83R6978 KKA-D
By: Dutton H.B. No. 1374
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to equal opportunity for access by home-schooled students
to University Interscholastic League sponsored activities;
authorizing a fee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 33, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 33.0833 to read as follows:
Sec. 33.0833. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR HOME-SCHOOLED STUDENTS
TO PARTICIPATE IN UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE ACTIVITIES.
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (d), a public school that
participates in an activity sponsored by the University
Interscholastic League shall provide a home-schooled student who
resides in the school's attendance area with the opportunity to
participate in the activity on behalf of the school in the same
manner that the school provides the opportunity to participate to
students enrolled in the school.
(b) A home-schooled student who seeks to participate or who
participates in a league activity on behalf of a school is subject
to the relevant policies that apply to students enrolled in the
school, including policies regarding registration, age
eligibility, fees, insurance, transportation, physical condition,
qualifications, responsibilities, event schedules, standards of
behavior, and performance.
(c) As a condition of participation by a home-schooled
student in a league activity under this section, the individual who
primarily provides instruction to the student must submit a written
verification to the school indicating whether the student is:
(1) receiving a passing grade in each course or
subject taught; and
(2) maintaining satisfactory progress towards
academic advancement or promotion.
(d) A home-schooled student is not authorized by this
section to participate in a league activity during the remainder of
any school year during which the student was previously enrolled in
a public school.
(e) The University Interscholastic League may not prohibit
a home-schooled student from participating in league activities in
the manner authorized by this section.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014
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, 2013.