,i  #aai? ,,congress  #a/ ,session  ,h4 
,r4 #ciid  ,,9 ,,! ,,h\se ,,(           
,,repres5tatives  ,june #ab1 #bjbe,ms4  
,ross 7= h]self1 ,mrs4 ,mc,bath1 & ,mr4 
,bacon7 introduc$ ! foll[+ bill2 :i* 0  
ref]r$ to ! ,committee on ,education &  
,work=ce  ,a ,,bill  ,to improve data   
collection relat$ to /ud5t p>5ts pursu+ 
high] education1 & = o!r purposes4  #a4 
,%ort title ,?is ,act may be cit$ z !   
,und]/&+ ,/ud5t ,p>5t ,outcomes ,act (  
#bjbe4  #b4 ,data on /ud5t p>5ts pursu+ 
high] education  7a7 ,,ip$s data elem5ts
 ,! ,commission] ( ,education ,/ati/ics 
%all c>ry out ! foll[+3  7#a7  7,a7 ,to 
ensure consi/5cy ( ! data collect$      
pursuant to p>agraph 7,b71 e/abli% a    
common def9ition ( ! t]m p>5t+ /ud5t t  
cov]s any /ud5t :o id5tifies z a p>5t or
 c>egiv] ( a dep5d5t *ild1 9            
consultation ) gr\ps t include-- 7i7    
/ud5ts :o are p>5ts or c>egiv]s (       
dep5d5t *ildr52  7ii7 exp]ts 9 data     
collection relat$ to su* /ud5ts2  7iii7 
support /aff at in/itutions ( high]     

education = su* /ud5ts2  7iv7 f9ancial  
aid adm9i/rators at in/itutions ( high] 
education2 &  7v7 rese>* /aff at        
in/itutions ( high] education4  7,b7    
7i7 ,n lat] ?an #b ye>s aft] ! date ( ! 
enactm5t ( ?is ,act1 develop data       
elem5ts relat$ to p>5t+ /ud5ts 7z su*   
t]m is def9$ pursuant to subp>agraph    
7,a77 att5d+ in/itutions ( high]        
education = ! surveys conduct$ z a "p ( 
! ,integrat$ ,po/second>y ,education    
,data ,sy/em 7,,ip$s7 or any o!r ,f$]al 
po/second>y in/itution data collection  
ef=t1 to collect data relat$ to su*     
p>5t+ /ud5ts t %all be disaggregat$ 9   
accordance ) clause 7ii71 & :i* includes
 data elem5ts on-- 7,i7 ! numb] ( p>5t+ 
/ud5ts2  7,,ii7 ! enrollm5t1 ret5tion1 &
 completion rates ( p>5t+ /ud5ts2       
7,,iii7 ! av]age individual net price   
*>g$ to p>5t+ /ud5ts by in/itutions (   
high] education 7z det]m9$ bas$ on !    
calculation ( ! individual net price (  
an in/itution ( high] education = a     
/ud5t "u section #acb7;h77#b7 ( ! ,high]

 ,education ,act ( #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 
#ajae;a7h77#b7772  7,,iv7 ! m>ital /atus
 ( su* /ud5ts 7report$ 9 aggregate by   
m>ital /atus categories72  7,v7 ! numb] 
( su* /ud5ts :o are employ$ = all or "p 
( ! academic ye> :ile enroll$2  7,,vi7 !
 m$ian income ( su* /ud5ts1 & ! numb] ( 
su* /ud5ts 9 ea* income category        
7det]m9$ 9 accordance ) section         
#acb7;i77#f7 ( ! ,high] ,education ,act 
( #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajae;a7i77#f7772
  7,,vii7 ! numb] ( su* /ud5ts :o are   
enroll$ 9 an associate1 baccalaureate1  
or graduate degree program1 or a        
c]tificate program2  7,,viii7 ! numb] ( 
su* /ud5ts :o are enroll$ full-"t1      
"p-"t1 or less ?an "p-"t2  7,,ix7 !     
numb] ( su* /ud5ts :o are ,f$]al ,pell  
grant recipi5ts2  7,x7 ! numb] ( su*    
/ud5ts :o use campus-bas$ *ildc>e       
s]vices2  7,,xi7 ! numb] & age ( dep5d5t
 *ildr5 ( su* /ud5ts2  7,,xii7 !        
disability /atus ( dep5d5t *ildr5 ( su* 
/ud5ts2 &  7,,xiii7 ! transf] /atus (   
su* /ud5ts 7)\t reg>d to :e!r su* /ud5ts

 7 admitt$ z a transf] /ud5t or n74     
7ii7 ,any data collect$ us+ ! data      
elem5ts develop$ pursuant to clause 7i7 
%all be disaggregat$--  7,i7 by /ud5ts  
:o id5tify z a p>5t ( a dep5d5t *ild2 & 
7,,ii7 by /ud5ts :o id5tify z a c>egiv] 
( a dep5d5t *ild4  7#b7 ,n lat] ?an #b  
ye>s aft] ! date ( enactm5t ( ?is ,act1 
include ! exp]ts describ$ 9 p>agraph    
7#a77;,a77ii7 9 ! te*nical & sci5tific  
pe]-review gr\ps & sci5tific program    
advisory committees au?oriz$ "u section 
#aad7;g7 ( ! ,education ,sci5ces ,re=m  
,act ( #bjjb 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #iead7;g77  
to advise1 on a cont9u\s basis1 !       
,commission] on be/ practices relat$ to 
data collection on p>5t+ /ud5ts 7z su*  
t]m is def9$ pursuant to p>agraph       
7#a77;,a774  7#c7 ,beg9n+ ) academic ye>
 #bjbf-bjbg & annually !reaft]--  7,a7  
collect in=mation on ! data elem5ts     
describ$ 9 p>agraph 7#a77;,b7 ) respect 
to1 at a m9imum1 ! in/itutions ( high]  
education requir$ to complete1 pursuant 
to section #dhg7;a77#ag7 ( ! ,high]     

,education ,act ( #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4  
#ajid7;a77#ag771 ! surveys describ$ 9   
p>agraph 7#a77;,b72 &  7,b7 disaggregate
 ! in=mation collect$--  7i7 by race &  
e?nicity2 &  7ii7 by g5d]4  7b7         
,te*nical assi/ance ,! ,secret>y (      
,education1 9 consultation ) !          
,commission] ( ,education ,/ati/ics1    
%all provide te*nical assi/ance to      
,/ates & in/itutions ( high] education  
relat$ to develop+ & c>ry+ out ,/ate &  
in/itutional data collection me*anisms =
 data on ! p>5tal /atus ( /ud5ts        
collect$ 9 accordance ) subsection 7a71 
includ+-- 7#a7 h[ to lev]age exi/+      
sy/ems1 surveys1 & o!r data collection  
me*anisms to collect & report su* data1 
& examples & be/ practices relat$ to    
data collection & privacy2  7#b7        
integration & report+ ( su* data ) ,/ate
 in=mation sy/ems1 includ+ /atewide     
longitud9al data sy/ems2  7#c7 h[ to    
acc\nt = data elem5ts t *ange ov] "t2 & 
7#d7 recomm5dations ( be/ practices to  
in/itutions ( high] education relat$ to 

communicat+ ) /ud5ts ab\t data use &    
privacy1 includ+ h[ data w be us$ to    
help /ud5ts :o are p>5ts or c>egiv]s (  
dep5d5t *ildr54  #c4 ,/udy on improv+   
/ud5t p>5t outcomes  7a7 ,/udy ,!       
,secret>y ( ,education %all conduct a   
/udy ( a demographically &              
geographically repres5tative sample (   
in/itutions ( high] education 7z det]m9$
 by ! ,secret>y7 on be/ practices (     
in/itutions ( high] education t improve 
outcomes = /ud5ts att5d+ in/itutions (  
high] education :o are p>5ts or c>egiv]s
 ( dep5d5t *ildr54 ,su* /udy %all       
include qualitative & quantitative      
rese>* on--  7#a7 ! enrollm5t1 p]si/5ce1
 & ret5tion ( /ud5ts att5d+ in/itutions 
( high] education :o are p>5ts or       
c>egiv]s ( dep5d5t *ildr51 disaggregat$ 
by race1 e?nicity1 g5d]1 income1 & !    
type ( program 9 :i* su* /ud5ts are     
enroll$ 7su* z an associate1            
baccalaureate1 or graduate degree       
program1 or a c]tificate program72  7#b7
 ! effects ( ! availability (           

campus-bas$ *ildc>e s]vices on su*      
outcomes ( /ud5ts :o are p>5ts or       
c>egiv]s ( dep5d5t *ildr51 includ+ a    
comp>ison ( /ud5ts ^: *ildr5 are s]v$ by
 ! campus-bas$ *ildc>e s]vices ) /ud5ts 
^: *ildr5 are n s]v$ by campus-bas$     
*ildc>e s]vices2  7#c7 enrollm5t tr5ds (
 /ud5ts :o are p>5ts or c>egiv]s (      
dep5d5t *ildr5 to att5d c]ta9           
in/itutions or types ( in/itutions1 &   
:e!r su* tr5ds & pref]5ces are bas$ on !
 availability ( in/itutional support    
s]vices = su* /ud5ts1 su* z campus-bas$ 
*ildc>e1 /ud5t p>5t c5t]s1 & grants "u !
 ,*ild ,c>e ,access ,means ,p>5ts 9     
,s*ool ,program "u subp>t #g ( "p ,a (  
title ,,iv ( ! ,high] ,education ,act ( 
#aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajgj;e72  7#d7 !  
p]c5tage ( *ildr5 s]v$ by campus-bas$   
*ildc>e s]vices :o are ! *ildr5 (       
/ud5ts1 comp>$ to ! p]c5tage ( su*      
*ildr5 :o are *ildr5 ( faculty1 /aff1 & 
o!r community memb]s1 disaggregat$ by-- 
7,a7 race1 e?nicity1 g5d]1 employm5t or 
/ud5t /atus 7includ+ faculty1 /aff1     

community memb]1 & /ud5t /atus71 &      
family income ( ! p>5t ( su* *ildr52 &  
7,b7 only ) respect to /ud5ts :o are    
p>5ts ( su* *ildr51 ! type ( program 9  
:i* ! /ud5t is enroll$ 7su* z an        
associate1 baccalaureate1 or graduate   
degree program1 or a c]tificate         
program72 &  7#e7 ! /rategies us$ by    
in/itutions ( high] education =         
integration ( on-campus s]vices = /ud5ts
 :o are p>5ts or c>egiv]s ( dep5d5t     
*ildr5 ) o!r ,/ate & in/itution-provid$ 
s]vices1 su* z ! supplem5tal nutrition  
assi/ance program e/abli%$ "u ! ,food & 
,nutrition ,act ( #bjjh 7#g ,u4,s4,c4   
#bjaa et seq471 ! program ( block grants
 = ,/ates = tempor>y assi/ance = ne$y   
families e/abli%$ "u "p ,a ( title ,,iv 
( ! ,social ,security ,act 7#db         
,u4,s4,c4 #fja et seq471 ! special      
supplem5tal nutrition program = wom51   
infants1 & *ildr5 "u ! ,*ild ,nutrition 
,act ( #aiff 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #aghf71     
work=ce programs includ+ adult education
 & lit]acy activities 7z def9$ 9 section

 #bjc ( ! ,work=ce ,innovation &        
,opportunity ,act 7#bi ,u4,s4,c4        
#cbgb771 & ,head ,/>t & ,e>ly ,head ,/>t
 programs c>ri$ out "u ! ,head ,/>t ,act
 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #ihca et seq474  7b7    
,report & dissem9ation ( f9d+s ,n lat]  
?an #b ye>s aft] ! date ( ! enactm5t (  
?is ,act1 ! ,secret>y ( ,education %all 
report ! f9d+s ( ! /udy conduct$ "u     
subsection 7a7 to ,congress1 & make su* 
f9d+s publicly available4 ,su* f9d+s    
%all include in=mation on ! be/         
practices id5tifi$ by ! ,secret>y to be 
mo/ effective at improv+ outcomes =     
/ud5ts att5d+ in/itutions ( high]       
education :o are p>5ts or c>egiv]s (    
dep5d5t *ildr54  #d4 ,def9itions ,9 ?is 
,act3  7#a7 ,in/itution ( high]         
education ,! t]m in/itution ( high]     
education has ! mean+ giv5 ! t]m section
 #ajb ( ! ,high] ,education ,act ( #aife
 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajjb74  7#b7 ,/ate ,!  
t]m ,/ate has ! mean+ giv5 ! t]m 9      
section #ajc ( ! ,high] ,education ,act 
( #aife 7#bj ,u4,s4,c4 #ajjc74