3.0.0 1558 2025-12-16T21:33:56Z 2025-12-16T21:33:56Z Senate S S 2025-05-01 119 https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1558 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2025-05-01T15:46:34Z 119 3153 HR 2025-05-01 Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. Related bill CRS 2025-05-01 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2025-05-01 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress G000386 Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] Chuck Grassley R IA N S001203 Sen. Smith, Tina [D-MN] Tina Smith D MN 2025-05-01 True H001076 Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] Maggie Hassan D NH 2025-05-01 True T000278 Sen. Tuberville, Tommy [R-AL] Tommy Tuberville R AL 2025-05-01 True Education Education 2025-05-21T13:53:05Z

00 2025-05-01 Introduced in Senate 2025-12-16T21:33:38Z <p><strong>Understanding the True Cost of College Act of 2025</strong></p><p>This bill requires standardized financial aid terminology and offer forms.</p><p>Specifically, the Department of Education (ED) must develop standard terminology and a format for financial aid offer forms based on recommendations from representatives of certain groups, including students, veterans, and institutions of higher education (IHEs).</p><p>The consumer-friendly form must include specified details and disclosures, including the estimated cost of attendance, the net price that a student or family is estimated to pay, and the terms and conditions of financial aid.</p><p>In addition, ED must (1) test the form with representatives of students, students' families, IHEs, secondary school and postsecondary counselors, and nonprofit consumer groups; and (2) use the results to develop the final form.</p><p>Each IHE that participates in federal student&nbsp;aid programs must (1) use the standard form when offering financial aid to students, and (2) use the standard terminology and definitions developed by ED for all communications related to financial aid offers.</p>

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