85R9040 SRS-D
By: Rodriguez of Bexar H.B. No. 2156
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the creation by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating
Board of a repository of student transcripts for certain private
postsecondary educational institutions; authorizing fees.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 61.315, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 61.315. AGENTS AND RECORDS; TRANSCRIPT REPOSITORY FOR
CERTAIN CLOSED INSTITUTIONS AND RELATED FEES. (a) The authorized
or certified institutions may be required to furnish a list of their
agents to the board, and to maintain records of students enrolled,
credits awarded, and degrees awarded in a manner specified by the
board.
(b) The board shall maintain a repository for student
transcripts from closed institutions that were issued a certificate
of authority under Section 61.306. The board may charge a fee to
students requesting transcript copies maintained in the
repository, not to exceed the cost of retrieving, reproducing, and
sending the transcript copies. A closed or closing institution
that was issued a certificate of authority under Section 61.306
shall provide its student transcript records to the board in the
format specified by the board for inclusion in the repository.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2017.