By: Hochberg H.B. No. 27
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  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.