Texas Education Code
§ 33.0832 — EQUAL OPPORTUNITY FOR CERTAIN STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN UNIVERSITY INTERSCHOLASTIC LEAGUE ACTIVITIES
ED § 33.0832Title 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION · Part F. CURRICULUM, PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES · Ch. 33. SERVICE PROGRAMS AND EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES · Art. D. EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Statute text
View on source(a)In this section:
(1)"League" means the University Interscholastic League.
(2)"Non-enrolled student" means a student who receives instruction as described by Section 29.916(a)(1) from a nonpublic school.
(b)Nothing in this section may be construed to affect the holding in Texas Educ. Agency v. Leeper, 893 S.W.2d 432 (Tex. 1994), classifying home schools as private schools. The legislature finds that a home school is a private school for purposes of this section.
(c)Except as provided by Subsections (c-2) and (i), a public school that participates in an activity sponsored by the league shall provide a non-enrolled student, who otherwise meets league eligibility standards to represent that school in a league activity, with the opportunity to participate in the activity on behalf of the school in the same manner that the school provides the opportunity to participate to students enrolled in the school. (c-1) When assigning league classification to a public school based on student enrollment, the league must use the same student enrollment calculation formula for a school that allows a non-enrolled student to participate in a league activity as provided by Subsection (c) as the formula used to determine the student enrollment of a school that does not allow a non-enrolled student to participate in the league activity. (c-2) Not later than the date specified under league rule, the board of trustees of a school district or the governing body of an open-enrollment charter school may adopt a policy declining to grant non-enrolled students the opportunity to participate in league activities.
(d)A non-enrolled student who seeks to participate or participates in a league activity on behalf of a school is subject to the following relevant policies that apply to students enrolled in the school:
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Legislative history
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 483 (H.B. 699), Sec. 1, eff. June 10, 2023. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 770 (S.B. 401), Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2025.