Bill Text: TX HB1213 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the issuance of a transcript by a postsecondary educational institution to a student who is in default on certain student loans.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-12 - Filed [HB1213 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB1213-Introduced.html
| By: Hinojosa | H.B. No. 1213 | |
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| relating to the issuance of a transcript by a postsecondary | ||
| educational institution to a student who is in default on certain | ||
| student loans. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 51.9715, Education Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsections (c), (d), and (e) to read as follows: | ||
| (c) A postsecondary educational institution may not refuse | ||
| to issue a transcript to a current or former student based solely on | ||
| the student's default on a student loan administered by the | ||
| coordinating board. | ||
| (d) If a postsecondary educational institution charges a | ||
| fee in connection with the issuance of a transcript under this | ||
| section, the amount of the fee must be the same for each student | ||
| regardless of whether the student is in default on a student loan | ||
| administered by the coordinating board. | ||
| (e) In this section: | ||
| (1) "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher | ||
| Education Coordinating Board. | ||
| (2) "Postsecondary educational institution" includes | ||
| an institution of higher education and a private or independent | ||
| institution of higher education as those terms are defined by | ||
| Section 61.003. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
