TITLE: Relating to reducing costs in public school extracurricular activities.

SUMMARY: Relating to reducing costs in public school extracurricular activities.

FULL TEXT:
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.