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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 notation on a student's transcript under |
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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 NOTATIONS REQUIRED ON STUDENT |
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TRANSCRIPTS. (a) In this section, "postsecondary educational |
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institution" means an institution of higher education or a private |
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or independent institution of higher education, as those terms are |
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defined by Section 61.003. |
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(b) If a student is ineligible to reenroll in a |
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postsecondary educational institution for a reason other than an |
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academic or financial reason, the institution shall include on the |
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student's transcript a notation stating that the student is |
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ineligible to reenroll in the institution for a reason other than an |
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academic or financial reason. |
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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 becoming ineligible to reenroll in the institution for a |
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reason other than an academic or financial reason, the institution |
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may not end the disciplinary process until the institution makes a |
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final determination of responsibility, including, if applicable, a |
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determination of whether the student will be ineligible to reenroll |
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in the institution for a reason other than an academic or financial |
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reason. If, as a result of the disciplinary process, the student is |
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ineligible to reenroll in the institution for a reason other than an |
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academic or financial reason, the institution shall include on the |
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student's transcript the notation required under Subsection (b). |
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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 notation |
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required under this section if: |
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(1) the student is eligible to reenroll in the |
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institution; or |
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(2) the institution determines that good cause exists |
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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. In adopting |
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those rules, the coordinating board shall use the negotiated |
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rulemaking procedures under Chapter 2008, Government Code. |
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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. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 449 was passed by the House on April |
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17, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 107, Nays 32, 1 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 449 was passed by the Senate on May |
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21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 26, Nays 5. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |