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| 1 | 1 | 86R13344 JRJ-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: West S.B. No. 1877 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the release of certain student information. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Section 51.9715, Education Code, is amended by | |
| 10 | 10 | adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | (c) An institution of higher education or a school district | |
| 12 | 12 | offering international baccalaureate courses, dual credit courses, | |
| 13 | 13 | or any other course for which the institution a student attends has | |
| 14 | 14 | awarded the student college course credit, including course credit | |
| 15 | 15 | awarded by examination, may release student information for the | |
| 16 | 16 | purposes of the transfer of course credit between institutions of | |
| 17 | 17 | higher education. Student information released under this | |
| 18 | 18 | subsection serves the legitimate educational interest of the | |
| 19 | 19 | student for whom consent would otherwise be required under the | |
| 20 | 20 | Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. | |
| 21 | 21 | Section 1232g). | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 23 | 23 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 24 | 24 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 25 | 25 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 26 | 26 | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |