86R13344 JRJ-D
By: West S.B. No. 1877
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the release of certain student information.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 51.9715, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) An institution of higher education or a school district
offering international baccalaureate courses, dual credit courses,
or any other course for which the institution a student attends has
awarded the student college course credit, including course credit
awarded by examination, may release student information for the
purposes of the transfer of course credit between institutions of
higher education. Student information released under this
subsection serves the legitimate educational interest of the
student for whom consent would otherwise be required under the
Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C.
Section 1232g).
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, 2019.