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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to participation by non-enrolled students in University |
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Interscholastic League-sponsored activities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 33.0832, Education Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsections (c) and (e) and adding Subsections (c-2) and |
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(e-1) to read as follows: |
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(c) Except as provided by Subsections (c-2) and |
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[Subsection] (i), a public school that participates in an activity |
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sponsored by the league shall [may] provide a non-enrolled student, |
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who otherwise meets league eligibility standards to represent that |
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school in a league activity, with the opportunity to participate in |
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the activity on behalf of the school in the same manner that the |
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school provides the opportunity to participate to students enrolled |
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in the school. |
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(c-2) Not later than the date specified under league rule, |
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the board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of |
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an open-enrollment charter school may adopt a policy declining to |
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grant non-enrolled students the opportunity to participate in |
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league activities. |
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(e) Except as provided by Subsection (e-1), a [A] |
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non-enrolled student may only participate in a league activity for |
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the school in the school district that the student would be eligible |
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to attend based on the student's residential address. A |
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non-enrolled student who seeks to participate in a league activity |
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on behalf of a school shall be required to establish minimum proof |
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of residency acceptable to the district in the same manner as an |
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applicant to attend a school in the district under Section 25.001. |
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(e-1) If the school that a non-enrolled student would be |
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eligible to attend under Subsection (e) is subject to a policy |
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adopted under Subsection (c-2), the student may participate in a |
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league activity for the closest school, based on geographic |
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proximity to the student's residential address, that is not subject |
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to a policy adopted under Subsection (c-2). |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2025-2026 |
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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, 2025. |