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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 institution of higher |
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education include a disciplinary notation on a student's transcript |
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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, "institution of higher |
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education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003. |
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(b) If an institution of higher education suspends or expels |
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a student from the institution for any reason, the institution |
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shall include on the student's transcript a disciplinary notation |
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stating that the student was suspended or expelled, as applicable, |
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from the institution. |
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(c) If a student withdraws from an institution of higher |
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education pending disciplinary charges that may have resulted in |
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the student's suspension or expulsion from the institution if the |
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student had not withdrawn, the institution may not end the |
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disciplinary process until the institution makes a final |
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determination of responsibility, including, if applicable, a |
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determination of whether the student would have been suspended or |
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expelled from the institution as a result. If the institution |
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determines that the student would have been suspended or expelled |
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from the institution, the institution shall include a disciplinary |
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notation on the student's transcript stating that the student would |
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have been suspended or expelled, as applicable, from the |
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institution if the student had not withdrawn. |
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(d) An institution of higher education shall remove from a |
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student's transcript a disciplinary notation indicating the |
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student's suspension from the institution if the institution |
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determines that each condition of the suspension has been |
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fulfilled. A suspended student may file a petition with the |
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institution requesting removal of the disciplinary notation under |
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this subsection. |
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(e) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall |
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adopt rules as necessary to implement this section, including rules |
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establishing a process for a student to appeal or petition for the |
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removal of a disciplinary notation under 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 2017 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, 2017. |