By: Frank (Senate Sponsor - Paxton) H.B. No. 699
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 17, 2023;
April 18, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on
Education; May 18, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 13, Nays 0; May 18, 2023, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE VOTE
YeaNayAbsentPNV
CreightonX
CampbellX
BettencourtX
BirdwellX
FloresX
KingX
LaMantiaX
MenéndezX
MiddletonX
ParkerX
PaxtonX
SpringerX
WestX
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to determining the student enrollment of a public school
that allows non-enrolled students to participate in University
Interscholastic League activities for purposes of assigning a
University Interscholastic League classification.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 33.0832, Education Code, as added by
Chapter 996 (H.B. 547), Acts of the 87th Legislature, Regular
Session, 2021, is amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as
follows:
(c-1) When assigning league classification to a public
school based on student enrollment, the league must use the same
student enrollment calculation formula for a school that allows a
non-enrolled student to participate in a league activity as
provided by Subsection (c) as the formula used to determine the
student enrollment of a school that does not allow a non-enrolled
student to participate in the league activity.
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024
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, 2023.
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