85R997 MK-D     By: Huffines S.B. No. 765       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to providing the financial cost incurred by the Texas   Education Agency as a result of providing educational services to   persons who are not lawfully present in the United States.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 7, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 7.032 to read as follows:          Sec. 7.032.  FINANCIAL COST RELATED TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.   (a)  Not later than the 30th day before the first day of each   regular legislative session, the agency, with assistance from the   comptroller, shall certify to the speaker of the house of   representatives, the lieutenant governor, the governor, and the   attorney general the financial cost to the agency incurred during   the preceding two-year period resulting from providing educational   services to persons who are not lawfully present in the United   States.          (b)  The financial cost statement must include a separate   accounting for the costs to the agency incurred in specific   categories of agency spending as determined by the comptroller.          SECTION 2.  This state recognizes that it is the   responsibility of the federal government to maintain the security   of the national border to prevent unlawful entry of persons and   finds that the federal government should reimburse this state for   this state's expenditures in providing educational services to   persons who are not lawfully present in the United States.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.