Reverse Transfer Efficiency Act of 2023

This bill amends federal education privacy rules to make it easier for students to transfer credits between colleges toward completing a credential. It allows a student's previous college to receive their academic records (with the student's written consent) if they want to apply those credits toward a certificate or associate degree at their original school. The change directly affects students who transferred from one institution to another but later want to complete a credential they started at their first school. The key provision requires explicit student consent before records are shared, streamlining the "reverse transfer" process for credential completion.