TITLE: Relating to allowing certain extracurricular activities required by public school classes for agriculture, food, and natural resources.

SUMMARY: Relating to allowing certain extracurricular activities required by public school classes for agriculture, food, and natural resources.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to allowing certain extracurricular activities required by public school classes for agriculture, food, and natural resources. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 33.081, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (h) to read as follows: (h) This section does not prohibit a student from engaging in an extracurricular activity that is required as part of an academic class for agriculture, food, and natural resources. SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016 school year. SECTION 3. 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.