Was this also so Perry could find the chosen ones to give them Texas taxpayer-funded tuition money? Snide but, just wondering....
No. Those are easy enough to find. Students must attend high school, and get a B average. If they do, and they qualify for admission to a Texas public school, they would have access through their high school to the forms they would fill out to apply for in-state tuition.
On that form, they are told what they need to affirm in order to qualify for tuition.
There would be no need for any identification program to find and offer the benefit to the students. If they qualify they are in a position to get that information already.