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| 1 | 1 | 89R4584 CMO-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Menéndez S.B. No. 203 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to the disclosure of a public school student's numerical | |
| 10 | 10 | class rank. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 28, Education Code, is | |
| 13 | 13 | amended by adding Section 28.02521 to read as follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | Sec. 28.02521. DISCLOSURE OF CLASS RANKINGS. (a) | |
| 15 | 15 | Notwithstanding any other law, a school district may not disclose | |
| 16 | 16 | the numerical class rank of a student until the student enters the | |
| 17 | 17 | 11th grade. A school district may disclose the numerical class rank | |
| 18 | 18 | of a student in a grade below the 11th grade who demonstrates a | |
| 19 | 19 | reasonable need to know the student's numerical class rank, | |
| 20 | 20 | including for purposes of applying to an academic program that | |
| 21 | 21 | requires disclosure of the student's numerical class rank. | |
| 22 | 22 | (b) A school district may disclose a student's grade point | |
| 23 | 23 | average and percentile rank at any time. | |
| 24 | 24 | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026 | |
| 25 | 25 | school year. | |
| 26 | 26 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 27 | 27 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 28 | 28 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 29 | 29 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 30 | 30 | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |