Sec. 4. Data collection and dissemination related to workforce pell
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Section 131 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1015 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: The Secretary shall coordinate with the Secretary of Labor to ensure access to data necessary to implement this subsection that is not otherwise available to the Secretary, including such data related to indicators of performance collected under section 116 of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. Except as provided under paragraph (3), the Secretary, in coordination with the National Center for Education Statistics, the Secretary of Labor, and each institution of higher education offering an eligible workforce program for which the Secretary awards Workforce Federal Pell Grants under section 401(k), shall, on an annual basis and using, to the greatest extent practicable, data otherwise available to the Secretary, collect, verify, and make publicly available on the College Scorecard, or any similar successor website, information with respect to such eligible workforce program, including, at a minimum, the following: the length of the program (as measured in clock hours, credit hours, or weeks); the number and demographics of students who enroll in the program during the most recent academic year for which data is available, disaggregated by— sex; race and ethnicity; classification as a student with a disability; income quintile, as defined by the Secretary; military or veteran benefit status; status as a first-time student or transfer student from another institution; status as a first generation college student; status as parent or guardian of 1 or more dependent children; status as a confined or incarcerated individual, as defined under section 484(t)(1)(A); and status as a recipient of a Workforce Federal Pell Grant; the number and demographics, disaggregated by the categories listed in subparagraph (B), of students who— complete the program within 150 percent of the normal time for completion of such program; and do not complete the program; the required tuition and fees of the program; the median earnings (as defined in section 481(b)(3)(F)) of students, disaggregated by the categories listed in subparagraph (B), who— complete the program, calculated based on earnings approximately 6 months after completing such program; and do not complete the program, calculated based on earnings approximately 6 months after ceasing enrollment in such program; and outcomes of the students who complete the program, disaggregated by the categories listed in subparagraph (B), with respect to— the median time for completion of such students; the employment rates of such students— 6 months after completion of such program; and 1 year after completion of such program; in the case of a program that prepares students for a professional licensure or certification examination, the percentage of such students who pass such examinations; the percentage of such students who enroll in a certificate or degree program at the institution of higher education offering the program within 1 year of completing such program; the percentage of such students who transfer to another institution of higher education within 1 year of completing such program; and the percentage of such students who complete a subsequent certificate or degree program at any institution of higher education within 6 years of completing such program.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection— if disclosure of any data under paragraph
(1)is prohibited from disclosure due to applicable privacy restrictions under State or Federal privacy laws or regulations, the Secretary may take such steps as the Secretary determines necessary to provide meaningful disaggregated student demographic or outcome information, including combining categories; an institution may submit, and the Secretary may publish, data required to be collected under paragraph
(2)that is obtained through a State Unemployment Insurance Agency or through other supplemental means, in lieu of any additional data collection, provided that such data are statistically rigorous, accurate, comparable, and representative; to the extent that another provision of this Act, or any regulation prescribed under this Act, requires the same reporting or collection of data that is required under paragraph (2), the Secretary may consider the reporting under such provision or regulation to satisfy the requirements of paragraph (2); and the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, may modify or waive the requirements to disaggregate data by the categories listed in paragraph (2)(B) for data described in subparagraphs
(E)and (F)(iii) of paragraph
(2)to align with the reporting requirements of section 116(d)(4) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, streamline reporting requirements, and minimize reporting burdens. .
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