Bill Text: TX SB929 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Engrossed
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: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-05-17 - No action taken in committee [SB929 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB929-Engrossed.html
By: Paxton, Campbell | S.B. No. 929 |
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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 33.0833 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 33.0833. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR HOME-SCHOOLED STUDENTS | ||
TO PARTICIPATE IN UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE ACTIVITIES. | ||
(a) In this section, "home-schooled student" has the meaning | ||
assigned by Section 29.916. | ||
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (g), a public school | ||
that participates in an activity sponsored by the University | ||
Interscholastic League shall provide a home-schooled student, who | ||
otherwise meets league eligibility standards to represent that | ||
school in a league activity, 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. | ||
(c) 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. | ||
(d) The parent or legal guardian of a home-schooled student | ||
is responsible for oversight of academic standards relating to the | ||
student's participation in a league activity. As a condition of | ||
eligibility to participate in a league activity during the first | ||
six weeks of a school year, a home-schooled student must | ||
demonstrate grade-level academic proficiency on any nationally | ||
recognized, norm-referenced assessment instrument, including the | ||
Iowa Test of Basic Skills, Stanford Achievement Test, California | ||
Achievement Test, and Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills. A | ||
home-schooled student demonstrates the required academic | ||
proficiency by achieving a composite, core, or survey score that is | ||
within the average or higher than average range of scores, as | ||
established by the applicable testing service. For purposes of | ||
this subsection, a school district shall accept assessment results | ||
administered or reported by a third party. | ||
(e) A home-schooled student's demonstration of academic | ||
proficiency under Subsection (d) is sufficient for purposes of that | ||
subsection for the school year in which the student achieves the | ||
required score and the subsequent school year. | ||
(f) After the first six weeks of a school year, the parent or | ||
legal guardian of a home-schooled student participating in a league | ||
activity on behalf of a public school must periodically, in | ||
accordance with the school's grading calendar, provide written | ||
verification to the school indicating that the student is receiving | ||
a passing grade in each course or subject being taught. | ||
(g) 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. | ||
(h) The University Interscholastic League may not prohibit | ||
a home-schooled student from participating in league activities in | ||
the manner authorized by this section. | ||
(i) This section expires July 1, 2017. | ||
SECTION 2. Effective July 1, 2017, Subchapter D, Chapter | ||
33, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 33.0834 to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 33.0834. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR HOME-SCHOOLED STUDENTS | ||
TO PARTICIPATE IN UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE ACTIVITIES. | ||
(a) In this section, "home-schooled student" has the meaning | ||
assigned by Section 29.916. | ||
(b) Notwithstanding the expiration of Section 33.0833, as | ||
added by S.B. 929, Acts of the 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, | ||
2013, a home-schooled student who participated in an activity | ||
sponsored by the University Interscholastic League under the | ||
authority of that section before July 1, 2017, may continue to | ||
participate in the same league activity on the same terms | ||
previously specified by that section. | ||
(c) This section expires July 1, 2030. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act applies beginning with the 2013-2014 | ||
school year. | ||
SECTION 4. Except as otherwise provided by this Act: | ||
(1) 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; and | ||
(2) if this Act does not receive the vote necessary for | ||
immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |