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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a requirement that a public or private institution of |
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higher education include a disciplinary notation on a student's |
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transcript under certain circumstances. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 51.9364 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 51.9364. CERTAIN DISCIPLINARY NOTATIONS REQUIRED ON |
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STUDENT TRANSCRIPTS. (a) In this section, "postsecondary |
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educational institution" means an institution of higher education |
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or a private or independent institution of higher education, as |
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those terms are defined by Section 61.003. |
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(b) If a postsecondary educational institution suspends or |
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expels a student from the institution for any reason, the |
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institution shall include on the student's transcript a |
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disciplinary notation stating that the student was suspended or |
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expelled, as applicable, from the institution. |
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(c) If a student withdraws from a postsecondary educational |
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institution pending disciplinary charges that may result in the |
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student's suspension or expulsion from the institution, the |
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institution may not end the disciplinary process until the |
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institution makes a final determination of responsibility, |
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including, if applicable, a determination of whether to suspend or |
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expel the student from the institution as a result. If the |
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institution suspends or expels the student from the institution, |
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the institution shall include a disciplinary notation on the |
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student's transcript stating that the student was suspended or |
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expelled, as applicable, from the institution. |
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(d) On request by the student, a postsecondary educational |
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institution may remove from a student's transcript a disciplinary |
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notation indicating the student's suspension or expulsion, as |
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applicable, from the institution if the institution determines |
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that: |
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(1) each condition of the suspension has been |
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fulfilled, if applicable; or |
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(2) good cause exists to remove the notation. |
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(e) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall |
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adopt rules as necessary to implement this section. |
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SECTION 2. The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board |
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shall adopt the rules required by Section 51.9364, Education Code, |
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as added by this Act, as soon as practicable after this Act takes |
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effect. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies |
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beginning with the 2019 fall semester. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |