It’s important not to throw Conservative as a label around.
Conservatism starts with Build the Wall, and follows with drain the swamp. Then America first in all things.
Any senator who was not always for such things is not a conservative.
Ok, I’ll play Devil’s Advocate.
How “intrusive” is this really? The government can already deduce your income from the taxes one pays. One’s employer takes down the data regarding your degree and education when you apply for a job. Is tracking this type of info really in the realm of “surveillance”.
Maybe I’m just dense, but this seems like making a mountain out of a molehill, especailly when there are so many other pressing issues in the nation.
I have a better idea.
Terminate the U.S. department of education, end all federal money budgeted for “education”, including all of that department’s budget and any “education” allocated expenditures run outside of that department, and then reduce federal personal taxes commensurately.
Then our GOP governors and legislatures can get a hold on their own states education departments and implement Marxist zeroing reforms.
The federal Department of Education probably has the Social Security numbers of students who take out federal loans.
The IRS certainly does have W-2 information based on Social Security numbers.
Prospective college students and their parents should take a look at this before signing for any student loan:
https://www.newyorkfed.org/research/college-labor-market/college-labor-market_compare-majors.html
I used to send out resumes with the information listed.
Some were sent to federal government agencies.