| 365 | 365 | | ATA SHARING AGREEMENTS .— 18 |
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| 366 | 366 | | ‘‘(i) The Commissioner shall ensure 19 |
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| 367 | 367 | | secure and privacy-protected periodic data 20 |
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| 368 | 368 | | matches by entering into data sharing 21 |
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| 369 | 369 | | agreements with each of the following Fed-22 |
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| 370 | 370 | | eral agencies and offices: 23 |
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| 371 | 371 | | ‘‘(I) The Secretary of the Treas-24 |
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| 377 | 377 | | calculate aggregate program- and in-2 |
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| 378 | 378 | | stitution-level earnings of postsec-3 |
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| 379 | 379 | | ondary students. 4 |
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| 380 | 380 | | ‘‘(II) The Secretary of Defense, 5 |
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| 381 | 381 | | in order to assess the use of postsec-6 |
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| 382 | 382 | | ondary educational benefits and the 7 |
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| 383 | 383 | | outcomes of servicemembers. 8 |
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| 384 | 384 | | ‘‘(III) The Secretary of Veterans 9 |
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| 385 | 385 | | Affairs, in order to assess the use of 10 |
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| 386 | 386 | | postsecondary educational benefits 11 |
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| 387 | 387 | | and outcomes of veterans. 12 |
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| 388 | 388 | | ‘‘(IV) The Director of the Bu-13 |
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| 389 | 389 | | reau of the Census, in order to assess 14 |
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| 390 | 390 | | the earnings outcomes of former post-15 |
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| 391 | 391 | | secondary education students. 16 |
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| 392 | 392 | | ‘‘(V) The Chief Operating Officer 17 |
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| 393 | 393 | | of the Office of Federal Student Aid, 18 |
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| 394 | 394 | | in order to analyze the use of postsec-19 |
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| 395 | 395 | | ondary educational benefits provided 20 |
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| 396 | 396 | | under this Act. 21 |
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| 397 | 397 | | ‘‘(VI) The Commissioner of the 22 |
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| 398 | 398 | | Social Security Administration, in 23 |
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| 399 | 399 | | order to evaluate labor market out-24 |
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| 404 | 404 | | cation students. 2 |
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| 405 | 405 | | ‘‘(VII) The Commissioner of the 3 |
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| 406 | 406 | | Bureau of Labor Statistics, in order 4 |
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| 407 | 407 | | to assess the wages of former postsec-5 |
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| 408 | 408 | | ondary education students. 6 |
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| 409 | 409 | | ‘‘(ii) The heads of Federal agencies 7 |
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| 410 | 410 | | and offices described under clause (i) shall 8 |
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| 411 | 411 | | enter into data sharing agreements with 9 |
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| 412 | 412 | | the Commissioner to ensure secure and 10 |
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| 413 | 413 | | privacy-protected periodic data matches as 11 |
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| 414 | 414 | | described in this paragraph. 12 |
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| 415 | 415 | | ‘‘(B) C |
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| 416 | 416 | | ATEGORIES OF DATA .—The Com-13 |
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| 417 | 417 | | missioner shall, at a minimum, seek to ensure 14 |
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| 418 | 418 | | that the secure and privacy-protected periodic 15 |
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| 419 | 419 | | data matches described in subparagraph (A) 16 |
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| 420 | 420 | | permit consistent reporting of the following cat-17 |
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| 421 | 421 | | egories of data for all postsecondary students: 18 |
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| 422 | 422 | | ‘‘(i) Enrollment, retention, transfer, 19 |
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| 423 | 423 | | and completion outcomes for all postsec-20 |
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| 424 | 424 | | ondary students. 21 |
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| 425 | 425 | | ‘‘(ii) Financial indicators for postsec-22 |
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| 426 | 426 | | ondary students receiving Federal grants 23 |
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| 427 | 427 | | and loans, including grant and loan aid by 24 |
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| 432 | 432 | | payment status, and repayment plan. 2 |
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| 433 | 433 | | ‘‘(iii) Post-completion outcomes for all 3 |
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| 434 | 434 | | postsecondary students, including earnings, 4 |
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| 435 | 435 | | employment, and further education, by 5 |
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| 436 | 436 | | program of study and credential level and 6 |
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| 437 | 437 | | as measured— 7 |
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| 438 | 438 | | ‘‘(I) immediately after leaving 8 |
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| 439 | 439 | | postsecondary education; and 9 |
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| 440 | 440 | | ‘‘(II) at time intervals appro-10 |
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| 441 | 441 | | priate to the credential sought and 11 |
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| 442 | 442 | | earned. 12 |
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| 443 | 443 | | ‘‘(C) P |
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| 445 | 445 | | LINING AND CONFIDENTIALITY .— 14 |
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| 446 | 446 | | ‘‘(i) S |
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| 447 | 447 | | TREAMLINING.—In carrying out 15 |
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| 448 | 448 | | the secure and privacy-protected periodic 16 |
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| 449 | 449 | | data matches under this paragraph, the 17 |
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| 450 | 450 | | Commissioner shall— 18 |
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| 451 | 451 | | ‘‘(I) ensure that such matches 19 |
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| 452 | 452 | | are not continuous, but occur only pe-20 |
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| 453 | 453 | | riodically at appropriate intervals, as 21 |
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| 454 | 454 | | determined by the Commissioner to 22 |
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| 455 | 455 | | meet the goals of subparagraph (A); 23 |
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| 456 | 456 | | and 24 |
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| 457 | 457 | | ‘‘(II) seek to— 25 |
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| 462 | 462 | | collection and reporting require-2 |
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| 463 | 463 | | ments for institutions of higher 3 |
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| 464 | 464 | | education; 4 |
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| 465 | 465 | | ‘‘(bb) minimize duplicative 5 |
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| 466 | 466 | | reporting across or within Fed-6 |
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| 467 | 467 | | eral agencies or departments, in-7 |
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| 468 | 468 | | cluding reporting requirements 8 |
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| 469 | 469 | | applicable to institutions of high-9 |
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| 470 | 470 | | er education under the Workforce 10 |
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| 471 | 471 | | Innovation and Opportunity Act 11 |
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| 472 | 472 | | (29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.) and the 12 |
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| 473 | 473 | | Carl D. Perkins Career and 13 |
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| 474 | 474 | | Technical Education Act of 2006; 14 |
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| 475 | 475 | | ‘‘(cc) protect student pri-15 |
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| 476 | 476 | | vacy; and 16 |
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| 477 | 477 | | ‘‘(dd) streamline the applica-17 |
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| 478 | 478 | | tion process for student loan ben-18 |
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| 479 | 479 | | efit programs available to bor-19 |
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| 480 | 480 | | rowers based on data available 20 |
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| 481 | 481 | | from different Federal data sys-21 |
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| 482 | 482 | | tems. 22 |
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| 483 | 483 | | ‘‘(ii) R |
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| 484 | 484 | | EVIEW.—Not less often than 23 |
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| 485 | 485 | | once every 3 years after the establishment 24 |
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| 486 | 486 | | of the postsecondary student data system 25 |
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| 491 | 491 | | in consultation with the Advisory Com-2 |
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| 492 | 492 | | mittee, shall review methods for stream-3 |
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| 493 | 493 | | lining data collection from institutions of 4 |
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| 494 | 494 | | higher education and minimizing duplica-5 |
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| 495 | 495 | | tive reporting within the Department and 6 |
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| 496 | 496 | | across Federal agencies that provide data 7 |
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| 497 | 497 | | for the postsecondary student data system. 8 |
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| 498 | 498 | | ‘‘(iii) C |
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| 499 | 499 | | ONFIDENTIALITY.—The Com-9 |
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| 500 | 500 | | missioner shall ensure that any periodic 10 |
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| 501 | 501 | | matching or sharing of data through peri-11 |
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| 502 | 502 | | odic data system matches established in 12 |
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| 503 | 503 | | accordance with this paragraph— 13 |
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| 504 | 504 | | ‘‘(I) complies with the security 14 |
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| 505 | 505 | | and privacy protections described in 15 |
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| 506 | 506 | | paragraph (1)(C)(iv) and other Fed-16 |
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| 507 | 507 | | eral data protection protocols; 17 |
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| 508 | 508 | | ‘‘(II) follows industry best prac-18 |
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| 509 | 509 | | tices commensurate with the sensi-19 |
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| 510 | 510 | | tivity of specific data elements or 20 |
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| 511 | 511 | | metrics; 21 |
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| 512 | 512 | | ‘‘(III) does not result in the cre-22 |
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| 513 | 513 | | ation of a single standing, linked Fed-23 |
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| 514 | 514 | | eral database at the Department that 24 |
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| 519 | 519 | | across other Federal agencies; and 2 |
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| 520 | 520 | | ‘‘(IV) discloses to postsecondary 3 |
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| 521 | 521 | | students what data are included in the 4 |
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| 522 | 522 | | data system and periodically matched 5 |
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| 523 | 523 | | and how the data are used. 6 |
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| 524 | 524 | | ‘‘(iv) C |
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| 525 | 525 | | ORRECTION.—The Commis-7 |
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| 526 | 526 | | sioner, in consultation with the Advisory 8 |
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| 527 | 527 | | Committee, shall establish a process for 9 |
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| 528 | 528 | | students to request access to only their 10 |
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| 529 | 529 | | personal information for inspection and re-11 |
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| 530 | 530 | | quest corrections to inaccuracies in a man-12 |
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| 531 | 531 | | ner that protects the student’s personally 13 |
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| 532 | 532 | | identifiable information. The Commissioner 14 |
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| 533 | 533 | | shall respond in writing to every request 15 |
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| 534 | 534 | | for a correction from a student. 16 |
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| 535 | 535 | | ‘‘(4) P |
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| 537 | 537 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 538 | 538 | | N GENERAL.—The Commissioner 18 |
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| 539 | 539 | | shall make the summary aggregate information 19 |
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| 540 | 540 | | described in subparagraph (C), at a minimum, 20 |
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| 541 | 541 | | publicly available through a user-friendly con-21 |
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| 542 | 542 | | sumer information website and analytic tool 22 |
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| 543 | 543 | | that— 23 |
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| 544 | 544 | | ‘‘(i) provides appropriate mechanisms 24 |
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| 545 | 545 | | for users to customize and filter informa-25 |
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| 550 | 550 | | istics; 2 |
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| 551 | 551 | | ‘‘(ii) allows users to build summary 3 |
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| 552 | 552 | | aggregate reports of information, including 4 |
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| 553 | 553 | | reports that allow comparisons across mul-5 |
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| 554 | 554 | | tiple institutions and programs, subject to 6 |
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| 555 | 555 | | subparagraph (B); 7 |
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| 556 | 556 | | ‘‘(iii) uses appropriate statistical dis-8 |
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| 557 | 557 | | closure limitation techniques necessary to 9 |
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| 558 | 558 | | ensure that the data released to the public 10 |
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| 559 | 559 | | cannot be used to identify specific individ-11 |
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| 560 | 560 | | uals; and 12 |
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| 561 | 561 | | ‘‘(iv) provides users with appropriate 13 |
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| 562 | 562 | | contextual factors to make comparisons, 14 |
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| 563 | 563 | | which may include national median figures 15 |
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| 564 | 564 | | of the summary aggregate information de-16 |
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| 565 | 565 | | scribed in subparagraph (C). 17 |
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| 566 | 566 | | ‘‘(B) N |
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| 568 | 568 | | FORMATION AVAILABLE .—The summary aggre-19 |
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| 569 | 569 | | gate information described in this paragraph 20 |
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| 570 | 570 | | shall not include personally identifiable informa-21 |
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| 571 | 571 | | tion. 22 |
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| 572 | 572 | | ‘‘(C) S |
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| 573 | 573 | | UMMARY AGGREGATE INFORMATION 23 |
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| 574 | 574 | | AVAILABLE.—The summary aggregate informa-24 |
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| 575 | 575 | | tion described in this paragraph shall, at a min-25 |
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| 580 | 580 | | stitution of higher education: 2 |
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| 581 | 581 | | ‘‘(i) Measures of student access, in-3 |
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| 582 | 582 | | cluding— 4 |
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| 583 | 583 | | ‘‘(I) admissions selectivity and 5 |
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| 584 | 584 | | yield; and 6 |
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| 585 | 585 | | ‘‘(II) enrollment, disaggregated 7 |
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| 586 | 586 | | by each category described in para-8 |
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| 587 | 587 | | graph (2)(C)(ii). 9 |
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| 588 | 588 | | ‘‘(ii) Measures of student progression, 10 |
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| 589 | 589 | | including retention rates and persistence 11 |
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| 590 | 590 | | rates, disaggregated by each category de-12 |
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| 591 | 591 | | scribed in paragraph (2)(C)(ii). 13 |
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| 592 | 592 | | ‘‘(iii) Measures of student completion, 14 |
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| 593 | 593 | | including— 15 |
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| 594 | 594 | | ‘‘(I) transfer rates and comple-16 |
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| 595 | 595 | | tion rates, disaggregated by each cat-17 |
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| 596 | 596 | | egory described in paragraph 18 |
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| 597 | 597 | | (2)(C)(ii); and 19 |
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| 598 | 598 | | ‘‘(II) number of completions, 20 |
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| 599 | 599 | | disaggregated by each category de-21 |
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| 600 | 600 | | scribed in paragraph (2)(C)(ii). 22 |
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| 601 | 601 | | ‘‘(iv) Measures of student costs, in-23 |
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| 602 | 602 | | cluding— 24 |
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| 607 | 607 | | cost of attendance, and net price after 2 |
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| 608 | 608 | | total grant aid, disaggregated by in- 3 |
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| 609 | 609 | | State tuition or in-district tuition sta-4 |
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| 610 | 610 | | tus (if applicable), program of study 5 |
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| 611 | 611 | | (if applicable), and credential level; 6 |
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| 612 | 612 | | and 7 |
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| 613 | 613 | | ‘‘(II) typical grant amounts and 8 |
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| 614 | 614 | | loan amounts received by students re-9 |
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| 615 | 615 | | ported separately from Federal, State, 10 |
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| 616 | 616 | | local, and institutional sources, and 11 |
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| 617 | 617 | | cumulative debt, disaggregated by 12 |
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| 618 | 618 | | each category described in paragraph 13 |
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| 619 | 619 | | (2)(C)(ii) and completion status. 14 |
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| 620 | 620 | | ‘‘(v) Measures of postcollegiate stu-15 |
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| 621 | 621 | | dent outcomes, including employment 16 |
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| 622 | 622 | | rates, mean and median earnings, loan re-17 |
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| 623 | 623 | | payment and default rates, and further 18 |
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| 624 | 624 | | education rates. These measures shall— 19 |
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| 625 | 625 | | ‘‘(I) be disaggregated by each 20 |
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| 626 | 626 | | category described in paragraph 21 |
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| 627 | 627 | | (2)(C)(ii) and completion status; and 22 |
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| 628 | 628 | | ‘‘(II) be measured immediately 23 |
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| 629 | 629 | | after leaving postsecondary education 24 |
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| 634 | 634 | | the credential sought or earned. 2 |
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| 635 | 635 | | ‘‘(D) D |
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| 636 | 636 | | EVELOPMENT CRITERIA .—In devel-3 |
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| 637 | 637 | | oping the method and format of making the in-4 |
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| 638 | 638 | | formation described in this paragraph publicly 5 |
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| 639 | 639 | | available, the Commissioner shall— 6 |
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| 640 | 640 | | ‘‘(i) focus on the needs of the users of 7 |
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| 641 | 641 | | the information, which will include stu-8 |
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| 642 | 642 | | dents, families of students, potential stu-9 |
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| 643 | 643 | | dents, researchers, and other consumers of 10 |
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| 644 | 644 | | education data; 11 |
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| 645 | 645 | | ‘‘(ii) take into consideration, to the 12 |
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| 646 | 646 | | extent practicable, the guidelines described 13 |
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| 647 | 647 | | in paragraph (1)(C)(ii)(I), and relevant 14 |
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| 648 | 648 | | successor documents or recommendations 15 |
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| 649 | 649 | | of such guidelines; 16 |
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| 650 | 650 | | ‘‘(iii) use modern, relevant technology 17 |
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| 651 | 651 | | and enhance and update the postsecondary 18 |
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| 652 | 652 | | student data system with information, as 19 |
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| 653 | 653 | | necessary to carry out the purpose of this 20 |
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| 654 | 654 | | paragraph; 21 |
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| 655 | 655 | | ‘‘(iv) ensure data privacy and security 22 |
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| 656 | 656 | | in accordance with standards and guide-23 |
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| 657 | 657 | | lines developed by the National Institute of 24 |
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| 658 | 658 | | Standards and Technology, and in accord-25 |
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| 663 | 663 | | privacy or security, including complying 2 |
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| 664 | 664 | | with the requirements of subchapter II of 3 |
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| 665 | 665 | | chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code, 4 |
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| 666 | 666 | | specifying security categorization under the 5 |
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| 667 | 667 | | Federal Information Processing Standards, 6 |
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| 668 | 668 | | and security requirements, and setting of 7 |
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| 669 | 669 | | National Institute of Standards and Tech-8 |
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| 670 | 670 | | nology security baseline controls at the ap-9 |
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| 671 | 671 | | propriate level; and 10 |
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| 672 | 672 | | ‘‘(v) conduct consumer testing to de-11 |
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| 673 | 673 | | termine how to make the information as 12 |
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| 674 | 674 | | meaningful to users as possible. 13 |
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| 675 | 675 | | ‘‘(5) P |
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| 676 | 676 | | ERMISSIBLE DISCLOSURES OF DATA .— 14 |
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| 677 | 677 | | ‘‘(A) D |
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| 678 | 678 | | ATA REPORTS AND QUERIES .— 15 |
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| 679 | 679 | | ‘‘(i) I |
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| 680 | 680 | | N GENERAL.—Not later than 4 16 |
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| 681 | 681 | | years after the date of enactment of the 17 |
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| 682 | 682 | | College Transparency Act, the Commis-18 |
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| 683 | 683 | | sioner shall develop and implement a se-19 |
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| 684 | 684 | | cure and privacy-protected process for 20 |
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| 685 | 685 | | making student-level, non-personally iden-21 |
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| 686 | 686 | | tifiable information, with direct identifiers 22 |
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| 687 | 687 | | removed, from the postsecondary student 23 |
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| 688 | 688 | | data system available for vetted research 24 |
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| 689 | 689 | | and evaluation purposes approved by the 25 |
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| 693 | 693 | | Commissioner in a manner compatible with 1 |
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| 694 | 694 | | practices for disclosing National Center for 2 |
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| 695 | 695 | | Education Statistics restricted-use survey 3 |
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| 696 | 696 | | data as in effect on the day before the date 4 |
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| 697 | 697 | | of enactment of the College Transparency 5 |
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| 698 | 698 | | Act, or by applying other research and dis-6 |
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| 700 | 700 | | and security. Such process shall be ap-8 |
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| 701 | 701 | | proved by the National Center for Edu-9 |
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| 702 | 702 | | cation Statistics’ Disclosure Review Board 10 |
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| 703 | 703 | | (or successor body). 11 |
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| 704 | 704 | | ‘‘(ii) P |
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| 706 | 706 | | QUERIES TO INSTITUTIONS AND STATES .— 13 |
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| 709 | 709 | | sioner shall provide feedback reports, 15 |
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| 710 | 710 | | at least annually, to each institution 16 |
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| 711 | 711 | | of higher education, each postsec-17 |
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| 712 | 712 | | ondary education system that fully 18 |
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| 713 | 713 | | participates in the postsecondary stu-19 |
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| 714 | 714 | | dent data system, and each State 20 |
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| 715 | 715 | | higher education body as designated 21 |
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| 716 | 716 | | by the governor. 22 |
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| 717 | 717 | | ‘‘(II) F |
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| 718 | 718 | | EEDBACK REPORTS .—The 23 |
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| 719 | 719 | | feedback reports provided under this 24 |
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| 720 | 720 | | clause shall include program-level and 25 |
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| 725 | 725 | | postsecondary student data system re-2 |
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| 726 | 726 | | garding students who are associated 3 |
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| 727 | 727 | | with the institution or, for State rep-4 |
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| 728 | 728 | | resentatives, the institutions within 5 |
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| 729 | 729 | | that State, on or before the date of 6 |
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| 730 | 730 | | the report, on measures including stu-7 |
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| 731 | 731 | | dent mobility and workforce outcomes, 8 |
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| 732 | 732 | | provided that the feedback aggregate 9 |
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| 733 | 733 | | summary reports protect the privacy 10 |
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| 734 | 734 | | of individuals. 11 |
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| 736 | 736 | | ETERMINATION OF CON -12 |
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| 737 | 737 | | TENT.—The content of the feedback 13 |
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| 738 | 738 | | reports shall be determined by the 14 |
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| 739 | 739 | | Commissioner in consultation with the 15 |
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| 740 | 740 | | Advisory Committee. 16 |
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| 741 | 741 | | ‘‘(iii) P |
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| 742 | 742 | | ERMITTING STATE DATA QUE -17 |
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| 743 | 743 | | RIES.—The Commissioner shall, in con-18 |
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| 744 | 744 | | sultation with the Advisory Committee and 19 |
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| 745 | 745 | | as soon as practicable, create a process 20 |
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| 746 | 746 | | through which States may submit lists of 21 |
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| 747 | 747 | | secondary school graduates within the 22 |
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| 748 | 748 | | State to receive summary aggregate out-23 |
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| 749 | 749 | | comes for those students who enrolled at 24 |
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| 750 | 750 | | an institution of higher education, includ-25 |
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| 755 | 755 | | completion, provided that those data pro-2 |
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| 756 | 756 | | tect the privacy of individuals and that the 3 |
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| 757 | 757 | | State data submitted to the Commissioner 4 |
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| 758 | 758 | | are not stored in the postsecondary edu-5 |
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| 759 | 759 | | cation system. 6 |
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| 760 | 760 | | ‘‘(iv) R |
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| 761 | 761 | | EGULATIONS.—The Commis-7 |
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| 762 | 762 | | sioner shall promulgate regulations to en-8 |
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| 763 | 763 | | sure fair, secure and privacy-protected, and 9 |
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| 764 | 764 | | equitable access to data reports and que-10 |
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| 765 | 765 | | ries under this paragraph. 11 |
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| 766 | 766 | | ‘‘(B) D |
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| 767 | 767 | | ISCLOSURE LIMITATIONS .—In car-12 |
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| 768 | 768 | | rying out the public reporting and disclosure re-13 |
