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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 student's postsecondary transcript |
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include the average or median grade awarded in each class. |
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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 51.979 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 51.979. TRANSPARENCY IN STUDENT TRANSCRIPTS. (a) In |
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this section, "general academic teaching institution" has the |
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meaning assigned by Section 61.003. |
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(b) Each general academic teaching institution shall |
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include on a student's transcript, for each class attempted by the |
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student, the average grade that was awarded to all students in the |
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class. For a class for which letter grades are awarded, the |
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institution shall include on the transcript the median grade that |
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was awarded to all students in the class. The institution shall |
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place the average or median grade, as applicable, immediately to |
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the right of the student's individual grade. |
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(c) Subsection (b) does not apply to a class: |
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(1) offered to students solely on a pass-fail basis or |
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for independent study credit; or |
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(2) in which grades are reported for 10 students or |
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fewer. |
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(d) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall |
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adopt rules to administer 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 51.979, Education Code, |
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as added by this Act, as soon as practicable after this Act takes |
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effect. For that purpose, the coordinating board may adopt the |
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initial rules in the manner provided by law for emergency rules. |
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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. |