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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requiring public institutions of higher education to |
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notify the federal Student Exchange and Visitor Information System |
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(SEVIS) regarding the withdrawal or nonattendance of certain |
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foreign students. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 51.9091 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 51.9091. REQUIRED NOTIFICATION OF FEDERAL STUDENT |
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EXCHANGE AND VISITOR INFORMATION SYSTEM (SEVIS) REGARDING |
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WITHDRAWAL OR NONATTENDANCE OF CERTAIN FOREIGN STUDENTS. A public |
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institution of higher education that is certified by the United |
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States secretary of homeland security to enroll a foreign student |
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admitted into the United States under a nonimmigrant F or M visa |
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shall immediately notify the federal Student Exchange and Visitor |
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Information System (SEVIS) or a successor program if: |
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(1) a student enrolled under an F or M visa withdraws |
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from the institution or withdraws from all courses in which the |
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student is enrolled; or |
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(2) the institution dismisses a student enrolled under |
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an F or M visa for nonattendance or takes any other official |
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administrative action in regard to the student as a result of the |
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student's nonattendance. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |