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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to reducing costs in public school extracurricular |
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activities. |
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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 33.090 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 33.090. COST REDUCTIONS IN EXTRACURRICULAR |
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ACTIVITIES. (a) The University Interscholastic League shall |
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establish rules and policies to achieve annual savings of at least |
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20 percent in costs expended by school districts for University |
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Interscholastic League athletic programs. The University |
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Interscholastic League shall implement these rules and policies no |
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later than the start of the 2012-2013 school year and shall continue |
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the rules and policies throughout at least the 2016-2017 school |
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year. The rules and policies proposed under this section shall be |
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approved by the commissioner prior to implementation by the |
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University Interscholastic League. |
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(b) In approving the rules and policies proposed by the |
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University Interscholastic League under this section, the |
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commissioner shall ensure that the proposed rules and policies will |
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achieve the annual cost savings under Subsection (a) and will |
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distribute cost savings proportionally under Subsection (d). |
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(c) To the extent practicable, the rules and policies |
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implemented under this section shall distribute cost savings |
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proportionally to the cost of each sport. |
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(d) The rules and policies implemented under this section |
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shall not be changed before 2016-2017 unless replaced with similar |
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cost saving measures approved by the commissioner. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect October 1, 2011. |