86R14214 MM-F
By: VanDeaver H.B. No. 4324
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the submission and use of electronic student records in
the electronic student records system.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 7.010(b) and (c), Education Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(b) Each school district, open-enrollment charter school,
and institution of higher education shall participate in an
electronic student records system that satisfies standards
approved by the commissioner of education and the commissioner of
higher education. The commissioner of education and the
commissioner of higher education may specify an approved format for
submission of electronic student records.
(c) The electronic student records system must permit an
authorized state or district official or an authorized
representative of an institution of higher education to
electronically transfer student transcripts to and from an
educational institution in which the student is enrolled, to
extract data elements from [and retrieve] student transcripts in an
efficient and effective manner, and to provide those data elements
for import into an electronic data system. The data elements may
include[, including] information concerning a student's:
(1) course or grade completion;
(2) teachers of record;
(3) assessment instrument results;
(4) receipt of special education services, including
placement in a special education program and the individualized
education program developed; and
(5) personal graduation plan as described by Section
28.0212 or 28.02121, as applicable.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.