TITLE: Relating to employment of athletic coaches by school districts.

SUMMARY: Relating to employment of athletic coaches by school districts.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to employment of athletic coaches by school districts. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 21.003, Education Code, is amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: (d) A person who does not hold a certificate or permit issued as provided by Subchapter Bmay be employed part-time as an athletic coach by a school district. This subsection does not authorize a person employed as an athletic coach to provide academic instruction, other than as assigned in athletic class periods, to students without holding an appropriate certificate or permit issued as provided by Subchapter B. SECTION 2. 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.