82R317 JRJ-D
 
  By: Sheffield H.B. No. 743
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to requiring public institutions of higher education to
  notify the federal Student Exchange and 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
  EXCHANGE AND 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 immediately notify the federal Student Exchange and 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.