Bill Text: TX HB4437 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the confidentiality of certain records containing applicant or student information that are held by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-17 - Left pending in committee [HB4437 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4437-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the confidentiality of certain records containing applicant or student information that are held by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-17 - Left pending in committee [HB4437 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4437-Introduced.html
By: Kuempel | H.B. No. 4437 |
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relating to the confidentiality of student records held by the | ||
Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 61.031 of the Education Code is amended | ||
as follows: | ||
Sec. 61.031. PUBLIC |
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(a) The board shall maintain a file on each written complaint filed | ||
with the board. The file must include: | ||
(1) the name of the person who filed the complaint; | ||
(2) the date the complaint is received by the board; | ||
(3) the subject matter of the complaint; | ||
(4) the name of each person contacted in relation to | ||
the complaint; | ||
(5) a summary of the results of the review or | ||
investigation of the complaint; and | ||
(6) an explanation of the reason the file was closed, | ||
if the board closed the file without taking action other than to | ||
investigate the complaint. | ||
(b) The board shall provide to the person filing the | ||
complaint and to each person who is a subject of the complaint a | ||
copy of the board's policies and procedures relating to complaint | ||
investigation and resolution. | ||
(c) The board, at least quarterly until final disposition of | ||
the complaint, shall notify the person filing the complaint and | ||
each person who is a subject of the complaint of the status of the | ||
investigation unless the notice would jeopardize an undercover | ||
investigation. | ||
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, information | ||
regarding a current, former, or prospective applicant or student of | ||
an educational institution that is obtained, received, or held by | ||
the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (the Coordinating | ||
Board) for the purpose of providing assistance with access to | ||
post-secondary education shall be considered confidential and | ||
excepted from disclosure as an "educational record" under Chapter | ||
552.114, Government Code, and may only be released in conformity | ||
with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, Sec. | ||
513, Pub. L. No. 93-380, 20 U.S.C. Sec. 1232g. |