SB203 - Relating to the disclosure of a public school student's numerical class rank.

      By: Menéndez  S.B. No. 203          (In the Senate - Filed November 12, 2024; February 3, 2025,   read first time and referred to Committee on Education K-16;   May 7, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 8,   Nays 3; May 7, 2025, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to the disclosure of a public school student's numerical   class rank.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 28, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 28.02521 to read as follows:           Sec.   28.02521.     DISCLOSURE OF CLASS RANKINGS. (a)     Notwithstanding any other law, a school district may not disclose   the numerical class rank of a student until the student enters the   11th grade. A school district may disclose the numerical class rank   of a student in a grade below the 11th grade who demonstrates a   reasonable need to know the student's numerical class rank,   including for purposes of applying to an academic program that   requires disclosure of the student's numerical class rank.           (b)     A school district may disclose a student's grade point   average and percentile rank at any time.          SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026   school 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, 2025.     * * * * *