Monitoring the SessionHB 316
Filed
Initial review · graded Nov 9, 2026 · How we grade
relating to a requirement that a student's postsecondary transcript include the average or median grade awarded in each class.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
Your A, next to everyone else’s. Classes of 10 or fewer exempt.
This bill makes Texas public universities print the class average or median grade next to each grade on a student's transcript. It touches students and registrars at general academic teaching institutions, with pass-fail, independent study and classes of 10 or fewer students left out. Starting in fall 2027, anyone reading a transcript can see how a student's grade compares to the rest of the class, under rules the Higher Education Coordinating Board must write.
Labels: BACK FROM THE DEAD. Same text as a bill filed before that died: 89R HB 4234 (Died in committee). Filed in 2 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R and 89R only.TRY NO. 2. Filed in 2 sessions: 89R and 90R. Checked against 88R and 89R only.
90R-HB316 · 2026-11-09
relating to a requirement that a student's postsecondary transcript include the average or median grade awarded in each class.
Your A, next to everyone else’s. Classes of 10 or fewer exempt.
This bill makes Texas public universities print the class average or median grade next to each grade on a student's transcript. It touches students and registrars at general academic teaching institutions, with pass-fail, independent study and classes of 10 or fewer students left out. Starting in fall 2027, anyone reading a transcript can see how a student's grade compares to the rest of the class, under rules the Higher Education Coordinating Board must write.
[ ] NONE FOUND
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
No verified beat found.
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The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.
Derived itemized flow · Jul 3, 2024 to Oct 24, 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.
$20,000.00
Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Jun 23, 2025 to Oct 8, 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: 101007132, 101027774, 101071421.
Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.
$20,000.00
Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamDerived itemized flow · Jun 23, 2025 to Oct 8, 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: 101007132, 101027774, 101071421.
No floor vote loaded for this bill.
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
Analysis of text version I by a super-expensive superintelligence, Nov 9, 2026, against the published rubric.
Filed 2 times: 89R and now. Checked against 88R and 89R only.
by Rep. Shofner, same lead author · Died in committee · same text
Introduced textLast action, May 19, 2025: Referred to Education K-16
Relating to a requirement that a student's postsecondary transcript include the average or median grade awarded in each class.
Caption, 89R bill history
Texas House · Filed Nov 9, 2026
11/09/2026 H Filed
Texas Legislature Online · Introduced
Data snapshot Nov 10, 2026 at 2:32 AM CST. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
Education--Higher--General
Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs
HIGHER EDUCATION COORDINATING BOARD, TEXAS
The text as introduced · 323 words
90R1726 CMO-F By: Shofner H.B. No. 316 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to a requirement that a student's postsecondary transcript include the average or median grade awarded in each class. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 51.990 to read as follows: Sec. 51.990. TRANSPARENCY IN STUDENT TRANSCRIPTS. (a) In this section, "general academic teaching institution" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003. (b) Each general academic teaching institution shall include on a student's transcript, for each class attempted by the student: (1) the average grade awarded to all students in the class; or (2) for a class for which letter grades are awarded to all students in the class, the median grade awarded. (c) The institution shall place the average or median grade, as applicable, immediately to the right of the student's individual grade. (d) This section does not apply to a class: (1) offered to students solely on a pass-fail basis or for independent study credit; or (2) in which grades are reported for 10 students or fewer. (e) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall adopt rules to administer this section. SECTION 2. The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall adopt the rules required by Section 51.990, Education Code, as added by this Act, as soon as practicable after this Act takes effect. For that purpose, the coordinating board may adopt the initial rules in the manner provided by law for emergency rules. SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies beginning with the 2027 fall semester. SECTION 4. 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, 2027.