Truth in Tuition Act of 2010 - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of higher education (IHEs) to provide each admitted student considering an undergraduate or graduate program: (1) a multi-year tuition and fee schedule; or (2) a single-year tuition and fee schedule, and a nonbinding, multi-year estimate of net costs after all financial aid is awarded.
Requires IHEs that choose the second option to include with each multi-year estimate the average deviation, in percentage terms, between previous year estimates and actual net costs for their students.
Directs the Secretary of Education to waive the application of these requirements to IHEs for which the requirements are not practicable due to events that cause them severe economic distress, a dramatic reduction in state or federal aid, or any other circumstance the Secretary deems valid.
[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4546 Introduced in House (IH)]
111th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4546
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require certain
institutions of higher education to commit to, and provide notice of,
tuition levels for students.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 27, 2010
Mr. Patrick J. Murphy of Pennsylvania (for himself and Mrs. Myrick)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Education and Labor
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A BILL
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require certain
institutions of higher education to commit to, and provide notice of,
tuition levels for students.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Truth in Tuition Act of 2010''.
SEC. 2. COMMITMENT TO AND NOTICE OF TUITION LEVELS.
(a) Amendment.--Section 487(a) of the Higher Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 1094(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following new
paragraph:
``(30)(A) The institution will provide to each admitted
student considering an undergraduate or graduate program--
``(i) a multi-year tuition and fee schedule; or
``(ii) a single-year tuition and fee schedule, and
nonbinding, multi-year estimate of net costs after all
financial aid is awarded, assuming constant family and
student income, assets, and relevant circumstances.
``(B) Multi-year schedules and estimates required by
subparagraph (A)--
``(i) may include a percentage or dollar increase
or decrease of any size the institution deems
appropriate from one year to the next; and
``(ii) shall indicate, on a year-by-year basis,
costs for the normal duration of the relevant student's
undergraduate or graduate program.
``(C) Institutions that elect a single-year tuition and fee
schedule under subparagraph (A)(ii) shall include with each
multi-year estimate the average deviation, in percentage terms,
between previous year estimates and actual net costs for
students at their institution.
``(D) The Secretary shall waive the requirements of
subparagraph (A), and of the commitment made thereunder, if the
institution demonstrates to the Secretary that the requirements
of subparagraph (A) are not practicable because of the
occurrence of one or more events causing the institution severe
economic distress, dramatic reduction of State or Federal aid,
or any other circumstance the Secretary deems valid.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall be
effective on the date that is 120 days after the date of enactment of
this Act.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
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