By: Huffman S.B. No. 1009
(Sheffield)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring public institutions of higher education to
notify the federal Student and Exchange 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 AND
EXCHANGE 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
promptly notify the federal Student and Exchange 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.