Bill Text: TX HB2631 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the withdrawal or revocation of an athletic scholarship by a public institution of higher education on the basis of a student athlete's injury, illness, or disability.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-13 - Referred to Higher Education [HB2631 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2631-Introduced.html
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| By: Jones of Harris | H.B. No. 2631 | |
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| relating to the withdrawal or revocation of an athletic scholarship | ||
| by a public institution of higher education on the basis of a | ||
| student athlete's injury, illness, or disability. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 56, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 56.0093 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 56.0093. WITHDRAWAL OR REVOCATION OF CERTAIN ATHLETIC | ||
| SCHOLARSHIPS. (a) In this section, "athletic scholarship" means a | ||
| scholarship, grant, or similar financial assistance awarded to a | ||
| student for a period of at least one academic year that is | ||
| conditioned on the student's participation in intercollegiate | ||
| athletics. | ||
| (b) Subject to Subsection (c), an institution of higher | ||
| education may not withdraw or revoke the athletic scholarship of a | ||
| student athlete on the basis that the student athlete suffered an | ||
| injury, illness, or disability, including a mental illness or | ||
| disability, that renders the student athlete unable to participate | ||
| in intercollegiate athletics, regardless of whether the injury, | ||
| illness, or disability is temporary or permanent or resulted from | ||
| the student athlete's participation in an athletic program at the | ||
| institution. | ||
| (c) An institution of higher education may withdraw or | ||
| revoke the athletic scholarship of a student athlete who suffers an | ||
| injury, illness, or disability described by Subsection (b) if the | ||
| student athlete's injury, illness, or disability resulted from the | ||
| student athlete's violation of the institution's student code of | ||
| conduct. | ||
| (d) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall | ||
| adopt rules as necessary to implement and enforce this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 56.0093, Education Code, as added by | ||
| this Act, applies beginning with athletic scholarships, grants, or | ||
| similar financial assistance initially awarded to student athletes | ||
| for the 2023-2024 academic 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. | ||
