TITLE: Relating to a heat stress safety policy for outdoor athletic activities at public schools.

SUMMARY: Relating to a heat stress safety policy for outdoor athletic activities at public schools.

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AN ACT relating to a heat stress safety policy for outdoor athletic activities at public schools. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 33, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 33.2055 to read as follows: Sec. 33.2055. HEAT STRESS SAFETY POLICY REQUIRED FOR OUTDOOR ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES. (a) A school district or open-enrollment charter school that offers an extracurricular athletic activity that includes outdoor practices or competitions shall adopt a heat stress safety policy for outdoor athletic activities to protect student athletes from heat-related injury. The policy must include criteria for taking appropriate protective measures based on the wet-bulb globe temperature at the location of the activity. (b) Any organization, company, or other entity using a school district or open-enrollment charter school facility for an outdoor athletic activity shall comply with the district's or school's policy adopted under Subsection (a). SECTION 2. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the legislative session.