Bill Text: TX SB391 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to equal opportunity for access by home-schooled students to University Interscholastic League sponsored activities; authorizing a fee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-07 - Co-author authorized [SB391 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB391-Introduced.html
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| By: Burton | S.B. No. 391 | |
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| relating to equal opportunity for access by home-schooled students | ||
| to University Interscholastic League sponsored activities; | ||
| authorizing a fee. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 33, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 33.0832 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 33.0832. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR HOME-SCHOOLED STUDENTS | ||
| TO PARTICIPATE IN UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE ACTIVITIES. | ||
| (a) Except as provided by Subsection (d), a public school that | ||
| participates in an activity sponsored by the University | ||
| Interscholastic League shall provide a home-schooled student who | ||
| resides in the school's attendance area with the opportunity to | ||
| participate in the activity on behalf of the school in the same | ||
| manner that the school provides the opportunity to participate to | ||
| students enrolled in the school. | ||
| (b) A home-schooled student who seeks to participate or who | ||
| participates in a league activity on behalf of a school is subject | ||
| to the relevant policies that apply to students enrolled in the | ||
| school, including policies regarding registration, age | ||
| eligibility, fees, insurance, transportation, physical condition, | ||
| qualifications, responsibilities, event schedules, standards of | ||
| behavior, and performance. | ||
| (c) As a condition of participation by a home-schooled | ||
| student in a league activity under this section, the individual who | ||
| primarily provides instruction to the student must submit a written | ||
| verification to the school indicating whether the student is: | ||
| (1) receiving a passing grade in each course or | ||
| subject taught; and | ||
| (2) maintaining satisfactory progress towards | ||
| academic advancement or promotion. | ||
| (d) A home-schooled student is not authorized by this | ||
| section to participate in a league activity during the remainder of | ||
| any school year during which the student was previously enrolled in | ||
| a public school. | ||
| (e) The University Interscholastic League may not prohibit | ||
| a home-schooled student from participating in league activities in | ||
| the manner authorized by this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016 | ||
| 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, 2015. | ||
