Tex. Educ. Code § 51.909 · Subchapter Z. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
EXPULSION OF CERTAIN FOREIGN STUDENTS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The governing board of a public institution of higher education may expel from that institution any student who is a citizen of a country other than the United States attending the institution under a nonimmigrant visa issued by the Immigration and Naturalization Service and who is finally convicted of an offense under Section 28.03, 28.04, 42.02, 42.03, or 42.05, Penal Code, or under Section 4.30 of this code.
(b) In this section, a person is finally convicted if the conviction has not been reversed on appeal and all appeals, if any, have been exhausted.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 1258, ch. 595, Sec. 1, eff. June 13, 1979. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 14.29, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.51.htm
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Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 28.03CRIMINAL MISCHIEF.Printed as Section 28.03, 28.04, 42.02, 42.03, or 42.05, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 28.04RECKLESS DAMAGE OR DESTRUCTION.Printed as Section 28.03, 28.04, 42.02, 42.03, or 42.05, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 42.02RIOT.Printed as Section 28.03, 28.04, 42.02, 42.03, or 42.05, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 42.03OBSTRUCTING HIGHWAY OR OTHER PASSAGEWAY.Printed as Section 28.03, 28.04, 42.02, 42.03, or 42.05, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 42.05DISRUPTING MEETING OR PROCESSION.Printed as Section 28.03, 28.04, 42.02, 42.03, or 42.05, Penal Code
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