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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to reducing costs in public school extracurricular |
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activities. |
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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 33.090 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 33.090. COST REDUCTIONS IN EXTRACURRICULAR |
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ACTIVITIES. (a) The University Interscholastic League shall |
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establish rules and policies to achieve annual savings of at least |
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20 percent in costs expended by school districts for University |
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Interscholastic League athletic programs. The University |
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Interscholastic League shall implement these rules and policies no |
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later than the start of the 2012-2013 school year and shall continue |
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the rules and policies throughout at least the 2016-2017 school |
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year. The rules and policies proposed under this section shall be |
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approved by the commissioner prior to implementation by the |
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University Interscholastic League. |
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(b) In approving the rules and policies proposed by the |
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University Interscholastic League under this section, the |
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commissioner shall ensure that the proposed rules and policies will |
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achieve the annual cost savings under Subsection (a) and will |
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distribute cost savings proportionally under Subsection (d). |
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(c) To achieve the annual savings required in Subsection |
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(a), University Interscholastic League may consider the following |
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cost saving measures including, but not limited to: |
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(1) setting limits on the number of coaches and |
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support staff for one or more sports; |
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(2) requiring all coaches who are full-time employees |
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of the school district to teach a minimum of one course each |
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semester from the required curriculum under Section 28.002; |
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(3) reducing the number of games played per season; |
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(4) reducing the number of tournaments played per |
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season; |
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(5) limiting the number of games and tournaments on |
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weekdays; |
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(6) requiring varsity and sub-varsity participants to |
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travel together where schedules permit to reduce school district |
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travel costs; |
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(7) reducing the size of officiating crews; |
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(8) requiring coaches to coach more than one sport; |
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(9) allowing coaches to be employed by the school |
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district on a part-time or voluntary basis; or |
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(10) any other cost saving measure approved by the |
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commissioner. |
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(d) To the extent practicable, the rules and policies |
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implemented under this section shall distribute cost savings |
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proportionally to the cost of each sport. |
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(e) The rules and policies implemented under this section |
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shall not be changed before 2016-2017 unless replaced with similar |
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cost saving measures approved by the commissioner. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |