By Lewis of Orange H.B. No. 3573
76R7181 CAS-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to extracurricular activities sponsored or sanctioned by a
1-3 school district or the University Interscholastic League.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 7.102(c)(27), Education Code, is amended
1-6 to read as follows:
1-7 (27) The board shall adopt rules relating to
1-8 extracurricular activities under Section 33.081 and approve or [,]
1-9 disapprove [, or modify] University Interscholastic League rules
1-10 and procedures under Section 33.083.
1-11 SECTION 2. Section 33.081(c), Education Code, is amended to
1-12 read as follows:
1-13 (c) A student who is enrolled in a school district in this
1-14 state or who participates in a University Interscholastic League
1-15 competition shall be suspended from participation in any
1-16 extracurricular activity sponsored or sanctioned by the school
1-17 district or the University Interscholastic League after a grade
1-18 evaluation period in which the student received a grade lower than
1-19 the equivalent of 70 on a scale of 100 in any academic class other
1-20 than an identified honors or advanced class. A suspension
1-21 continues for at least three school weeks and is not removed during
1-22 the school year until the conditions of Subsection (d) are met. A
1-23 suspension does not last beyond the end of a school year. For
1-24 purposes of this subsection, "grade evaluation period" means:
2-1 (1) the six-week grade reporting period; or
2-2 (2) the first six weeks of a semester and each grade
2-3 reporting period thereafter, in the case of a district with a grade
2-4 reporting period longer than six weeks.
2-5 SECTION 3. Section 33.083(b), Education Code, is amended to
2-6 read as follows:
2-7 (b) The University Interscholastic League is a part of The
2-8 University of Texas at Austin and must submit its rules and
2-9 procedures to the State Board of Education for approval or [,]
2-10 disapproval [, or modification]. The funds belonging to the
2-11 University Interscholastic League shall be deposited with The
2-12 University of Texas at Austin for the benefit of the league and
2-13 shall be subject to audits by The University of Texas at Austin,
2-14 The University of Texas System, and the state auditor. Copies of
2-15 annual audits shall be furnished, on request, to members of the
2-16 legislature.
2-17 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
2-18 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the
2-19 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-20 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-21 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-22 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.