Minnesota Daily: Franken introduces Net Price Calculator bill

Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn. and Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa have introduced legislation to aid students and families in estimating college costs, before they apply to the school.

The bipartisan bill aims to improve the “effectiveness of and access to” the Net Price Calculator tool, which provides a cost estimate to students that takes into account financial aid and individual institution costs, according to the press release.

The Net Price Calculator Improvement Act of 2014 would work with the Department of Education to develop a uniform, “universal calculator” that would provide students with information that would allow them to compare a variety of universities, according to the press release.

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