84R6341 KJE-D
By: González H.B. No. 1672
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
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.