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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to reporting the number of children known or reasonably |
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believed to not be citizens of the United States enrolled in a |
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public school and to requesting reimbursement from the United |
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States government for the cost of educating those children. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 25.001, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsections (k), (l), and (m) to read as follows: |
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(k) A school district shall include in the district's Public |
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Education Information Management System (PEIMS) report, in the |
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manner and form prescribed by commissioner rule, the number of |
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persons admitted to the district under this section whom the |
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district knows or reasonably believes to not be citizens of the |
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United States. Nothing in this subsection authorizes a school |
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district to deny admission to any person who is eligible under |
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Subsection (b). |
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(l) The commissioner shall annually submit to the United |
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States government a request that the United States government |
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reimburse the state for the cost of educating the total number of |
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persons reported under Subsection (k) by all school districts. |
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(m) The commissioner shall adopt rules as necessary to |
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implement Subsections (k) and (l), including rules to ensure that |
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information reported under those subsections does not contain |
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personally identifiable information of a student. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |