Bill Text: TX HB4437 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the confidentiality of certain records containing applicant or student information that are held by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-17 - Left pending in committee [HB4437 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4437-Engrossed.html
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| By: Kuempel | H.B. No. 4437 | |
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| relating to the confidentiality of certain records containing | ||
| applicant or student information that are held by the Texas Higher | ||
| Education Coordinating Board. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. The heading to Section 61.031, Education Code, | ||
| is amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 61.031. PUBLIC [ |
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| SECTION 2. Section 61.031, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
| (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, information | ||
| that relates to a current, former, or prospective applicant or | ||
| student of an educational institution and that is obtained, | ||
| received, or held by the board for the purpose of providing | ||
| assistance with access to postsecondary education shall be | ||
| considered confidential and excepted from disclosure under Chapter | ||
| 552, Government Code, and may only be released in conformity with | ||
| the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. | ||
| Section 1232g). | ||
| SECTION 3. 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, 2023. | ||
