Bill Text: TX HB1361 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the designation of liaison officers to assist certain students at public institutions of higher education who are parents.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-2)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-12 - Effective immediately [HB1361 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB1361-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 1361 | ||
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| relating to the designation of liaison officers to assist certain | ||
| students at public institutions of higher education who are | ||
| parents. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 51.9357 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 51.9357. DESIGNATION OF LIAISON OFFICER TO ASSIST | ||
| CERTAIN STUDENTS WHO ARE PARENTS; REPORT. (a) In this section: | ||
| (1) "Coordinating board" means the Texas Higher | ||
| Education Coordinating Board. | ||
| (2) "Institution of higher education" has the meaning | ||
| assigned by Section 61.003. | ||
| (b) Each institution of higher education shall designate at | ||
| least one employee of the institution to act as a liaison officer | ||
| for current or incoming students at the institution who are the | ||
| parent or guardian of a child younger than 18 years of age. The | ||
| liaison officer shall provide to the students information regarding | ||
| support services and other resources available to the students at | ||
| the institution, including: | ||
| (1) resources to access: | ||
| (A) medical and behavioral health coverage and | ||
| services; and | ||
| (B) public benefit programs, including programs | ||
| related to food security, affordable housing, and housing | ||
| subsidies; | ||
| (2) parenting and child care resources; | ||
| (3) employment assistance; | ||
| (4) transportation assistance; | ||
| (5) student academic success strategies; and | ||
| (6) any other resources developed by the institution | ||
| to assist the students. | ||
| (c) Not later than May 1 of each academic year, an | ||
| institution of higher education shall submit to the coordinating | ||
| board a report that contains the following information regarding | ||
| students enrolled at the institution for the current academic year | ||
| who are the parent or guardian of a child younger than 18 years of | ||
| age: | ||
| (1) the number of those students; | ||
| (2) demographic data, including age, race, sex, and | ||
| ethnicity; | ||
| (3) academic data, including full-time or part-time | ||
| enrollment status and graduation, transfer, and withdrawal rates; | ||
| and | ||
| (4) other data as prescribed by coordinating board | ||
| rule. | ||
| (d) The coordinating board shall adopt rules to administer | ||
| this section, including rules to ensure compliance with federal law | ||
| regarding confidentiality of student medical or educational | ||
| information, including the Health Insurance Portability and | ||
| Accountability Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. Section 1320d et seq.), the | ||
| Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. | ||
| Section 1232g), and any state law relating to the privacy of student | ||
| information. | ||
| SECTION 2. (a) As soon as practicable after the effective | ||
| date of this Act, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board | ||
| shall adopt rules to implement Section 51.9357, Education Code, as | ||
| added by this Act. | ||
| (b) This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 academic | ||
| year. | ||
| 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. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 1361 was passed by the House on May 2, | ||
| 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 121, Nays 23, 3 present, not | ||
| voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
| No. 1361 on May 26, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 116, Nays 25, | ||
| 1 present, not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 1361 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
| amendments, on May 24, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays | ||
| 3. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
