Bills
HR 4806 — College Transparency Act
HR 4806 is a measure before Congress. This page is what Rallybase holds about it and the date each part of it was read.
This bill requires the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) to establish a secure and privacy-protected data system that contains information about postsecondary students. (Summary by the Congressional Research Service, version Introduced in House, 2025-07-29.)
The source's latest action on it, dated 2025-07-29, reads: "Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.".
- Identifier
- HR 4806
- Level
- Federal
- Jurisdiction
- the United States
- Session
- 119
- Chamber, from the bill number
- House of Representatives
- Where that identifier comes from
- Congress 119 — from the bill's congress.gov identifier.
- Latest action, as the source published it
- Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. (2025-07-29)
- Read on
Summary by the Congressional Research Service
College Transparency Act
This bill requires the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) to establish a secure and privacy-protected data system that contains information about postsecondary students.
Specifically, the data system must
evaluate student enrollment patterns, progression, completion, and postcollegiate outcomes, and higher education costs and financial aid;
provide complete and customizable information for students and families making decisions about postsecondary education;
reduce the requirements for reporting by institutions of higher education; and
periodically match with other federal systems of data.
The bill also establishes a postsecondary student data system advisory committee.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, version Introduced in House, 2025-07-29.
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