Plain English summary not yet available
The full original text is available below. Check back soon as we process this bill.
      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.