By: Hickland H.B. No. 1512
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to reporting the number of children known or reasonably
believed to not be citizens of the United States enrolled in a
public school and to requesting reimbursement from the United
States government for the cost of educating those children.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 25.001, Education Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (k), (l), and (m) to read as follows:
(k) A school district shall include in the district's Public
Education Information Management System (PEIMS) report, in the
manner and form prescribed by commissioner rule, the number of
persons admitted to the district under this section whom the
district knows or reasonably believes to not be citizens of the
United States. Nothing in this subsection authorizes a school
district to deny admission to any person who is eligible under
Subsection (b).
(l) The commissioner shall annually submit to the United
States government a request that the United States government
reimburse the state for the cost of educating the total number of
persons reported under Subsection (k) by all school districts.
(m) The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to
implement Subsections (k) and (l), including rules to ensure that
information reported under those subsections does not contain
personally identifiable information of a student.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026
school year.
SECTION 3. 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, 2025.