# 119-s-2511: College Transparency Act

119-s-2511, College Transparency Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] (R-LA); status in_committee; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-2511
- Congress: 119
- Title: College Transparency Act
- Status: in_committee
- Introduced: 2025-07-29
- Sponsor: Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA] (R-LA)
- Cosponsors: 26
- Policy area: Education
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-18

## Summary

**a centralized Postsecondary Student Data System** that would gather student-level and institutional data to track enrollment, persistence, completion, costs, financial aid, and postcollege outcomes and power a public consumer website. It would aim to improve transparency, reduce duplicative reporting by aligning federal collections, and enforce strict privacy protections.

## Cosponsors (26)

- Sen. Scott, Tim [R-SC] (R-SC), 2025-10-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] (D-MA), 2025-07-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI] (D-WI), 2025-07-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Britt, Katie Boyd [R-AL] (R-AL), 2025-07-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] (R-WV), 2025-07-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] (R-TX), 2025-07-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Cramer, Kevin [R-ND] (R-ND), 2025-07-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] (R-IA), 2025-07-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] (R-IA), 2025-07-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] (D-NH), 2025-07-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Hickenlooper, John W. [D-CO] (D-CO), 2025-07-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Hyde-Smith, Cindy [R-MS] (R-MS), 2025-07-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Kaine, Tim [D-VA] (D-VA), 2025-07-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Kelly, Mark [D-AZ] (D-AZ), 2025-07-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] (D-MN), 2025-07-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Marshall, Roger [R-KS] (R-KS), 2025-07-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] (D-CT), 2025-07-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] (D-MN), 2025-07-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC] (R-NC), 2025-07-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Tuberville, Tommy [R-AL] (R-AL), 2025-07-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] (D-MD), 2025-07-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Warnock, Raphael G. [D-GA] (D-GA), 2025-07-29T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Husted, Jon [R-OH] (R-OH), 2025-09-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN] (R-IN), 2025-12-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Luján, Ben Ray [D-NM] (D-NM), 2025-12-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] (D-NM), 2026-09-16T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Stronger student data privacy protections: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would ban many sensitive individual data elements from the student data system, such as health records, discipline files, K–12 records, exact home addresses, citizenship status, grades, test scores, political views, and religion. Where a student-level element is prohibited, ins…
- Public college outcomes website: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would require a public website with summary, aggregate data for each college and program. The site would appear within 5 years and show admissions, enrollment by groups, retention, transfers, and completion counts and rates. It would also show tuition, fees, total cost of atten…
- National college student data system: mixed, medium. If enacted, this bill would create a national postsecondary student data system run by the National Center for Education Statistics. The system would be in place within 5 years and Title IV institutions would need to submit required program- and student-level data starting 5 years after enactment.…

## Related bills

- 119-s-1071: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
- 119-sres-913: A resolution relating to the death of the Honorable Nancy Kassebaum, former United States Senator for the State of Kansas.
- 119-sres-897: A resolution honoring the life, service, and legacy of the Honorable Jon Llewellyn Kyl, former Senator for the State of Arizona.
- 119-sres-801: A resolution honoring the life and legacy of the Honorable Lindsey Olin Graham, a Senator from the State of South Carolina.
- 119-sres-755: A resolution honoring the life of the Honorable Donald W. Riegle, Jr., former Senator for the State of Michigan.
- 119-sres-739: A resolution honoring the life and legacy of John Seymour, the late Senator for the State of California.

## Sources
- [119-s-2511 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2511)

## Related
- [119-s-1071: National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1071)
- [119-sres-913: A resolution relating to the death of the Honorable Nancy Kassebaum, former Uni…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-sres-913)
- [119-sres-897: A resolution honoring the life, service, and legacy of the Honorable Jon Llewel…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-sres-897)
- [119-sres-801: A resolution honoring the life and legacy of the Honorable Lindsey Olin Graham,…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-sres-801)
- [119-sres-755: A resolution honoring the life of the Honorable Donald W. Riegle, Jr., former S…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-sres-755)
- [119-sres-739: A resolution honoring the life and legacy of John Seymour, the late Senator for…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-sres-739)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2511 (as of 2026-09-18).