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This bill would require some colleges and universities to give admitted students clearer information about how much tuition and fees are likely to cost over time. Schools would have to provide either a full multi-year tuition and fee schedule or a one-year schedule along with a nonbinding estimate of what the student’s total net cost may be over several years after financial aid is applied. The goal is to help students and families better understand the likely cost of earning a degree before they enroll, instead of being surprised by later price changes.
- Schools could choose between two ways of giving the notice: a multi-year tuition and fee schedule, or a single-year schedule plus a multi-year estimate of net costs after financial aid.
- The multi-year information would need to show costs for each year of the student’s normal program length for undergraduate or graduate study.
- If a school uses the single-year option, it must also tell students how accurate its past cost estimates were by showing the average difference between earlier estimates and the actual net costs students paid.
- The Education Secretary could waive these requirements if a school is in severe financial trouble, has faced a major drop in state or federal aid, or faces another situation the Secretary decides makes compliance impractical.
Official Summaries
Truth in Tuition Act of 2025
This bill requires institutions of higher education (IHEs) that participate in federal student aid programs to provide admitted students with information related to tuition and fees. Specifically, the bill requires an IHE to provide to a student (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 financial aid is awarded. The Department of Education may waive this requirement under certain circumstances.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 1090 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1090
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require certain
institutions of higher education to provide notice of tuition levels
for students.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 6, 2025
Ms. Perez (for herself, Mr. Peters, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Fitzpatrick, Ms.
Norton, and Ms. Schakowsky) introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce
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A BILL
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require certain
institutions of higher education to 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 2025''.
SEC. 2. 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 student
admitted to an undergraduate or graduate program--
``(i) a multi-year tuition and fee schedule; or
``(ii) a single-year tuition and fee schedule, and
a 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 determines to
be appropriate from one year to the next; and
``(ii) shall indicate, on a year-by-year basis,
costs for the normal duration of such 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 provided under such subparagraph 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) 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
determined to be appropriate by the Secretary.''.
(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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