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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a heat stress safety policy for outdoor athletic |
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activities at public schools. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 33, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 33.2055 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 33.2055. HEAT STRESS SAFETY POLICY REQUIRED FOR |
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OUTDOOR ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES. (a) A school district or |
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open-enrollment charter school that offers an extracurricular |
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athletic activity that includes outdoor practices or competitions |
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shall adopt a heat stress safety policy for outdoor athletic |
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activities to protect student athletes from heat-related injury. |
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The policy must include criteria for taking appropriate protective |
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measures based on the wet-bulb globe temperature at the location of |
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the activity. |
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(b) Any organization, company, or other entity using a |
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school district or open-enrollment charter school facility for an |
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outdoor athletic activity shall comply with the district's or |
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school's policy adopted under Subsection (a). |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the |
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last day of the legislative session. |