82R317 JRJ-D
By: Sheffield H.B. No. 743
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring public institutions of higher education to
notify the federal Student Exchange and Visitor Information System
(SEVIS) regarding the withdrawal or nonattendance of certain
foreign students.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 51.9091 to read as follows:
Sec. 51.9091. REQUIRED NOTIFICATION OF FEDERAL STUDENT
EXCHANGE AND VISITOR INFORMATION SYSTEM (SEVIS) REGARDING
WITHDRAWAL OR NONATTENDANCE OF CERTAIN FOREIGN STUDENTS. A public
institution of higher education that is certified by the United
States secretary of homeland security to enroll a foreign student
admitted into the United States under a nonimmigrant F or M visa
shall immediately notify the federal Student Exchange and Visitor
Information System (SEVIS) or a successor program if:
(1) a student enrolled under an F or M visa withdraws
from the institution or withdraws from all courses in which the
student is enrolled; or
(2) the institution dismisses a student enrolled under
an F or M visa for nonattendance or takes any other official
administrative action in regard to the student as a result of the
student's nonattendance.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.