Bill Text: TX HB1797 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to public school policy regarding the prevention of heat stress.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-07 - Referred to Public Education [HB1797 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB1797-Introduced.html
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| By: Hernandez | H.B. No. 1797 | |
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| relating to public school policy regarding the prevention of heat | ||
| stress. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 38.0211 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 38.0211. HEAT STRESS PREVENTION POLICY. (a) In this | ||
| section, "wet bulb globe temperature" means a comprehensive | ||
| measurement of environmental conditions that accounts for ambient | ||
| temperature, relative humidity, wind, and solar radiation. | ||
| (b) This section applies to: | ||
| (1) each public school in this state; and | ||
| (2) an extracurricular activity sponsored or | ||
| sanctioned by the University Interscholastic League and conducted | ||
| outdoors, including practice, training, participation, and | ||
| competition. | ||
| (c) Each school district and open-enrollment charter school | ||
| shall adopt and implement a policy regarding heat safety for | ||
| students participating in extracurricular activities conducted | ||
| outdoors. The policy must: | ||
| (1) establish criteria for determining satisfactory | ||
| or unsatisfactory conditions for outdoor activity based on wet bulb | ||
| globe temperature levels; | ||
| (2) require each school to monitor the risk of heat | ||
| stress before an outdoor activity begins and determine whether | ||
| conditions are satisfactory or unsatisfactory in accordance with | ||
| criteria established under Subdivision (1); and | ||
| (3) require each school to modify or suspend outdoor | ||
| activity as necessary if conditions are determined to be | ||
| unsatisfactory under Subdivision (1). | ||
| (d) This section does not: | ||
| (1) waive any immunity from liability of a school | ||
| district or open-enrollment charter school or of district or | ||
| charter school officers or employees; or | ||
| (2) create any liability for a cause of action against | ||
| a school district or open-enrollment charter school or against | ||
| district or charter school officers or employees. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2023-2024 | ||
| school year. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
