85R11534 MK-D
By: Tinderholt H.B. No. 2709
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a study conducted by the Texas Education Agency on the
financial costs of providing educational services to persons who
are not lawfully present in the United States.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. STUDY ON COST OF PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL SERVICES
TO PERSONS NOT LAWFULLY PRESENT IN THE UNITED STATES. The Texas
Education Agency shall conduct a study to determine the financial
costs incurred by the agency and by public school districts
statewide during the 2017-2018 school year as a result of providing
educational services to persons who are not lawfully present in the
United States.
SECTION 2. REPORT. Not later than December 1, 2018, the
agency shall deliver a report of the agency's findings to the
governor, lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
representatives. The agency shall publish the report on the
agency's Internet website.
SECTION 3. EXPIRATION. This Act expires February 1, 2019.
SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. 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, 2017.