,,ii  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #bhfc  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,september #ah1
 #bjad,mr4 ,flake 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,mc,cain1 ,mr4 ,hatch1 ,mr4 ,isakson1   
and ,mr4 ,scott7 introduced the         
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,health1 
,education1 ,labor1 and ,pensions  ,a   
,,bill  ,to require the ,secretary of   
,education to complete a data analysis  
on the impact of the proposed rule on   
gainful employment prior to issuing a   
final rule on gainful employment4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,transparency in ,education ,act4   
#b4 ,data analysis requirement for final
 rule on gainful employment  7a7 ,in    
general ,the ,secretary of ,education   
shall not issue a final rule or         
otherwise implement the proposed rule   
published by the ,department of         
,education in the notice of proposed    
rulemaking in the ,federal ,register on 
,march #be1 #bjad 7#gi ,fed4 ,reg4      

#afdbf et seq471 or any other proposed  
rule that amends parts #fjj or #ffh of  
title #cd1 ,code of ,federal            
,regulations1 with respect to gainful   
employment programs1 until #ij days     
after-- 7#a7 the ,secretary of          
,education publishes a complete data    
analysis-- 7,a7 on the impact of such   
proposed rule 7including the            
debt-to-earnings and programmatic cohort
 default rate measures7 on all          
postsecondary education programs and    
students at all categories of           
institutions of higher education that   
participate in a program under title    
,,iv of the ,higher ,education ,act of  
#aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajgj et seq471    
including the impact on-- 7i7 students  
who receive ,federal ,pell ,grants under
 section #dja of the ,higher ,education 
,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajgj;a72  
7ii7 minority students2  7iii7 students 
over age #bd2  7iv7 students who are    
veterans2  7v7 independent students2 and
  7vi7 dependent students2 and  7,b7 in 

a format similar to the ,gainful        
,employment #bjab ,informational ,rate  
,calculations published by the          
,department of ,education2 and  7#b7 the
 ,comptroller ,general of the ,united   
,states issues a report that reviews    
such data analysis for data accuracy and
 completeness4  7b7 ,definitions ,for   
purposes of this section3 7#a7          
,independent student ,the term          
independent student has the meaning     
given the term in section #dhj7;d7 of   
the ,higher ,education ,act of #aife    
7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajhgvv7d774  7#b7       
,institution of higher education ,the   
term institution of higher education has
 the meaning given the term in section  
#ajb of the ,higher ,education ,act of  
#aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajjb71 except that
 the term does not include institutions 
described in subparagraph 7,c7 of such  
section #ajb7;a77#a74  7#c7 ,veteran    
,the term veteran has the meaning given 
the term in section #dhj7;c7 of the     
,higher ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj   

,u4,s4,c4 #ajhgvv7c774