87R8328 CXP-D
By: Howard H.B. No. 2876
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring public schools to use the wet bulb globe
temperature to determine whether conditions are unsatisfactory for
student outdoor activities due to severe heat.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 38.020 to read as follows:
Sec. 38.020. USE OF WET BULB GLOBE TEMPERATURE FOR SEVERE
HEAT DETERMINATIONS. (a) In this section, "wet bulb globe
temperature" means a comprehensive measurement of environmental
conditions that accounts for ambient temperature, relative
humidity, wind, and solar radiation.
(b) Each school district and open-enrollment charter school
shall refer to the wet bulb globe temperature in determining
satisfactory or unsatisfactory conditions for outdoor activities,
including:
(1) athletic activities;
(2) recess;
(3) extracurricular activities conducted outdoors;
and
(4) any other related activities.
(c) This section does not:
(1) waive any immunity from liability of a school
district or open-enrollment charter school or of district or
charter school officers or employees; or
(2) create any liability for a cause of action against
a school district or open-enrollment charter school or against
district or charter school officers or employees.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022
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, 2021.