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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, Senate Bill No. 2 has been adopted by the senate and |
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the house of representatives and is being prepared for enrollment; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, The bill contains technical errors that should be |
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corrected; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED by the 83rd Legislature of the State of Texas, That |
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the enrolling clerk of the senate be instructed to correct Senate |
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Bill No. 2 as follows: |
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(1) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the |
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bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly: |
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SECTION ____. Subchapter D, Chapter 33, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 33.088 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 33.088. PARTICIPATION IN LEAGUE CONTESTS BY SPECIALTY |
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HIGH SCHOOL. (a) In this section: |
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(1) "Division" includes academics, athletics, or |
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music divisions of league contests. |
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(2) "Specialty high school" means the high school of |
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an open-enrollment charter school that: |
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(A) enrolls students without regard to the |
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attendance zones of the school district in which the high school is |
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located; and |
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(B) is determined by the University |
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Interscholastic League to specialize in a division of league |
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contests. |
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(3) "League" means the University Interscholastic |
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League. |
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(b) To ensure fair competition, the league shall adopt rules |
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governing participation in league contests by students attending a |
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specialty high school. |
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(c) The league rules adopted under Subsection (b) must |
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require that, for any division of league contests that a specialty |
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high school emphasizes, the school will be assigned to the |
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conference with the largest student enrollment, except that the |
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rules may provide for reasonable exceptions from that requirement |
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based on travel, availability of participant schools, or other |
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criteria. |
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(d) League rules adopted under Subsection (b) must apply |
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beginning with the 2013-2014 school year. This subsection expires |
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August 31, 2014. |
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(2) Strike SECTION 48 of the bill (page 46, lines 16-23), |
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repealing provisions of the Education Code, and substitute the |
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following appropriately numbered SECTION: |
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SECTION ____. The following provisions of the Education |
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Code are repealed: |
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(1) Subsection (b), Section 12.1055; |
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(2) Subsection (b), Section 12.113; and |
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(3) Subsection (b), Section 12.1161. |