A student enrolled in the District or who participates in an extracurricular activity or a University Interscholastic League (UIL) competition is subject to District policy and UIL rules regarding participation only when the student is under the direct supervision of an employee of the school or District in which the student is enrolled or at any other time specified by resolution of the Board. Education Code 33.081(b)

An extracurricular activity is an activity sponsored by the UIL, the Board, or an organization sanctioned by Board resolution. The activity is not necessarily directly related to instruction of the essential knowledge and skills, but may have an indirect relation to some areas of the curriculum. Extracurricular activities include, but are not limited to: public performances, contests, demonstrations, displays, and club activities. In addition, an activity is subject to this policy if any one of the following criteria apply:

1. The activity is competitive.

2. The activity is held in conjunction with another activity that is considered extracurricular.

3. The activity is held off-campus, except in a case in which adequate facilities do not exist on campus.

4. The general public is invited.

5. An admission is charged.

A student ineligible to participate in extracurricular activities, but who is enrolled in a state-approved course that requires demonstration of the mastery of the essential knowledge and skills in a public performance may participate in the performance if:

1. The performance is one to which the general public is invited; and

2. The requirement for student participation in public is stated in the essential knowledge and skills of the course.

19 TAC 76.1001(a)

A parent is entitled to full information regarding the school activities of a parent's child except as provided by child abuse investigation. Education Code 26.008(a), 38.004

A District employee is not required to obtain the consent of a child's parent before the employee may videotape the child or record the child's voice if the videotape or recording is to be used only for a purpose related to a cocurricular or extracurricular activity. Education Code 26.009(b)(2) [See FNG]

A student shall be suspended from participation in any extracurricular activity sponsored or sanctioned by the District or the UIL after a grade evaluation period in which the student received a grade lower than the equivalent of 70 on a scale of 100 in any academic class other than an identified honors or advanced class. A suspension continues for at least three school weeks and is not removed during the school year until the conditions of REINSTATEMENT, described below, are met.

1. The six-week grade reporting period; or

2. The first six weeks of a semester and each grade reporting period thereafter, in the case of a district with a grade reporting period longer than six weeks.

Education Code 33.081(c)

The school week is defined as beginning at 12:01 a.m. on the first instructional day of the calendar week and ending at the close of instruction on the last instructional day of the calendar week, excluding holidays. 19 TAC 76.1001(b)

The following are considered "advanced courses" for the purposes of this policy:

1. English Language Arts: All College Board advanced placement courses and International Baccalaureate courses in the discipline and high school/college concurrent enrollment classes that are included in the Community College General Academic Course Guide Manual (Part One);

2. Fine Arts: All College Board advanced placement courses and International Baccalaureate courses in the discipline and high school/college concurrent enrollment classes that are included in the Community College General Academic Course Guide Manual (Part One), Dance IV (not to include drill team activities), Art IV, Music IV, and Theatre IV;

3. Languages other than English: All College Board advanced placement courses and International Baccalaureate courses in the discipline and high school/college concurrent enrollment classes that are included in the Community College General Academic Course Guide Manual (Part One), and Ianguages other than English courses Levels IV-VII;

4. Mathematics: All College Board advanced placement courses and International Baccalaureate courses in the discipline and high school/college concurrent enrollment classes that are included in the Community College General Academic Course Guide Manual (Part One) and precalculus;

5. Science: All College Board advanced placement courses and International Baccalaureate courses in the discipline and high school/college concurrent enrollment classes that are included in the Community College General Academic Course Guide Manual (Part One); and

6. Social Studies: Social Studies Advanced Studies, Economics Advanced Studies, all College Board advanced placement courses and international Baccalaureate courses in the discipline and high school/college concurrent enrollment classes that are included in the Community College General Academic Course Guide Manual (Part One).

The District may identify additional advanced courses, but must do so prior to the semester in which any exemptions related to extracurricular activities occur.

19 TAC 74.30

Suspension of a student with a disability that significantly interferes with the student's ability to meet regular academic standards shall be based on the student's failure to meet the requirements of the student's individualized education program, as determined by the admission, review, and dismissal (ARD) committee. Education Code 33.081(e)

A student suspended under Education Code 33.081 may practice or rehearse with other students for an extracurricular activity but may not participate in a competition or other public performance. Education Code 33.081(f)

A suspension shall not last beyond the end of a school year. Education Code 33.081(c)

Until the suspension is removed or the school year ends, the District shall review the grades of a student suspended under these provisions at the end of each three-week period following the date on which the suspension began. At the time of a review, the sus-pension is removed if the student's grade in each class, other than an identified honors or advanced class, is equal to or greater than the equivalent of 70 on a scale of 100. The principal and each of the student's teachers shall make the determination concerning the student's grades. Education Code 33.081(d)

The District shall limit extracurricular practice during the school day to ensure that class periods for extracurricular practice do not exceed the time allotted for other class periods.

For any given extracurricular activity, a student may not participate in more than one activity per school week, excluding holidays, except the student may also participate in a tournament or postdistrict contest, as well as a contest postponed by weather or public disaster that may determine advancement to a postdistrict level of competition.

The Commissioner recommends that school districts avoid scheduling extracurricular activities or public performances on the day or evening immediately preceding the day on which the statewide student assessment program is scheduled for grades 3-11.

19 TAC 76.1001(d)

The District shall limit individual students to one period during the regularly scheduled school day for practice of extracurricular activities, such as athletics, drill team, or cheerleading. This limit does not prohibit a student from enrolling in any state-approved class. A student who is enrolled in a state-approved class that includes essential knowledge and skills that relate to the preparation for an extracurricular activity may practice that extracurricular activity for no more than one period during the school day.

A student may not be permitted to miss a scheduled academic class to practice for an unrelated extracurricular activity.

The District shall limit extracurricular practice during the school day to ensure that class periods for extracurricular practice do not exceed the time allotted for other class periods.

Regardless of the schedule type in place (traditional or nontraditional), a school may elect to practice extracurricular activities daily, provided the total minutes allowed for the extracurricular practice is not greater than 300 minutes during the school week. 

19 TAC 76.1001(e)

The Board may adopt a policy establishing the number of times a student who is otherwise eligible to participate in an extracurricular activity may be absent from class to participate in an extracurricular activity sponsored or sanctioned by the District, UIL, or an organization sanctioned by Board resolution. Such a policy must permit a student to be absent from class at least ten times during the school year, and the policy prevails over any conflicting policy. Education Code 33.0811

The District shall maintain an accurate record of extracurricular absences for each student in the District each school year. 19 TAC 76.1001(c)

This policy applies to all UIL-sponsored activities. Other organizations requiring student participation that causes a student to miss a class may request sanction from the Board. If sanctioned by the Board, student participation in the organization's activities shall be subject to all provisions of this policy. If approval is not granted by the Board, any absences incurred by a student in order to participate in that organization's activities shall be subject to the attendance provisions of the Education Code. 19 TAC 76.1001(f) [See FD]

An extracurricular activity sponsored or sanctioned by the District, including an athletic event or an athletic team practice, shall not take place at an athletic club located in the United States that denies any person full and equal enjoyment of equipment or facilities provided by the athletic club because of the person's race, color, religion, creed, national origin, or sex. "Athletic club" means an entity that provides sports or exercise equipment or facilities to its customers or members or to the guests of its customers or members. Education Code 33.082