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119-s-4431119th CongressWALLET

Time for Completion Act

Sponsored By: Senator Barrasso, John [R-WY]

Introduced

Summary

Clear, time-based completion and graduation rates. The Time for Completion Act would require colleges to disclose, for each program length and student type, the share of students who finish within four time thresholds: normal time, 150% of normal time, 200% of normal time, and 300% of normal time.

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  • Students and families: Gives clearer, comparable completion data by student type and program length using the four time thresholds. That helps set realistic expectations about how long programs take.
  • Colleges: Requires institutions to report completion rates for four student categories and to include those rates in institutional and financial aid disclosures under Section 485(a).
  • Federal publication: Directs the Education Department to display these percentages consistently and with equal visibility so consumers can compare schools easily.

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Colleges must publish completion rates

If enacted, colleges would have to publish completion and graduation percentages by program and student type. For programs of four years or longer, colleges would report rates for first-time full-time, first-time part-time, non-first-time full-time, and non-first-time part-time students at normal time, 150% of normal time, and 200% of normal time. For programs under four years, those same student groups would get rates at normal time, 150%, 200%, and 300% of normal time. The Education Department would have to display each percentage consistently and with equal visibility, and colleges would add these rates to financial aid and institutional disclosures.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Barrasso, John [R-WY]

WY • R

Cosponsors

  • Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC]

    NC • R

    Sponsored 4/29/2026

  • Sen. Lummis, Cynthia M. [R-WY]

    WY • R

    Sponsored 4/29/2026

  • Sen. Curtis, John R. [R-UT]

    UT • R

    Sponsored 4/29/2026

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