82R15604 KYF-D
By: Phillips H.B. No. 1839
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1839:
By: Castro C.S.H.B. No. 1839
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to excluding a provider of recreational classes that do
not lead to an educational credential from regulation as a career
school or college.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 132, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 132.005 to read as follows:
Sec. 132.005. APPLICABILITY. This chapter does not apply
to a school or training program that offers only avocational or
recreational instruction or teacher instruction for the following
subjects:
(1) dance;
(2) music;
(3) martial arts;
(4) yoga;
(5) physical fitness;
(6) horseback riding;
(7) riflery or other weapon use;
(8) sewing, knitting, or other needlecrafts; or
(9) sports.
SECTION 2. 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, 2011.