An amendment numbered 6 printed in House Report 110-523 to require the Quality Efficiency Task Forces to develop annual benchmarks for the top 5 percent of institutions in each institution category that have the largest increase in their tuition and fees over the most recent three year period in which data is available. The amendment also requires those institutions not meeting the benchmarks to provide the Secretary of Education a detailed explanation of the reasons why the institution did not meet such benchmarks.

In section 133(d) of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended by section 109 of the bill:

(1) insert “(1)” after “Task Forces.--”;

(2) redesignate paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4) as subparagraphs (A), (B), (C), and (E);

(3) strike “and” at the end of subparagraph (C) as so redesignated;

(4) insert after such subparagraph (C) the following new subparagraph:

“(D) develop annual benchmarks for the institution to reduce costs in areas identified under subparagraph (C); and”.

(5) add at the end the following new paragraph:

“(2) An institution of higher education that does not meet the benchmarks established under paragraph (1)(D) shall provide to the Secretary a detailed explanation of the reasons why the institution did not meet such benchmarks.”.