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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to transcript notation requirements for public |
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institutions of higher education. |
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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. DISCIPLINARY NOTATIONS REGARDING SEX |
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OFFENSES REQUIRED ON STUDENT TRANSCRIPTS. (a) In this section: |
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(1) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning |
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assigned by Section 61.003. |
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(2) "Sex offense" means a sex offense that an |
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institution of higher education is required to report under the |
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Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime |
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Statistics Act (20 U.S.C. Section 1092(f)). |
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(b) If an institution of higher education determines, in |
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accordance with the institution's disciplinary procedures, that a |
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student has violated the institution's code of conduct by |
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committing a sex offense, the institution shall include on the |
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student's transcript a disciplinary notation that states: |
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(1) that the student was determined by the institution |
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to have violated the institution's code of conduct by committing a |
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sex offense; and |
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(2) whether the student was suspended or expelled from |
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the institution as a result of the determination. |
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(c) If a student withdraws from an institution of higher |
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education pending disciplinary charges alleging that the student |
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violated the institution's code of conduct by committing a sex |
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offense, the institution shall include on the student's transcript |
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a disciplinary notation stating that fact. |
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(d) 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 for the removal of a |
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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 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. |