Amend HB 2721 (senate committee report) as follows:
(1) In the recital to SECTION 1 of the bill (page 1, line 26), strike "Subsection (e-1)" and substitute "Subsections (e-1), (e-2), (e-3), (e-4), and (h)".
(2) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 33.081(e-1), Education Code (page 1), strike lines 32 through 39 and substitute the following:
district or the University Interscholastic League if the state executive committee of the league determines that the student intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly causes bodily injury to a person serving as referee, judge, or other official of an extracurricular activity in retaliation for or as a result of the person's actions taken in performing the duties of a referee, judge, or other official of the extracurricular activity.
(3) In SECTION 1 of the bill, immediately following added Section 33.081(e-1), Education Code (page 1, between lines 39 and 40), insert the following:
(e-2) A student prohibited from participation in an extracurricular activity under Subsection (e-1) may submit to the University Interscholastic League a request that the student be permitted to participate in future extracurricular activities sponsored or sanctioned by the University Interscholastic League if:
(1) the request is submitted at least:
(A) one year after the date the student engaged in the conduct that resulted in the prohibition under Subsection (e-1) if the student was enrolled in eighth grade or below at the time of the conduct; or
(B) two years after the date the student engaged in the conduct that resulted in the prohibition under Subsection (e-1) if the student was enrolled in ninth grade or above at the time of the conduct;
(2) the student:
(A) completed a course in anger management since engaging in the conduct that resulted in the prohibition under Subsection (e-1);
(B) completed any other course, activity, or action required by the school district in which the student is enrolled as a result of the conduct that resulted in the prohibition under Subsection (e-1); and
(C) demonstrates, to the satisfaction of the school district and the University Interscholastic League, that the student has been rehabilitated and is unlikely to again engage in the conduct described by Subsection (e-1); and
(3) a previous request submitted by the student under this section has not been denied during the school year in which the request is submitted.
(e-3) When determining whether to grant a request under Subsection (e-2), the University Interscholastic League:
(1) shall take into account the severity of the conduct that resulted in the prohibition under Subsection (e-1); and
(2) may set conditions for the student's future participation in extracurricular activities.
(e-4) The University Interscholastic League may prohibit a student from participating in any future extracurricular activity sponsored or sanctioned by the University Interscholastic League if the student violates a condition set by the University Interscholastic League under Subsection (e-3)(2).
(4) In SECTION 1 of the bill, immediately following amended Section 33.081(g), Education Code (page 1, between lines 57 and 58), insert the following:
(h) A request made under Subsection (e-2) is not a contested case subject to Chapter 2001, Government Code.