Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1	89R10353 RDR-F
2	2	By: Johnson S.B. No. 2376
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to student access to certain academic records held by a
10	10	public institution of higher education or career school or college;
11	11	authorizing fees.
12	12	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	13	SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is
14	14	amended by adding Section 51.9716 to read as follows:
15	15	Sec. 51.9716. STUDENT TRANSCRIPTS AND DIPLOMAS. (a) In
16	16	this section:
17	17	(1) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning
18	18	assigned by Section 61.003.
19	19	(2) "Student" includes a former student.
20	20	(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, an
21	21	institution of higher education may not withhold a student's
22	22	transcript or diploma on the basis that the student has not
23	23	fulfilled the student's financial obligation to the institution if
24	24	the student's outstanding financial obligation to the institution:
25	25	(1) is less than $500; or
26	26	(2) has been outstanding for more than five years.
27	27	(c) An institution of higher education may require a student
28	28	with an outstanding financial obligation to the institution of $500
29	29	or more to enter into a repayment plan with the institution before
30	30	releasing the student's transcript or diploma to the student. The
31	31	institution must release the transcript or diploma to the student
32	32	on the student's initiation of payment under the repayment plan.
33	33	(d) An institution of higher education may charge a student
34	34	a fee in connection with the release of a transcript or diploma.
35	35	The amount of the fee may not exceed the cost of materials used to
36	36	print, mail, or electronically send the transcript or diploma.
37	37	SECTION 2. Section 132.062, Education Code, is amended to
38	38	read as follows:
39	39	Sec. 132.062. STUDENT [WITHHOLDING] RECORDS. (a) A career
40	40	school or college may not withhold a student's transcript or
41	41	certificate of completion of training on the basis that [until] the
42	42	student has not fulfilled the student's financial obligation to the
43	43	school or college if the student's outstanding financial obligation
44	44	to the school or college:
45	45	(1) is less than $500; or
46	46	(2) has been outstanding for more than five years.
47	47	(b) A career school or college may require a student with an
48	48	outstanding financial obligation to the school or college of $500
49	49	or more to enter into a repayment plan with the school or college
50	50	before releasing the student's transcript or certificate of
51	51	completion of training to the student. The career school or college
52	52	must release the transcript or certificate to the student on the
53	53	student's initiation of payment under the repayment plan.
54	54	(c) A career school or college may charge a student a fee in
55	55	connection with the release of a transcript or certificate of
56	56	completion of training. The amount of the fee may not exceed the
57	57	cost of materials used to print, mail, or electronically send the
58	58	transcript or certificate.
59	59	(d) For purposes of this section, "student" includes a
60	60	former student.
61	61	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.