Honorable Dan Branch, Chair, House Committee on Higher Education
FROM:
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
HB3498 by Turner, Scott (Relating to a requirement that a student's postsecondary transcript include the average or median grade awarded in each class.), As Introduced
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill requires that each general academic teaching institution must include on a student's transcript, for each class attempted by the student, the average grade that was awarded to all students in the class. For a class for which letter grades are awarded, the institution shall include on the transcript the median grade that was awarded to all students in the class. The institution shall place the average or median grade, as applicable, immediately to the right of the student's individual grade. This provision does not apply to a class offered to students solely on a pass-fail basis or for independent study credit; or in which grades are reported for 10 students or fewer. The Higher Education Coordinating Board shall adopt rules to administer this section. The change in law made by this Act applies beginning with the 2013 fall semester. Institutions of higher education will implement provisions of the bill within current resources.
Local Government Impact
No fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies:
710 Texas A&M University System Administrative and General Offices, 720 The University of Texas System Administration, 758 Texas State University System, 768 Texas Tech University System Administration, 769 University of North Texas System Administration, 781 Higher Education Coordinating Board, 783 University of Houston System Administration