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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a study by the Texas Education Agency and Texas Higher |
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Education Coordinating Board regarding standardizing transcripts |
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for public schools. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 28, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 28.030 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 28.030. STUDY ON STANDARDIZING TRANSCRIPTS. (a) In |
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this section: |
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(1) "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher |
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Education Coordinating Board. |
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(2) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning |
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assigned by Section 61.003. |
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(b) The agency, in conjunction with the coordinating board, |
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shall conduct a study regarding standardizing student transcripts |
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in public schools. The study must: |
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(1) determine the feasibility of establishing a |
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standardized transcript format to be used by public schools |
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statewide to facilitate faster and more accurate transmission of |
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transcripts to institutions of higher education; and |
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(2) analyze issues affecting transmission of |
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transcripts to institutions of higher education, including |
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identifying: |
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(A) any variance in processing time between |
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public and private school transcripts, the likely causes for those |
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variances, and possible solutions for those variances; |
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(B) errors in transmission relating to use of the |
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National Student Clearinghouse's SPEEDE server and the impact of |
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those errors on students seeking to transmit transcripts to |
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institutions of higher education; and |
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(C) issues with the use of the Texas Records |
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Exchange (TREx) system to transmit student transcripts to |
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institutions of higher education. |
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(c) Not later than September 1, 2026, the agency and |
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coordinating board shall submit to the legislature a report on the |
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results of the study and any recommendations for legislative or |
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other action. |
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(d) This section expires September 1, 2027. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2025. |