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| 769 | 769 | | quirements of this subsection, the Commis-14 |
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| 770 | 770 | | sioner shall use appropriate statistical disclo-15 |
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| 771 | 771 | | sure limitation techniques necessary to ensure 16 |
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| 772 | 772 | | that the data released to the public cannot in-17 |
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| 773 | 773 | | clude personally identifiable information or be 18 |
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| 774 | 774 | | used to identify specific individuals. 19 |
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| 775 | 775 | | ‘‘(C) S |
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| 776 | 776 | | ALE OF DATA PROHIBITED .—Data 20 |
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| 777 | 777 | | collected under this subsection, including the 21 |
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| 778 | 778 | | public-use data set and data comprising the 22 |
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| 779 | 779 | | summary aggregate information available under 23 |
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| 780 | 780 | | paragraph (4), shall not be sold to any third 24 |
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| 785 | 785 | | tution of higher education or any other entity. 2 |
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| 786 | 786 | | ‘‘(D) L |
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| 787 | 787 | | IMITATION ON USE BY OTHER FED -3 |
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| 788 | 788 | | ERAL AGENCIES.— 4 |
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| 789 | 789 | | ‘‘(i) I |
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| 790 | 790 | | N GENERAL.—The Commissioner 5 |
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| 791 | 791 | | shall not allow any other Federal agency to 6 |
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| 792 | 792 | | use data collected under this subsection for 7 |
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| 793 | 793 | | any purpose except— 8 |
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| 794 | 794 | | ‘‘(I) for vetted research and eval-9 |
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| 795 | 795 | | uation conducted by the other Federal 10 |
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| 796 | 796 | | agency, as described in subparagraph 11 |
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| 797 | 797 | | (A)(i); or 12 |
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| 798 | 798 | | ‘‘(II) for a purpose explicitly au-13 |
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| 799 | 799 | | thorized by this Act. 14 |
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| 800 | 800 | | ‘‘(ii) P |
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| 801 | 801 | | ROHIBITION ON LIMITATION OF 15 |
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| 802 | 802 | | SERVICES.—The Secretary, or the head of 16 |
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| 803 | 803 | | any other Federal agency, shall not use 17 |
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| 804 | 804 | | data collected under this subsection to 18 |
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| 805 | 805 | | limit services to students. 19 |
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| 806 | 806 | | ‘‘(E) L |
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| 807 | 807 | | AW ENFORCEMENT .—Personally 20 |
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| 808 | 808 | | identifiable information collected under this 21 |
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| 809 | 809 | | subsection shall not be used for any Federal, 22 |
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| 810 | 810 | | State, or local law enforcement activity or any 23 |
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| 811 | 811 | | other activity that would result in adverse ac-24 |
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| 812 | 812 | | tion against any student or a student’s family, 25 |
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| 817 | 817 | | of immigration laws. 2 |
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| 818 | 818 | | ‘‘(F) L |
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| 819 | 819 | | IMITATION OF USE FOR FEDERAL 3 |
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| 820 | 820 | | RANKINGS OR SUMMATIVE RATING SYSTEM .— 4 |
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| 821 | 821 | | The comprehensive data collection and analysis 5 |
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| 822 | 822 | | necessary for the postsecondary student data 6 |
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| 823 | 823 | | system under this subsection shall not be used 7 |
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| 824 | 824 | | by the Secretary or any Federal entity to estab-8 |
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| 825 | 825 | | lish any Federal ranking system of institutions 9 |
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| 826 | 826 | | of higher education or a system that results in 10 |
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| 827 | 827 | | a summative Federal rating of institutions of 11 |
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| 828 | 828 | | higher education. 12 |
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| 829 | 829 | | ‘‘(G) R |
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| 830 | 830 | | ULE OF CONSTRUCTION .—Nothing 13 |
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| 831 | 831 | | in this paragraph shall be construed to prevent 14 |
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| 832 | 832 | | the use of individual categories of aggregate in-15 |
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| 833 | 833 | | formation to be used for accountability pur-16 |
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| 834 | 834 | | poses. 17 |
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| 835 | 835 | | ‘‘(H) R |
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| 836 | 836 | | ULE OF CONSTRUCTION REGARDING 18 |
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| 837 | 837 | | COMMERCIAL USE OF DATA .—Nothing in this 19 |
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| 838 | 838 | | paragraph shall be construed to prohibit third- 20 |
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| 839 | 839 | | party entities from using publicly available in-21 |
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| 840 | 840 | | formation in this data system for commercial 22 |
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| 841 | 841 | | use. 23 |
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| 842 | 842 | | ‘‘(6) S |
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| 843 | 843 | | UBMISSION OF DATA.— 24 |
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| 848 | 848 | | tution of higher education participating in a 2 |
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| 849 | 849 | | program under title IV, or the assigned agent 3 |
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| 850 | 850 | | of such institution, shall, for each eligible pro-4 |
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| 851 | 851 | | gram, in accordance with section 487(a)(17), 5 |
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| 852 | 852 | | collect, and submit to the Commissioner, the 6 |
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| 853 | 853 | | data requested by the Commissioner to carry 7 |
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| 854 | 854 | | out this subsection. 8 |
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| 855 | 855 | | ‘‘(B) V |
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| 856 | 856 | | OLUNTARY SUBMISSION .—Any insti-9 |
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| 857 | 857 | | tution of higher education not participating in 10 |
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| 858 | 858 | | a program under title IV may voluntarily par-11 |
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| 859 | 859 | | ticipate in the postsecondary student data sys-12 |
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| 860 | 860 | | tem under this subsection by collecting and sub-13 |
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| 861 | 861 | | mitting data to the Commissioner, as the Com-14 |
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| 862 | 862 | | missioner may request to carry out this sub-15 |
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| 863 | 863 | | section. 16 |
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| 864 | 864 | | ‘‘(C) P |
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| 865 | 865 | | ERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFOR -17 |
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| 866 | 866 | | MATION.—In accordance with paragraph 18 |
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| 867 | 867 | | (2)(C)(i), if the submission of an element of 19 |
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| 868 | 868 | | student-level data is prohibited under para-20 |
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| 869 | 869 | | graph (2)(F) (or otherwise prohibited by law), 21 |
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| 870 | 870 | | the institution of higher education shall submit 22 |
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| 871 | 871 | | that data to the Commissioner in the aggregate. 23 |
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| 872 | 872 | | ‘‘(7) U |
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| 873 | 873 | | NLAWFUL WILLFUL DISCLOSURE .— 24 |
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| 877 | 877 | | ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—It shall be unlawful 1 |
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| 878 | 878 | | for any person who obtains or has access to 2 |
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| 879 | 879 | | personally identifiable information in connection 3 |
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| 880 | 880 | | with the postsecondary student data system de-4 |
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| 881 | 881 | | scribed in this subsection to willfully disclose to 5 |
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| 882 | 882 | | any person (except as authorized in this Act or 6 |
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| 883 | 883 | | by any Federal law) such personally identifiable 7 |
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| 884 | 884 | | information. 8 |
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| 885 | 885 | | ‘‘(B) P |
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| 886 | 886 | | ENALTY.—Any person who violates 9 |
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| 887 | 887 | | subparagraph (A) shall be subject to a penalty 10 |
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| 888 | 888 | | described under section 3572(f) of title 44, 11 |
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| 889 | 889 | | United States Code, and section 183(d)(6) of 12 |
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| 890 | 890 | | the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (20 13 |
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| 891 | 891 | | U.S.C. 9573(d)(6)). 14 |
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| 892 | 892 | | ‘‘(C) E |
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| 893 | 893 | | MPLOYEE OF OFFICER OF THE 15 |
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| 894 | 894 | | UNITED STATES.—If a violation of subpara-16 |
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| 895 | 895 | | graph (A) is committed by any officer or em-17 |
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| 896 | 896 | | ployee of the United States, the officer or em-18 |
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| 897 | 897 | | ployee shall be dismissed from office or dis-19 |
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| 898 | 898 | | charged from employment upon conviction for 20 |
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| 899 | 899 | | the violation. 21 |
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| 900 | 900 | | ‘‘(8) D |
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| 902 | 902 | | produce and update as needed guidance and regula-23 |
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| 903 | 903 | | tions relating to privacy, security, and access which 24 |
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| 904 | 904 | | shall govern the use and disclosure of data collected 25 |
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| 909 | 909 | | subsection. The guidance and regulations developed 2 |
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| 910 | 910 | | and reviewed shall protect data from unauthorized 3 |
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| 911 | 911 | | access, use, and disclosure, and shall include— 4 |
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| 912 | 912 | | ‘‘(A) an audit capability, including manda-5 |
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| 913 | 913 | | tory and regularly conducted audits; 6 |
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| 914 | 914 | | ‘‘(B) access controls; 7 |
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| 915 | 915 | | ‘‘(C) requirements to ensure sufficient data 8 |
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| 916 | 916 | | security, quality, validity, and reliability; 9 |
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| 917 | 917 | | ‘‘(D) confidentiality protection in accord-10 |
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| 918 | 918 | | ance with the applicable provisions of sub-11 |
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| 919 | 919 | | chapter III of chapter 35 of title 44, United 12 |
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| 920 | 920 | | States Code; 13 |
