Sexually Suggestive Cheerleading Performances

Read this bill that passed the Texas Congress in 2005.

H.B. No. 1476

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to regulation of certain sexually suggestive performances
at public school events.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 33, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 33.088 to read as follows:

Sec. 33.088. CERTAIN SEXUALLY SUGGESTIVE PERFORMANCES
PROHIBITED. (a) A school dance team, drill team, cheerleading[0]
team, or any other performance group may not perform in a manner
that is overtly sexually suggestive at an athletic or other
extracurricular event or competition sponsored or approved by a
school district or campus.

(b) The commissioner may submit to a school district a
written request that the district review performances by a
performance group described by Subsection (a) to determine if the
performances are overtly sexually suggestive.

(c) If the school district determines that a performance
group described by Subsection (a) has performed in an overtly
sexually suggestive manner, the district shall take appropriate
action against the performance group and the group's sponsor, as
determined by the district.