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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to consideration of travel distances in assigning a school |
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to a University Interscholastic League classification. |
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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 33.089 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 33.089. TRAVEL IMPACT. (a) When assigning a school to |
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a University Interscholastic League classification based on |
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student enrollment, the University Interscholastic League must |
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consider the distance of travel required for school teams to |
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compete against the other schools in the classification and |
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competition district. |
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(b) A school assigned to a University Interscholastic |
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League classification may be reassigned to the next lower |
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classification of schools if: |
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(1) the distance of one-way travel exceeds an average |
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of 200 miles from the school to places of competition; and |
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(2) the student enrollment of the school does not |
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exceed by more than 20 percent the student enrollment maximum for |
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the next lower classification. |
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(c) The University Interscholastic League may assign a |
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school to the lower classification under Subsection (b) only on the |
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request of the school after the University Interscholastic League |
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assignments are made public. |
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(d) To determine if a school qualifies under Subsection (b) |
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for reclassification, the impact of travel is calculated by finding |
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the sum of the one-way mileage from a school to each of the other |
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schools in the school's competition district and dividing the sum |
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by the number of other schools in the competition district. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2013. |