TITLE: Relating to a limitation on the amount of a fee charged by a public institution of higher education for the issuance of an official transcript.

SUMMARY: Relating to a limitation on the amount of a fee charged by a public institution of higher education for the issuance of an official transcript.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to a limitation on the amount of a fee charged by a public institution of higher education for the issuance of an official transcript. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 54, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 54.5042 to read as follows: Sec. 54.5042. LIMITATION ON AMOUNT OF TRANSCRIPT FEE. The governing board of an institution of higher education may not charge a fee of more than $10 for the issuance of an official transcript. SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with requests for an official transcript submitted to a public institution of higher education on or after the effective date of this Act. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.