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| 1 | 1 | By: Huffman S.B. No. 1009 | |
| 2 | 2 | (Sheffield) | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to requiring public institutions of higher education to | |
| 8 | 8 | notify the federal Student and Exchange Visitor Information System | |
| 9 | 9 | (SEVIS) regarding the withdrawal or nonattendance of certain | |
| 10 | 10 | foreign students. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is | |
| 13 | 13 | amended by adding Section 51.9091 to read as follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | Sec. 51.9091. REQUIRED NOTIFICATION OF FEDERAL STUDENT AND | |
| 15 | 15 | EXCHANGE VISITOR INFORMATION SYSTEM (SEVIS) REGARDING WITHDRAWAL | |
| 16 | 16 | OR NONATTENDANCE OF CERTAIN FOREIGN STUDENTS. A public institution | |
| 17 | 17 | of higher education that is certified by the United States | |
| 18 | 18 | secretary of homeland security to enroll a foreign student admitted | |
| 19 | 19 | into the United States under a nonimmigrant F or M visa shall | |
| 20 | 20 | promptly notify the federal Student and Exchange Visitor | |
| 21 | 21 | Information System (SEVIS) or a successor program if: | |
| 22 | 22 | (1) a student enrolled under an F or M visa withdraws | |
| 23 | 23 | from the institution or withdraws from all courses in which the | |
| 24 | 24 | student is enrolled; or | |
| 25 | 25 | (2) the institution dismisses a student enrolled under | |
| 26 | 26 | an F or M visa for nonattendance or takes any other official | |
| 27 | 27 | administrative action in regard to the student as a result of the | |
| 28 | 28 | student's nonattendance. | |
| 29 | 29 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |