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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requiring certain school districts to allow students |
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who participate in Special Olympics to earn a letter on that basis. |
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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 33.093 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 33.093. RECOGNITION OF PARTICIPATION IN SPECIAL |
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OLYMPICS. If a school district allows high school students to earn |
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a letter for academic, athletic, or extracurricular achievements, |
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the district must allow high school students in the district to earn |
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a letter on the basis of a student's participation in a Special |
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Olympics event. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2017-2018 |
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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, 2017. |