Tex. Educ. Code § 7.0405 · Subchapter B. TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY
POSTING OF POSTSECONDARY OUTCOMES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Subject to Subsection (b), the agency shall post on the agency's Internet website the following de-identified data, disaggregated by school district or open-enrollment charter school, high school campus, and annual cohort for the 10 most recent annual cohorts:
(1) for students who graduate from high school:
(A) the number and percentage of students who enroll in, enroll in remedial postsecondary coursework as part of, persist for at least one year in, or complete a postsecondary degree, certificate, or other credentialing program, disaggregated by program and postsecondary educational institution; and
(B) employment status, occupation, industry, wage, and county of employment and residence, as reported under Section 204.0025, Labor Code; and
(2) for students who did not graduate from high school:
(A) the highest grade level completed;
(B) for each cohort for which data is available, employment status, occupation, industry, wage, and county of employment and residence, as reported under Section 204.0025, Labor Code; and
(C) whether the student has earned a high school equivalency certificate.
(a-1) The agency is required to provide data regarding students who graduate from high school and enroll in remedial postsecondary coursework as part of a postsecondary degree, certificate, or other credentialing program under Subsection (a)(1)(A) only to the extent that data is available.
(b) The agency shall post the data required under Subsection (a) in a manner that complies with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. Section 1232g) and may, if necessary to comply with that act, create a private portal for school district board of trustees or open-enrollment charter school governing body members, school administrators, and school counselors at a high school to access data for the member's, administrator's, or counselor's school district or open-enrollment charter school.
(c) The agency shall ensure the data posted under Subsection (a) is made available to:
(1) school district board of trustees and open-enrollment charter school governing body members and superintendents to assist in adopting college, career, and military readiness plans under Section 11.186; and
(2) school counselors at a high school to assist the counselors in performing the duties under Section 33.007.
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History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 918 (H.B. 120), Sec. 2, eff. June 20, 2025.
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1065 (H.B. 2), Sec. 6.02, eff. June 20, 2025.
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