New UIL rule means Texas band students must march to doctor for a physical before Aug. 1

Starting in August, high school physicals will no longer just apply to students who know how to throw a football or dunk a basketball.

You'll need one if you play the flute, too.

The University Interscholastic League recently put a new rule in place mandating that high school and middle school students be medically cleared by doctors before they can participate in marching band activities.

Anyone entering the first and third years of high school is required to see a doctor, along with any seventh- or eighth-grade students who march in a band.

Read more: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/2019/07/06/new-uil-rule-mandates-band-students-march-doctors-office