Amend HB 3573 by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering the subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly: SECTION _____. Section 33.081, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (h) and (i) to read as follows: (h) The University Interscholastic League shall adopt rules under which a team may be disqualified from competition on the basis of participation in an extracurricular activity by a team member who is ineligible to participate in the activity under this section. The rules may provide for disqualification of a team from competition if the school responsible for making a verification fails to properly verify the team member's eligibility. The rules may also provide that a team is not disqualified from competition if: (1) the school responsible for verification properly verified the team member's eligibility, based on the facts available, or (2) an appropriate entity had previously ruled that the team member was eligible. (i) A school responsible for making a verification shall verify a student's grades: (1) independently of involvement by the student; and (2) on the basis of the official grade report. SECTION _____. The University Interscholastic League shall adopt rules as provided by Section 33.081 (h), Education Code, as added by this Act, as soon as practicable after the effective date of this Act.