HBA-LCA H.B. 2367 76(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 2367
By: Wilson
Public Education
4/20/1999
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Currently, if a student receives a grade lower than a 70 on a scale of 100,
that student is suspended from extracurricular activity sponsored or
sanctioned by the school.  H.B. 2367 amends the law to allow a student to
participate in these activities unless the student's grade average is lower
than 70. This bill prevents a student from being suspended from
extracurricular activities because of what could be an isolated grade. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Sections 33.081(c) and (d), Education Code, as follows:

(c)  Requires a school district to suspend a student from any
extracurricular activity sponsored or sanctioned by the school district or
the University Interscholastic League after a grade evaluation period in
which the student's grade average, rather than any grade, for academic
classes excluding honors or advanced classes is lower than 70 percent.   

(d)   Provides for the removal of the suspension under Subsection (c) once
the student's grade average, rather than grade, is equal to or greater than
70 percent in classes excluding identified honors or advanced classes. 

SECTION 2.  Provides that this Act applies beginning with the 1999-2000
school year. 

SECTION 3.  Emergency clause.
  Effective date: upon passage.