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By: Flores (Senate Sponsor - Lucio) |
H.B. No. 208 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House March 19, 2007; |
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April 3, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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Education; May 2, 2007, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 2, 2007, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the eligibility of students enrolled in joint credit or |
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concurrent enrollment programs for extracurricular activities and |
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University Interscholastic League competitions. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 33, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 33.087 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 33.087. ELIGIBILITY OF STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN JOINT |
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CREDIT OR CONCURRENT ENROLLMENT PROGRAMS. A student otherwise |
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eligible to participate in an extracurricular activity or a |
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University Interscholastic League competition is not ineligible |
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because the student is enrolled in a course offered for joint high |
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school and college credit, or in a course offered under a concurrent |
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enrollment program, regardless of the location at which the course |
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is provided. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2007-2008 |
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school year. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |
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