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| 921 | 921 | | ‘‘(E) appropriate and applicable privacy 14 |
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| 922 | 922 | | and security protection, including data retention 15 |
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| 923 | 923 | | and destruction protocols and data minimiza-16 |
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| 924 | 924 | | tion, in accordance with the most recent Fed-17 |
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| 925 | 925 | | eral standards developed by the National Insti-18 |
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| 926 | 926 | | tute of Standards and Technology; and 19 |
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| 927 | 927 | | ‘‘(F) protocols for managing a breach, in-20 |
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| 928 | 928 | | cluding breach notifications, in accordance with 21 |
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| 929 | 929 | | the standards of National Center for Education 22 |
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| 930 | 930 | | Statistics. 23 |
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| 931 | 931 | | ‘‘(9) D |
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| 932 | 932 | | ATA COLLECTION.—The Commissioner 24 |
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| 933 | 933 | | shall ensure that data collection, maintenance, and 25 |
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| 938 | 938 | | of title 5, United States Code. 2 |
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| 939 | 939 | | ‘‘(10) D |
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| 940 | 940 | | EFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 3 |
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| 941 | 941 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 942 | 942 | | NSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDU -4 |
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| 943 | 943 | | CATION.—The term ‘institution of higher edu-5 |
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| 944 | 944 | | cation’ has the meaning given the term in sec-6 |
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| 945 | 945 | | tion 102. 7 |
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| 946 | 946 | | ‘‘(B) M |
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| 947 | 947 | | INORITY-SERVING INSTITUTION.— 8 |
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| 948 | 948 | | The term ‘minority-serving institution’ means 9 |
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| 949 | 949 | | an institution of higher education listed in sec-10 |
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| 950 | 950 | | tion 371(a). 11 |
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| 951 | 951 | | ‘‘(C) P |
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| 952 | 952 | | ERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFOR -12 |
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| 953 | 953 | | MATION.—The term ‘personally identifiable in-13 |
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| 954 | 954 | | formation’ means personally identifiable infor-14 |
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| 955 | 955 | | mation within the meaning of section 444 of the 15 |
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| 956 | 956 | | General Education Provisions Act.’’. 16 |
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| 957 | 957 | | SEC. 3. REPEAL OF PROHIBITION ON STUDENT DATA SYS-17 |
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| 958 | 958 | | TEM. 18 |
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| 959 | 959 | | Section 134 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 19 |
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| 960 | 960 | | U.S.C. 1015c) is repealed. 20 |
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| 961 | 961 | | SEC. 4. INSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENTS. 21 |
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| 962 | 962 | | (a) I |
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| 963 | 963 | | NGENERAL.—Paragraph (17) of section 487(a) 22 |
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| 964 | 964 | | of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1094(a)) 23 |
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| 965 | 965 | | is amended to read as follows: 24 |
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| 970 | 970 | | the institution will collect and submit data to the 2 |
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| 971 | 971 | | Commissioner for Education Statistics in accordance 3 |
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| 972 | 972 | | with section 132(l), the nonstudent related surveys 4 |
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| 973 | 973 | | within the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data 5 |
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| 974 | 974 | | System (IPEDS), or any other Federal institution of 6 |
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| 975 | 975 | | higher education data collection effort (as designated 7 |
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| 976 | 976 | | by the Secretary), in a timely manner and to the 8 |
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| 977 | 977 | | satisfaction of the Secretary.’’. 9 |
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| 978 | 978 | | (b) E |
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| 979 | 979 | | FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendment made by 10 |
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| 980 | 980 | | subsection (a) shall take effect on the date that is 4 years 11 |
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| 981 | 981 | | after the date of enactment of this Act. 12 |
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| 982 | 982 | | SEC. 5. TRANSITION PROVISIONS. 13 |
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| 983 | 983 | | The Secretary of Education and the Commissioner 14 |
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| 984 | 984 | | for Education Statistics shall take such steps as are nec-15 |
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| 985 | 985 | | essary to ensure that the development and maintenance 16 |
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| 986 | 986 | | of the postsecondary student data system required under 17 |
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| 987 | 987 | | section 132(l) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as 18 |
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| 988 | 988 | | added by section 2 of this Act, occurs in a manner that 19 |
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| 989 | 989 | | reduces the reporting burden for entities that reported 20 |
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| 990 | 990 | | into the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System 21 |
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| 991 | 991 | | (IPEDS). 22 |
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