85R24007 KJE-D
By: Turner H.B. No. 3142
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3142:
By: Lozano C.S.H.B. No. 3142
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a requirement that a public or private institution of
higher education include a disciplinary notation on a student's
transcript under certain circumstances.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 51.9364 to read as follows:
Sec. 51.9364. CERTAIN DISCIPLINARY NOTATIONS REQUIRED ON
STUDENT TRANSCRIPTS. (a) In this section, "postsecondary
educational institution" means an institution of higher education
or a private or independent institution of higher education, as
those terms are defined by Section 61.003.
(b) If a postsecondary educational institution suspends or
expels a student from the institution for any reason, the
institution shall include on the student's transcript a
disciplinary notation stating that the student was suspended or
expelled, as applicable, from the institution.
(c) If a student withdraws from a postsecondary educational
institution pending disciplinary charges that may result in the
student's suspension or expulsion from the institution, the
institution may not end the disciplinary process until the
institution makes a final determination of responsibility,
including, if applicable, a determination of whether to suspend or
expel the student from the institution as a result. If the
institution suspends or expels the student from the institution,
the institution shall include a disciplinary notation on the
student's transcript stating that the student was suspended or
expelled, as applicable, from the institution.
(d) On request by the student, a postsecondary educational
institution may remove from a student's transcript a disciplinary
notation indicating the student's suspension or expulsion, as
applicable, from the institution if the institution determines
that:
(1) each condition of the suspension has been
fulfilled, if applicable; or
(2) good cause exists to remove the notation.
(e) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall
adopt rules as necessary to implement this section.
SECTION 2. The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
shall adopt the rules required by Section 51.9364, Education Code,
as added by this Act, as soon as practicable after this Act takes
effect.
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies
beginning with the 2017 fall semester.
SECTION 4. 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.