Texas Education Code
§ 28.0257 — DIRECT ADMISSIONS DATA SHARING OPT-IN ELECTION FOR HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION
ED § 28.0257Title 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION · Part F. CURRICULUM, PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES · Ch. 28. COURSES OF STUDY; ADVANCEMENT · Art. B. ADVANCEMENT, PLACEMENT, CREDIT, AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT RECORD
Statute text
View on source(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)Except as provided by Subsection (c), before graduating from high school, each student must elect whether to opt in to allowing the coordinating board to share the student's data and education records, as necessary, with institutions of higher education to allow the student to participate in the direct admissions program established by the coordinating board pursuant to Section 61.0511(b)(2).
(c)A student is not required to comply with Subsection (b) if:
(1)the student's parent or other person standing in parental relation submits a signed form indicating that the parent or other person authorizes the student to decline to complete and submit information necessary to participate in a program offered under Subsection (b);
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 77 (S.B. 2314), Sec. 2, eff. May 19, 2025.