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§ 20-2003-H. Comparison tool

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 24 P.S. EducationEffective: July 1, 2018

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 24 P.S. Education
Chapter 1. Public School Code of 1949 (Refs & Annos)
Article XX-H. Higher Education Accountability and Transparency
Effective: July 1, 2018
24 P.S. § 20-2003-H
§ 20-2003-H. Comparison tool
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(a) Duty of department.--If the United States Department of Education discontinues the publication of the College Navigator website, the department shall make available on the department's publicly accessible Internet website a search tool that allows an individual to compare institutions of higher education that meet certain criteria selected by the individual, including the offering of a particular major or program of study.
(b) Requirements.--The comparison tool required under this section must:
(1) Be accessible from the department's publicly accessible Internet website.
(2) Allow a user to identify and compare institutions of higher education by the following:
(i) Programs of study available.
(ii) Name.
(iii) Physical address.
(iv) Total enrollment for the previous academic year.
(v) Net tuition and fees per year based on the previous academic year.
(vi) Percentages of students receiving:
(A) Pell grants.
(B) Federal Supplemental Education Opportunity grants.
(C) Academic Competitiveness grants.
(D) National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent grants.
(E) Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education grants.
(vii) Average total debt borrowed for undergraduate study.
(viii) Graduation and retention rates, including information on average time, in years, to attainment of a degree, diploma, certificate or other formal credential for a full-time student.
(ix) Percentage of undergraduate students who have defaulted on their Federal student loans within three years of entering repayment.
(x) Status as a nonprofit institution or for-profit institution.
(3) Be accessible to the public without requiring registration or use of a user name, password or other user identification.
(4) Include a link to the publicly accessible Internet website of the Department of Labor and Industry and a link to the publicly accessible Internet website of each of the institutions of higher education selected.
(5) Include a direct link to the High Priority Occupations publicly accessible Internet website of the Department of Labor and Industry with a description of what high priority occupations are and how they are identified.
(c) Chart.--The comparison tool required under this section must generate a comparison chart in a grid format that:
(1) Lists the institutions of higher education that match a user's search criteria.
(2) Provides information for each institution of higher education listed as outlined in subsection (b)(2).
(d) Duty of institutions.--If the department is required to develop the comparison tool under subsection (a), each institution of higher education shall provide the information listed in this section, as available, to the department not later than January 1 of each year. If the information required under this subsection is available in an institution of higher education's Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System report, the institution of higher education may comply with the reporting requirements of this subsection by sending an electronic copy of the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System report to the department. The department shall update the comparison tool as soon as practicable after receiving information from each institution of higher education.
(e) Website.--PHEAA shall include a link on its publicly accessible Internet website to the comparison tool required under this section.

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1949, March 10, P.L. 30, No. 14, art. XX-H, § 2003-H, added 2018, June 22, P.L. 241, No. 39, § 16, effective July 1, 2018.
24 P.S. § 20-2003-H, PA ST 24 P.S. § 20-2003-H
Current through Act 10 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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