Monitoring the Session

SB 2465

Menéndez Bill Orders A Transcript Study And Nothing Else

Died in committee

Verdict: Smells

SmellsInitial review
Sen. José MenéndezDSenate 26
Why it's charged
Study, task force, commission, report

THE TEXT

…“shall conduct a study regarding standardizing student transcripts”…

Bill text, introduced version (I)

The bill only orders a study and a report due September 1, 2026, and any change to transcripts waits on later action. The caption honestly says it is a study.

Study, task force, commission, report

Initial review · graded Oct 20, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade

Caption

relating to a study by the Texas Education Agency and Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board regarding standardizing transcripts for public schools.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

A report on SPEEDE server errors and TREx problems, due September 1, 2026.

The bill orders the Texas Education Agency and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to study whether public schools should use one standard transcript format. It touches public school students sending transcripts to colleges, and the two state agencies that must look at delays, errors in the SPEEDE server, and problems with the TREx system. Nothing changes on the ground except a report to the legislature due by September 1, 2026, and the study section expires in 2027.

Labels

Labels: NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Mar 13, 2025 and referred to the Senate Education K-16 committee. No public hearing. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-SB2465 · 2025-03-13

SOLD BY

Sen. José MenéndezDSenate 26

ITEM

relating to a study by the Texas Education Agency and Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board regarding standardizing transcripts for public schools.

WHAT IT DOES

A report on SPEEDE server errors and TREx problems, due September 1, 2026.

The bill orders the Texas Education Agency and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to study whether public schools should use one standard transcript format. It touches public school students sending transcripts to colleges, and the two state agencies that must look at delays, errors in the SPEEDE server, and problems with the TREx system. Nothing changes on the ground except a report to the legislature due by September 1, 2026, and the study section expires in 2027.

CHARGES

[x] STUDY, TASK FORCE, COMMISSION, REPORTanalysis confidence 90%

THE TEXT

…“shall conduct a study regarding standardizing student transcripts”…

Bill text, introduced version (I)

The bill only orders a study and a report due September 1, 2026, and any change to transcripts waits on later action. The caption honestly says it is a study.

TOTAL

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

HISTORY

  1. Received by the Secretary of the Senate
  2. Filed
  3. Read first time
  4. Referred to Education K-16
FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

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THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

José Menéndez

Donors

Kickapoo Traditional Tribes of Texas$25KTexas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$20KTexas REALTORS Political Action Committee$10K

Not tied to this bill.

Sources

The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.

Derived itemized flow · Jul 2, 2024 to Oct 5, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Kickapoo Traditional Tribes of Texas$25,000.00

Kickapoo Traditional Tribes of Texas

$25,000.00

Cash
$25,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$25,000.00

Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · on Jan 22, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Jan 22, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101065471.

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$20,000.00

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$20,000.00

Cash
$20,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$20,000.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 12, 2024 to Oct 5, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101012370, 101032316, 101072614.

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee$10,000.00

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee

$10,000.00

Cash
$10,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$10,000.00

Also funds 140 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 2, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Dec 2, 2025. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101032316.

Money

Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.

×

Kickapoo Traditional Tribes of Texas

$25,000.00

Cash
$25,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$25,000.00

Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · on Jan 22, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Jan 22, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101065471.

×

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$20,000.00

Cash
$20,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$20,000.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 12, 2024 to Oct 5, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101012370, 101032316, 101072614.

×

Texas REALTORS Political Action Committee

$10,000.00

Cash
$10,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$10,000.00

Also funds 140 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 2, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · on Dec 2, 2025. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101032316.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Fiscal

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

How this was graded

Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.

Sources

Texas Senate · Filed Mar 13, 2025

04/03/2025 S Referred to Education K-16

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

Senate committee · Education K-16 · Final status: Died in committee

Subjects

Education--Higher--Admission & Attendance

Education--Primary & Secondary--General

Education--School Districts

Electronic Information Systems

EDUCATION AGENCY, TEXAS

HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD, TEXAS

Text

The text as introduced · 332 words

89R16137 RDR-D

By: Menéndez
S.B. No. 2465

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a study by the Texas Education Agency and Texas Higher

Education Coordinating Board regarding standardizing transcripts

for public schools.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 28, Education Code, is

amended by adding Section 28.030 to read as follows:

Sec. 28.030. STUDY ON STANDARDIZING TRANSCRIPTS. (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) The agency, in conjunction with the coordinating board,

shall conduct a study regarding standardizing student transcripts

in public schools. The study must:

(1) determine the feasibility of establishing a

standardized transcript format to be used by public schools

statewide to facilitate faster and more accurate transmission of

transcripts to institutions of higher education; and

(2) analyze issues affecting transmission of

transcripts to institutions of higher education, including

identifying:

(A) any variance in processing time between

public and private school transcripts, the likely causes for those

variances, and possible solutions for those variances;

(B) errors in transmission relating to use of the

National Student Clearinghouse's SPEEDE server and the impact of

those errors on students seeking to transmit transcripts to

institutions of higher education; and

(C) issues with the use of the Texas Records

Exchange (TREx) system to transmit student transcripts to

institutions of higher education.

(c) Not later than September 1, 2026, the agency and

coordinating board shall submit to the legislature a report on the

results of the study and any recommendations for legislative or

other action.

(d) This section expires September 1, 2027.

SECTION 2. 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.