| 1 | 1 | | 88S30937 AMF-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Capriglione H.B. No. 206 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to a heat stress safety policy for outdoor athletic |
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| 8 | 8 | | activities at public schools. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 33, Education Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Section 33.2055 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 33.2055. HEAT STRESS SAFETY POLICY REQUIRED FOR |
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| 13 | 13 | | OUTDOOR ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES. (a) A school district or |
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| 14 | 14 | | open-enrollment charter school that offers an extracurricular |
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| 15 | 15 | | athletic activity that includes outdoor practices or competitions |
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| 16 | 16 | | shall adopt a heat stress safety policy for outdoor athletic |
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| 17 | 17 | | activities to protect student athletes from heat-related injury. |
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| 18 | 18 | | The policy must include criteria for taking appropriate protective |
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| 19 | 19 | | measures based on the wet-bulb globe temperature at the location of |
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| 20 | 20 | | the activity. |
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| 21 | 21 | | (b) Any organization, company, or other entity using a |
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| 22 | 22 | | school district or open-enrollment charter school facility for an |
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| 23 | 23 | | outdoor athletic activity shall comply with the district's or |
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| 24 | 24 | | school's policy adopted under Subsection (a). |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the |
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| 26 | 26 | | last day of the legislative session. |
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