Transparency in Education Act

Transparency in Education Act - Prohibits the Secretary of Education from issuing a final rule or implementing a proposed rule affecting the determination as to whether a postsecondary career education program provides training that leads to gainful employment in a recognized occupation, which is required if it is to participate in a program under title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA), until 90 days after:

• the Secretary publishes a complete data analysis on the impact of such proposed rule 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 HEA,
• that analysis is published in a format similar to the Gainful Employment 2012 Informational Rate Calculations published by the Department of Education, and
• the Comptroller General (GAO) issues a report that reviews such data analysis for accuracy and completeness.

[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4897 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4897

 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 employment.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 18, 2014

Mr. Salmon (for himself, Mr. Hastings of Florida, Mr. Roe of Tennessee, 
 Mrs. McCarthy of New York, Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania, Mr. Kelly of 
Pennsylvania, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Franks of Arizona, Mr. Tonko, Mr. McKeon, 
   Mrs. Kirkpatrick, Mr. Hunter, Ms. Sinema, Mr. Garcia, Ms. Loretta 
Sanchez of California, Mr. Sires, Mr. Murphy of Florida, Mr. Matheson, 
 Mr. Grayson, and Mr. Rokita) introduced the following bill; which was 
        referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 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 employment.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Transparency in Education Act''.

SEC. 2. DATA ANALYSIS REQUIREMENT FOR FINAL RULE ON GAINFUL EMPLOYMENT.

    (a) 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 25, 2014 (79 Fed. Reg. 16426 et seq.), or any 
other proposed rule that amends parts 600 or 668 of title 34, Code of 
Federal Regulations, with respect to gainful employment programs, until 
90 days after--
            (1) the Secretary of Education publishes a complete data 
        analysis--
                    (A) on the impact of such proposed rule (including 
                the debt-to-earnings and programmatic cohort default 
                rate measures) 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 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
                1070 et seq.), including the impact on--
                            (i) students who receive Federal Pell 
                        Grants under subpart 1 of part A of title IV of 
                        the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
                        1070a);
                            (ii) minority students;
                            (iii) students over age 24;
                            (iv) students who are veterans;
                            (v) independent students; and
                            (vi) dependent students; and
                    (B) in a format similar to the Gainful Employment 
                2012 Informational Rate Calculations published by the 
                Department of Education; and
            (2) the Comptroller General of the United States issues a 
        report that reviews such data analysis for data accuracy and 
        completeness.
    (b) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
            (1) Independent student.--The term ``independent student'' 
        has the meaning given the term in section 480(d) of the Higher 
        Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1087vv(d)).
            (2) Institution of higher education.--The term 
        ``institution of higher education'' has the meaning given the 
        term in section 102 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 
        U.S.C. 1002), except that the term does not include 
        institutions described in subparagraph (C) of section 
        102(a)(1).
            (3) Veteran.--The term ``veteran'' has the meaning given 
        the term in section 480(c) of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
        (20 U.S.C. 1087vv(c)).
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