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79S30923 RMB-D

By:  Flores                                                       H.B. No. 126



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the eligibility of students enrolled in joint credit or 
concurrent enrollment programs for extracurricular activities and 
University Interscholastic League competitions.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 33, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 33.087 to read as follows:
	Sec. 33.087.  ELIGIBILITY OF STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN JOINT 
CREDIT OR CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT PROGRAMS.  A student otherwise 
eligible to participate in an extracurricular activity or a 
University Interscholastic League competition is not ineligible 
because the student is enrolled in a course offered for joint high 
school and college credit, or in a course offered under a concurrent 
enrollment program, regardless of the location at which the course 
is provided.
	SECTION 2.  This Act applies beginning with the 2006-2007 
school year.       
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the 
legislative session.