86R1065 LHC-D
By: Canales H.B. No. 167
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the participation of certain students in University
Interscholastic League sponsored activities.
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. ACCESS TO UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE
SPONSORED ACTIVITIES FOR STUDENTS UNDER SUPERVISION OF TEXAS
JUVENILE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT. (a) The University Interscholastic
League may provide students receiving educational services under
the supervision of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department with the
opportunity to participate in activities sponsored by the league in
the same manner that the league provides the opportunity to
participate to students enrolled in public schools. Participation
of a public school in an activity in which students receiving
educational services under the supervision of the department
participate is optional.
(b) Before providing students described by Subsection (a)
with the opportunity to participate in activities described by that
subsection, the University Interscholastic League must:
(1) enter into a memorandum of understanding with the
Texas Juvenile Justice Department regarding the policies
governing:
(A) the conditions of eligibility for students
under the supervision of the department in activities sponsored by
the league, including the:
(i) ages of students eligible to
participate;
(ii) academic performance requirements for
students; and
(iii) standards of behavior for students;
(B) the appropriate league in which students
under the supervision of the department will participate; and
(C) the duties of the department regarding other
policies of the league, including fees, insurance, and
transportation; and
(2) adopt rules and administrative guidelines to
implement this section, including procedures allowing for the
optional participation of public schools in the activities provided
to students under the supervision of the department under this
section.
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, 2019.