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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to equal opportunity for access by home-schooled students |
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to University Interscholastic League sponsored activities; |
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authorizing a fee. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 33, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 33.0832 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 33.0832. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR HOME-SCHOOLED STUDENTS |
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TO PARTICIPATE IN UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE ACTIVITIES. |
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(a) Except as provided by Subsection (d), a public school that |
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participates in an activity sponsored by the University |
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Interscholastic League shall provide a home-schooled student who |
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resides in the school's attendance area with the opportunity to |
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participate in the activity on behalf of the school in the same |
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manner that the school provides the opportunity to participate to |
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students enrolled in the school. |
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(b) A home-schooled student who seeks to participate or who |
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participates in a league activity on behalf of a school is subject |
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to the relevant policies that apply to students enrolled in the |
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school, including policies regarding registration, age |
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eligibility, fees, insurance, transportation, physical condition, |
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qualifications, responsibilities, event schedules, standards of |
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behavior, and performance. |
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(c) As a condition of participation by a home-schooled |
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student in a league activity under this section, the individual who |
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primarily provides instruction to the student must submit a written |
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verification to the school indicating whether the student is: |
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(1) receiving a passing grade in each course or |
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subject taught; and |
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(2) maintaining satisfactory progress towards |
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academic advancement or promotion. |
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(d) A home-schooled student is not authorized by this |
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section to participate in a league activity during the remainder of |
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any school year during which the student was previously enrolled in |
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a public school. |
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(e) The University Interscholastic League may not prohibit |
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a home-schooled student from participating in league activities in |
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the manner authorized by this section. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016 |
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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, 2015. |