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US HR3901

Student Data Counts Act of 2019


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Introduced
07/23/2019
In Committee
07/23/2019
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
12/31/2020

Introduced Session

116th Congress

Bill Summary

To amend the Education Sciences and Reform Act of 2002 to include racial subgroups in IPEDS data, and for other purposes. This bill requires the National Center for Education Statistics to collect, analyze, cross-tabulate, and report on information from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) or a successor system that is disaggregated by race. Such IPEDS data must include those racial groups specified in the American Community Survey of the Bureau of the Census.

AI Summary

This bill, the Student Data Counts Act of 2019, amends the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 to require the National Center for Education Statistics to collect, analyze, and report on information from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) or a successor system, which must be disaggregated by the racial groups specified in the American Community Survey of the U.S. Census Bureau. This aims to provide more detailed racial data on higher education to improve understanding of educational outcomes and opportunities for different racial subgroups.

Committee Categories

Education

Sponsors (5)

Last Action

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor. (on 07/23/2019)

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