1-1 By: Bernsen S.B. No. 1671
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 12, 1999; March 15, 1999, read
1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Education; May 14, 1999,
1-4 reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0;
1-5 May 14, 1999, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to extracurricular activities sponsored or sanctioned by a
1-9 school district or the University Interscholastic League.
1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11 SECTION 1. Subdivision (27), Subsection (c), Section 7.102,
1-12 Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
1-13 (27) The board shall adopt rules relating to
1-14 extracurricular activities under Section 33.081 and approve or[,]
1-15 disapprove[, or modify] University Interscholastic League rules and
1-16 procedures under Section 33.083.
1-17 SECTION 2. Subsection (c), Section 33.081, Education Code,
1-18 is amended to read as follows:
1-19 (c) A student who is enrolled in a school district in this
1-20 state or who participates in a University Interscholastic League
1-21 competition shall be suspended from participation in any
1-22 extracurricular activity sponsored or sanctioned by the school
1-23 district or the University Interscholastic League after a grade
1-24 evaluation period in which the student received a grade lower than
1-25 the equivalent of 70 on a scale of 100 in any academic class other
1-26 than an identified honors or advanced class. A suspension
1-27 continues for at least three school weeks and is not removed during
1-28 the school year until the conditions of Subsection (d) are met. A
1-29 suspension does not last beyond the end of a school year. For
1-30 purposes of this subsection, "grade evaluation period" means:
1-31 (1) the six-week grade reporting period; or
1-32 (2) the first six weeks of a semester and each grade
1-33 reporting period thereafter, in the case of a district with a grade
1-34 reporting period longer than six weeks.
1-35 SECTION 3. Subsection (b), Section 33.083, Education Code,
1-36 is amended to read as follows:
1-37 (b) The University Interscholastic League is a part of The
1-38 University of Texas at Austin and must submit its rules and
1-39 procedures to the State Board of Education for approval or[,]
1-40 disapproval[, or modification]. The funds belonging to the
1-41 University Interscholastic League shall be deposited with The
1-42 University of Texas at Austin for the benefit of the league and
1-43 shall be subject to audits by The University of Texas at Austin,
1-44 The University of Texas System, and the state auditor. Copies of
1-45 annual audits shall be furnished, on request, to members of the
1-46 legislature.
1-47 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
1-48 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the
1-49 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-50 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-51 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-52 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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