Bill Text: TX HB1672 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to requiring public institutions of higher education to request student disciplinary records for certain applicants for admission to the institution.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-09 - Referred to Higher Education [HB1672 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1672-Introduced.html
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| By: González | H.B. No. 1672 | |
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| relating to requiring public institutions of higher education to | ||
| request student disciplinary records for certain applicants for | ||
| admission to the institution. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 51.9246 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 51.9246. REQUEST FOR DISCIPLINARY RECORDS OF CERTAIN | ||
| APPLICANTS FOR ADMISSION. (a) In this section: | ||
| (1) "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher | ||
| Education Coordinating Board. | ||
| (2) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning | ||
| assigned by Section 61.003. | ||
| (3) "Postsecondary educational institution" has the | ||
| meaning assigned by Section 56.003. | ||
| (b) On receipt of an admissions application from an | ||
| applicant requesting undergraduate transfer admission to the | ||
| institution or admission to a graduate, postgraduate, or | ||
| professional program offered by the institution, an institution of | ||
| higher education shall request the student's disciplinary records | ||
| from each postsecondary educational institution at which the | ||
| applicant was previously enrolled, as identified in the applicant's | ||
| admissions application. | ||
| (c) Subject to the limitation prescribed by Subsection (d), | ||
| an institution of higher education that receives a request for a | ||
| student's disciplinary records from another institution of higher | ||
| education under Subsection (b) shall deliver a copy of the records | ||
| to the requesting institution as soon as practicable. The records | ||
| must state the factual basis of any disciplinary action taken by the | ||
| institution against the student. | ||
| (d) An institution of higher education that is required to | ||
| release student disciplinary records under Subsection (c) shall | ||
| comply with any applicable provision of federal law regarding | ||
| confidentiality of student educational information, including the | ||
| Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. | ||
| Section 1232g). | ||
| (e) The coordinating board shall adopt rules as necessary to | ||
| implement this section in a manner that ensures compliance with | ||
| federal law regarding confidentiality of student educational | ||
| information, including the Family Educational Rights and Privacy | ||
| Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g). | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 51.9246, Education Code, as added by | ||
| this Act, applies beginning with admissions applications received | ||
| by a public institution of higher education on or after January 1, | ||
| 2016. | ||
| SECTION 3. Not later than January 1, 2016, the Texas Higher | ||
| Education Coordinating Board shall adopt rules necessary to | ||
| implement Section 51.9246, Education Code, as added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
