By: Strama H.B. No. 2594
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to limitations on student participation in certain
extracurricular competitions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 33, Education Code, is amended by adding
Section 33.0813 to read as follows:
Sec. 33.0813. SCHOOL DISTRICT POLICY ON STUDENT
PARTICIPATION IN CERTAIN EXTRACURRICULAR COMPETITIONS. (a) The
University Interscholastic League shall not adopt or enforce any
rule that limits the ability of an independent school district to
adopt a policy that allows one or more high schools from that
district to sponsor academic or fine arts teams in
school-sanctioned academic or fine arts competitions as
representatives of their school on the basis of whether or not a
competition takes place on a Sunday.
(b) The University Interscholastic League shall not adopt
or enforce any rule that penalizes a student competitor who
participates in one or more academic or fine arts competitions that
take place on a Sunday if their independent school district has
adopted a policy permitting their high school to sponsor
participants in Sunday competitions.
(c) This section does not prohibit the adoption or
enforcement of rules that limit participation based on academic,
disciplinary or other relevant grounds.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.