,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #aaie  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #e1       
#bjae,mr4 ,wyden 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,rubio1 and ,mr4 ,warner7 introduced the
 following bill2 which was read twice   
and referred to the ,committee on       
,health1 ,education1 ,labor1 and        
,pensions  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend the     
,higher ,education ,act of #aife to     
update reporting requirements for       
institutions of higher education and    
provide for more accurate and complete  
data on student retention1 graduation1  
and earnings outcomes at all levels of  
postsecondary enrollment4  #a4 ,short   
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,student ,right to ,know ,before ,you   
,go ,act of #bjae4  #b4 ,amendment to   
program participation agreements        
,section #dhg7;a77#ag7 of the ,higher   
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#ajid7;a77#ag77 is amended by inserting 
and including the requirements of       
section #dic;,e after as designated by  

the ,secretary4  #c4 ,institutional and 
financial assistance information for    
students ,section #dhe of the ,higher   
,education ,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#ajib7 is amended by adding at the end  
the following3  7n7 ,alignment with     
institutional reporting requirements    
related to ,,ipeds  7#a7 ,in general    
,not later than #f months after the date
 of enactment of the ,student ,right to 
,know ,before ,you ,go ,act of #bjae1   
the ,secretary shall issue guidance     
outlining which data metrics required to
 be submitted by institutions of higher 
education under section #dic;,e are     
duplicative of institutional reporting  
requirements under this section and     
other provisions of this ,act4  7#b7    
,link to institutional reporting website
 ,not later than #e years after the date
 of enactment of the ,student ,right to 
,know ,before ,you ,go ,act of #bjae1 an
 institution of higher education        
participating in any program under this 
title shall--  7,a7 not be required to  

make available such duplicative         
requirements1 as determined under       
paragraph 7#a71 under this section and  
other provisions of this ,act2 and  7,b7
 provide a prominently displayed link on
 the institution's website to the       
website described in section            
#dic;,e7e77#b74  4  #d4 ,institutional  
reporting requirements  7a7 ,amendment  
to database of student information      
prohibited ,section #acd7;b7 of the     
,higher ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj   
,u4,s4,c4 #ajae;c7b77 is amended--  7#a7
 in paragraph 7#a71 by striking and     
after the semicolon2  7#b7 in paragraph 
7#b71 by striking the period at the end 
and inserting 2 and2 and  7#c7 by adding
 at the end the following3  7#c7 is     
necessary to carry out section #dic;,e4 
4  7b7 ,reporting requirements ,part ,g 
of title ,,iv of the ,higher ,education 
,act of #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajhh et   
seq47 is amended by adding at the end   
the following3  #dic;,e4 ,institutional 
reporting requirements  7a7 ,in general 

7#a7 ,submission of data ,each          
institution of higher education         
participating in a program under this   
title shall submit to the ,secretary    
data sufficient1 as determined by the   
,secretary1 to complete all student     
components of reporting required for the
 ,integrated ,postsecondary ,education  
,data ,system 7referred to in this      
section as ,,ipeds74  7#b7 ,guidance    
,not later than #a year after the date  
of enactment of the ,student ,right to  
,know ,before ,you ,go ,act of #bjae1   
the ,secretary shall submit to          
institutions of higher education        
guidance related to the submission of   
data under this subsection4  7#c7       
,review ,the ,secretary shall review1   
every #e years1 the determination of the
 categories of data that shall be       
submitted pursuant to paragraph 7#a74   
7b7 ,establishment of additional student
 classifications  7#a7 ,in general ,not 
later than #a year after the date of    
enactment of the ,student ,right to     

,know ,before ,you ,go ,act of #bjae1   
the ,secretary shall--  7,a7 establish  
common definitions for institutions to  
follow in submitting the data required  
under this section2 and  7,b7 determine 
collection and submission requirements4 
7#b7 ,student-level components of       
,,ipeds ,the ,secretary shall require   
institutions of higher education        
participating in a program under this   
title to submit student-level components
 of ,,ipeds to enable coding and        
reporting on--  7,a7 students who       
participate in remedial education at1 or
 through1 the institution2  7,b7        
whether1 and at what level1 the student 
is seeking a degree2 and  7,c7 whether  
the student is seeking a certificate4   
7c7 ,establishment of new outcome       
metrics  7#a7 ,in general ,data         
submitted to the ,secretary under       
subsections 7a7 and 7b7 shall be used to
 calculate all student-level components 
of ,,ipeds4  7#b7 ,additional measures  
to be calculated ,in addition to the    

student-level component outcome measures
 required to be calculated by the       
,secretary on the day before the date of
 enactment of the ,student ,right to    
,know ,before ,you ,go ,act of #bjae1   
the ,secretary shall1 beginning not     
later than #b years after the date of   
enactment of the ,student ,right to     
,know ,before ,you ,go ,act of #bjae1   
also calculate1 at the institutional and
 program-specific levels1 the following3
  7,a7 ,the percentage of students who  
receive--  7i7 ,federal grants2  7ii7   
,federal loans2  7iii7 ,state grants2   
7iv7 ,state loans2  7v7 institutional   
grants2 or  7vi7 institutional loans4   
7,b7 ,the average amount of total       
,federal loan debt upon student         
graduation assumed by students while    
enrolled at the institution4  7,c7 ,the 
average amount of total ,federal loan   
debt of students who do not complete a  
program of study #b years after the     
students' last known enrollment in any  
institution of higher education4  7,d7  

,student transfer rates by sector of    
transfer1 which shall be defined as the 
percentage of students who leave an     
institution and successfully enroll in  
and complete a program of study at      
another institution1 including whether  
the receiving institution is a public   
#d-year institution1 public #b-year     
institution1 public less-than-#b-year   
institution1 private nonprofit #d-year  
institution1 private nonprofit #b-year  
institution1 private nonprofit          
less-than-#b-year institution1 private  
for-profit #d-year institution1 private 
for-profit #b-year institution1 or      
private for-profit less-than-#b-year    
institution4  7,e7 ,rates of            
continuation to higher levels of        
education4  7,f7 ,the percentage of     
students who receive the degree level   
they initially sought4  7,g7 ,the       
outcome measures described in           
subparagraphs 7,a7 through 7,f71 in     
addition to all student-level components
 of ,,ipeds required to be reported on  

the day before the date of enactment of 
the ,student ,right to ,know ,before    
,you ,go ,act of #bjae1 disaggregated on
 the basis of the following student     
types3  7i7 ,students who received a    
,federal ,pell ,grant4  7ii7 ,students  
who received a loan under part ,b or    
part ,d1 but not a ,federal ,pell       
,grant4  7iii7 ,students who received   
neither a ,federal ,pell ,grant1 nor a  
loan under part ,b or part ,d4  7iv7    
,students who are identified as veterans
 or members of the ,armed ,forces who   
received assistance under the           
,post-#i_/aa ,veterans ,educational     
,assistance ,program under chapter #cc  
of title #ch1 ,united ,states ,code1 or 
tuition assistance under the laws       
administered by the ,secretary of       
,defense4 ,the ,secretary of ,veterans  
,affairs and ,secretary of the          
,department of ,defense shall coordinate
 with the ,secretary to make available  
data sufficient to enable such reporting
 under this clause4  7v7 ,enrollment    

status1 including the following3  7,i7  
,first-time1 full-time students4  7,,ii7
 ,first-time1 part-time students4       
7,,iii7 ,non-first-time1 full-time      
students4  7,,iv7 ,non-first-time1      
part-time students4  7vi7 ,enrollment   
intensity while enrolled at the         
institution1 including the following3   
7,i7 ,full-time only4  7,,ii7 ,part-time
 only4  7,,iii7 ,mixed enrollment1 both 
full- and part-time4  7,h7 ,earning     
metrics1 generated through a system     
established by the ,secretary in        
cooperation with the ,commissioner of   
,social ,security and using the student 
components of ,,ipeds1 that shall       
include--  7i7 median annual earnings   
and employment metrics1 disaggregated   
by-- 7,i7 educational program based on  
,,cip code2  7,,ii7 credential received2
  7,,iii7 educational institution2 and  
7,,iv7 ,state of employment2 and  7ii7  
the disaggregated median annual earnings
 for each of the categories described in
 subclauses 7,i7 through 7,,iv7 of      

clause 7i71 further disaggregated for   
each of the following time periods3     
7,i7 #b years after educational program 
completion4  7,,ii7 #f years after      
educational program completion4  7,,iii7
 #ae years after educational program    
completion4  7,i7 ,other information    
determined necessary by the ,secretary4 
7#c7 ,consultation ,in carrying out this
 section1 the ,secretary shall consult  
extensively with ,state offices with    
existing1 as of the date of the         
consultation1 student-level data        
collections from public and private     
institutions1 particularly in the       
formulation of the calculation and      
reporting standards outlined in this    
subsection and subsections 7a7 and 7b71 
and the public access to data under     
subsection 7e77#b74  7#d7 ,guidelines   
,the ,secretary shall issue guidelines  
to institutions of higher education     
regarding the amendments needed to the  
annual privacy notices required under   
section #ddd7;c77#c7 of the ,general    

,education ,provisions ,act 7commonly   
referred to as the ,family ,educational 
,rights and ,privacy ,act of #aigd7 of  
the institutions in order to reference  
the data collection required under this 
section4  7d7 ,unauthorized uses  7#a7  
,in ,general ,any personally            
identifiable information collected for  
the data system under this section shall
 not be used for any use that is not    
either specifically authorized by this  
section or permitted as a disclosure    
under this section4  7#b7 ,no ,federal  
action ,no action of ,federal authority 
may be taken against an individual based
 on data collected for the data system  
developed under this section4 ,no       
,federal agency1 officer1 or employee   
and no recipient of a ,federal grant1   
contract1 or cooperative agreement may1 
for any reason1 require the ,secretary  
or any employee of the ,secretary to    
disclose personally identifiable        
information that has been collected or  
retained under this section4  7#c7      

