83R6551 KKA-D
By: Wu H.B. No. 1411
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to selection of certain statewide competition locations by
the University Interscholastic League in a manner that provides
equal access for institutions of higher education to students who
exhibit academic or musical excellence.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 33, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 33.0834 to read as follows:
Sec. 33.0834. UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE: SELECTION
OF LOCATIONS FOR CERTAIN STATEWIDE COMPETITIONS. (a) The
University Interscholastic League shall select locations for
statewide competitions in extracurricular academic or musical
activities sponsored or sanctioned by the league in accordance with
this section.
(b) For each extracurricular academic or musical activity
for which the University Interscholastic League sponsors or
sanctions a statewide annual competition, the league shall on a
biennial basis issue a statewide request for proposals from
institutions of higher education and other appropriate entities
seeking to host the statewide competition for two consecutive
years.
(c) A request for proposals must:
(1) specify the factors that the University
Interscholastic League will consider in selecting the host for the
statewide competition; and
(2) require an entity to submit relevant information
regarding the capability of the entity to host the competition,
including available facilities, accommodations, and personnel.
(d) To the extent that acceptable proposals are submitted in
response to a request for proposals, the University Interscholastic
League shall select entities so that statewide competitions are
held in various regions of this state.
SECTION 2. Section 33.0834, Education Code, as added by
this Act, applies only to a statewide competition to be held on or
after September 1, 2014.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.