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