,immunity ,personally identifiable      
information collected or retained under 
this section shall be immune from legal 
process and shall not1 without the      
consent of the individual concerned1 be 
admitted as evidence or used for any    
purpose in any action1 suit1 or other   
judicial or administrative proceeding4  
7#d7 ,no institution action ,an         
institution of higher education may not 
use the data system developed under this
 section1 or data accessed through such 
system1 to take any action against an   
individual4  7#e7 ,application ,this    
subsection shall not apply to requests  
for personally identifiable information 
submitted by or on behalf of the        
individual identified in the            
information4 ,any such individual has   
the right to request and receive from   
the ,secretary the data containing      
personally identifiable information     
collected on the individual's behalf1   
upon demonstrating the individual's     
identity to the satisfaction of the     

,secretary4  7e7 ,permissible           
disclosures  7#a7 ,disclosure limitation
 ,in carrying out the public reporting  
and disclosure requirements of this     
,act1 the ,secretary shall use          
appropriate statistical disclosure      
limitation techniques necessary such    
that the data released to the public    
cannot include personally identifiable  
information or be used to identify      
specific individuals4  7#b7 ,public     
availability  7,a7 ,in general ,the     
,secretary shall post the aggregate data
 collected under this section on a      
website of the ,department in a timely  
and user-friendly manner4  7,b7         
,additional research availability ,the  
,secretary may make available the       
non-personally identifiable data set    
used to prepare the data for the website
 in accordance with subparagraph 7,a7 to
 researchers performing studies or      
evaluations approved by the ,secretary  
or the ,director of the ,institute of   
,education ,sciences4  7,c7 ,enabling   

administrative improvement by           
institutions of higher education ,the   
,secretary shall create a process       
through which institutions of higher    
education participating in programs     
under this title and ,states may request
 and receive from the ,department       
aggregate student outcome data for the  
purposes of institutional improvement   
and program evaluation4 ,the ,secretary 
shall promulgate regulations to ensure  
fair and equitable access to such data4 
7#c7 ,no sale of data ,the ,secretary   
shall not sell any data collected under 
this section1 including the public use  
data set available under paragraph      
7#b77;,b71 to any third party4  7f7     
,ensuring comparability of data metric  
,for a period of #e years following the 
date of enactment of the ,student ,right
 to ,know ,before ,you ,go ,act of      
#bjae1 the ,secretary shall be          
responsible for publishing all          
student-level components of ,,ipeds as  
such components would have been produced

 on the day before the date of enactment
 of the ,student ,right to ,know ,before
 ,you ,go ,act of #bjae4  7g7 ,felony   
for willful disclosure  7#a7 ,in general
 ,it shall be unlawful for any person   
who obtains or has access to personally 
identifiable information in connection  
with the data system described in this  
section to willfully disclose such      
personally identifiable information1 in 
any manner1 to any person that is not   
entitled to receive the information4    
7#b7 ,penalty ,any person who violates  
paragraph 7#a7 shall be found guilty of 
a felony and imprisoned for not more    
than #e years1 or fined as specified in 
section #cega of title #ah1 ,united     
,states ,code1 or both4  7h7 ,protection
 of data ,the ,secretary shall          
promulgate and periodically review      
guidance and regulations relating to    
security1 which shall govern the access1
 use1 and disclosure of data collected  
in connection with the activities       
authorized in this ,act4 ,the           

regulations developed and reviewed shall
 be consistent with the need to protect 
data from unauthorized access1 use1 and 
disclosure1 and shall include--  7#a7 an
 audit capability2  7#b7 access         
controls2 and  7#c7 requirements to     
ensure sufficient data security1        
quality1 validity1 and reliability4  7i7
 ,definition of personally identifiable 
information ,in this section1 the term  
personally identifiable information     
includes--  7#a7 a student's name2  7#b7
 the name of a student's parent or other
 family members2  7#c7 the address of a 
student or student's family2  7#d7 a    
personal identifier1 such as a student's
 social security number1 student number1
 or biometric record2  7#e7 other       
indirect identifiers1 such as a         
student's date of birth1 place of birth1
 and mother's maiden name2  7#f7 other  
information that1 alone or in           
combination1 is linked or linkable to a 
specific student that would allow a     
reasonable person in the school         

community1 who does not have personal   
knowledge of the relevant circumstances1
 to identify the student with reasonable
 certainty2 or  7#g7 information        
requested by a person who the           
educational agency or institution       
reasonably believes knows the identity  
of the student to whom the education    
record relates4  7j7 ,authorization of  
appropriations ,there are authorized to 
be appropriated to carry out this       
section such sums as may be necessary   
for each of fiscal years #bjaf through  
#bjbd4  4