H.B. No. 449
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to a requirement that a public or private institution of
  higher education include a notation on a student's transcript under
  certain circumstances.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is
  amended by adding Section 51.9364 to read as follows:
         Sec. 51.9364.  CERTAIN NOTATIONS REQUIRED ON STUDENT
  TRANSCRIPTS. (a) In this section, "postsecondary educational
  institution" means an institution of higher education or a private
  or independent institution of higher education, as those terms are
  defined by Section 61.003.
         (b)  If a student is ineligible to reenroll in a
  postsecondary educational institution for a reason other than an
  academic or financial reason, the institution shall include on the
  student's transcript a notation stating that the student is
  ineligible to reenroll in the institution for a reason other than an
  academic or financial reason.
         (c)  If a student withdraws from a postsecondary educational
  institution pending disciplinary charges that may result in the
  student becoming ineligible to reenroll in the institution for a
  reason other than an academic or financial reason, the institution
  may not end the disciplinary process until the institution makes a
  final determination of responsibility, including, if applicable, a
  determination of whether the student will be ineligible to reenroll
  in the institution for a reason other than an academic or financial
  reason.  If, as a result of the disciplinary process, the student is
  ineligible to reenroll in the institution for a reason other than an
  academic or financial reason, the institution shall include on the
  student's transcript the notation required under Subsection (b).
         (d)  On request by the student, a postsecondary educational
  institution may remove from a student's transcript a notation
  required under this section if:
               (1)  the student is eligible to reenroll in the
  institution; or
               (2)  the institution determines that good cause exists
  to remove the notation.
         (e)  The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall
  adopt rules as necessary to implement this section.  In adopting
  those rules, the coordinating board shall use the negotiated
  rulemaking procedures under Chapter 2008, Government Code.
         SECTION 2.  The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
  shall adopt the rules required by Section 51.9364, Education Code,
  as added by this Act, as soon as practicable after this Act takes
  effect.
         SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act applies
  beginning with the 2019 fall semester.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 449 was passed by the House on April
  17, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 107, Nays 32, 1 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 449 was passed by the Senate on May
  21, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 26, Nays 5.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor