Bill Text: TX HB27 | 2011 | 82nd Legislature 1st Special | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to reducing costs in public school extracurricular activities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-06-01 - Referred to Public Education [HB27 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB27-Introduced.html
By: Hochberg | H.B. No. 27 |
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relating to reducing costs in public school extracurricular | ||
activities. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 33, Education Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 33.090 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 33.090. COST REDUCTIONS IN EXTRACURRICULAR | ||
ACTIVITIES. (a) The University Interscholastic League shall | ||
establish rules and policies to achieve annual savings of at least | ||
20 percent in costs expended by school districts for University | ||
Interscholastic League athletic programs. The University | ||
Interscholastic League shall implement these rules and policies no | ||
later than the start of the 2012-2013 school year and shall continue | ||
the rules and policies throughout at least the 2016-2017 school | ||
year. The rules and policies proposed under this section shall be | ||
approved by the commissioner prior to implementation by the | ||
University Interscholastic League. | ||
(b) In approving the rules and policies proposed by the | ||
University Interscholastic League under this section, the | ||
commissioner shall ensure that the proposed rules and policies will | ||
achieve the annual cost savings under Subsection (a) and will | ||
distribute cost savings proportionally under Subsection (d). | ||
(c) To the extent practicable, the rules and policies | ||
implemented under this section shall distribute cost savings | ||
proportionally to the cost of each sport. | ||
(d) The rules and policies implemented under this section | ||
shall not be changed before 2016-2017 unless replaced with similar | ||
cost saving measures approved by the commissioner. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect October 1, 2011. |