The following words and terms, when used in these sections, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
  (1) Bull riding helmet--A rodeo helmet that is designed to provide substantial protection for a person's head and face during bull riding.
  (2) Child or Children--A person under 18 years of age.
  (3) National Health Education Standards (NHES)--A statement from The Joint Committee on National Health Education Standards. National Health Education Standards: Achieving Excellence (2nd Edition). Atlanta: American Cancer Society, 2007, a nationally-accepted framework of health standards and expectations which aligns curriculum, instruction and assessment practices to promote personal, family and community health.
  (4) Promote--A primary or secondary school that helps or encourages; or advertises or advocates for a rodeo event to exist or flourish; or, encourages or advertises rodeo ticket or rodeo-related merchandise sales; or demonstrates acceptance of rodeo through advertising or other print or electronic publicity such as posters, Web sites or radio announcements.
  (5) Protective vest--Protective clothing that covers a person's chest and torso to prevent or mitigate injury to those areas.
  (6) Rodeo--An exhibition or competition, without regard to whether the participants are compensated, involving activities related to cowboy skills, including:
    (A) riding a horse, with or without a saddle, with the goal of remaining on the horse while it attempts to throw off the rider;
    (B) riding a bull;
    (C) roping an animal, including roping as part of a team;
    (D) wrestling a steer; and
    (E) riding a horse in a pattern around preset barrels or other obstacles.
  (7) Sponsor--A primary or secondary school that in any way finances, or provides other in-kind resources or services for a rodeo event carried out by another person or group; or, that is in any other way, responsible for a rodeo event.
  (8) Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS)--The state-mandated set of learning objectives for students in Texas public schools.

Source Note: The provisions of this §104.2 adopted to be effective March 20, 2011, 36 TexReg 1671