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UIL Amendments to the Online-C&CR Effective Immediately
The following amendments were passed by UIL Legislative Council at the October 2021 Legislative Council Meeting and approved by the Commissioner of Education to be effective immediately. The Online-UIL Constitution & Contest Rules has been updated to reflect these changes.

  • Section 350: Establishing Conferences - This amendment to Section 350, Establishing Conferences, would allow the UIL Executive Director to conduct reclassification and realignment via pre-existing approved policies in situations where new policies which have been approved by the Council have not been approved by the Commissioner of the Texas Education Agency (TEA), as required by law.

  • Section 1209: (Basketball) Non-School Participation - This amendment to Section 1209(g), Non-School Participation would allow boys’ basketball coaches the opportunity to coach their students only during the NCAA/NFHS approved June Scholastic Basketball event hosted by TABC.

  • Section 1220(f): Baseball Plan & Section 1280(f) Softball Plan, Post-Season Playoffs - Under current rule, playoff games shall not be scheduled before Wednesday of that week unless by mutual consent. This amendment would prohibit playoff games from being scheduled before Thursday without mutual consent of the two schools. Weather delays and pitch count restrictions can lead to one school having a competitive advantage over the other if a coin flip forces a game to be played prior to Thursday.

  • Section 1034(b)(5): One-Act Play Contest Ethics Code - The practice of physically slapping, kicking and hitting in performance, specifically above the shoulders, is dangerous. Students run the risk of breaking bones, damaging their ears, eyes, nose, lips and teeth, due to a lack of knowledge or training in stage combat techniques. Properly executed stage combat creates the illusion of fighting without causing harm. Regularly, contest directors and judges have addressed their concerns of seeing students performing dangerous strikes in the one-act play contest.
* Click here for the detailed amendments to the UIL Constitution and Contest Rules.