AUSTIN, Texas — Part of late billionaire H. Ross Perot’s legacy is a clear-cut rule about Texas high school sports: If a student can’t pass class, they can’t play. The law, with its catchy ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Part of late billionaire H. Ross Perot’s legacy is a clear-cut rule about Texas high school sports: If a student can’t pass class, they can’t play. The law, with its catchy ...

Part of late billionaire H. Ross Perot's legacy is a clear-cut rule about Texas high school sports: If a student can't pass class, they can't play. The law, with its catchy "No Pass, No Play ...

The Texas billionaire and former presidential candidate, who died Tuesday at 89 (obituary on page A7), had a profound impact on high school sports with his then-controversial “No Pass, No Play ...

The first-term Democrat pushed through the education reform package that took effect this year, and he just launched a $500,000 statewide television ad campaign to promote the no-pass, no-play law.

No Pass, No Play was a small part of that and actually involved all extracurricular activities — from sports to band to choir. But in Texas, the effect on football received most of the attention.

The law, with its catchy “No Pass, No Play” nickname, has been in place since 1984. When first signed by Gov. Mark White, coaches and communities worried their best players, ...

The law, with its catchy “No Pass, No Play” nickname, has been in place since 1984. When first signed by Gov. Mark White, coaches and communities worried their best players, ...