Bill Text: IA HF2214 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the eligibility of students enrolled in public schools or nonpublic schools to compete in extracurricular interscholastic athletic contests or competitions provided by other public schools or nonpublic schools.(See HF 2553.)

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-02-28 - Withdrawn. H.J. 450. [HF2214 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2023-HF2214-Introduced.html
House File 2214 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 2214 BY STONE A BILL FOR An Act relating to the eligibility of students enrolled 1 in public schools or nonpublic schools to compete in 2 extracurricular interscholastic athletic contests or 3 competitions provided by other public schools or nonpublic 4 schools. 5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 6 TLSB 5884YH (3) 90 jda/jh
H.F. 2214 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 280.13D Participation in 1 extracurricular interscholastic athletic contests or competitions 2 provided by public schools or nonpublic schools. 3 1. The board of directors of a school district shall allow 4 a student who resides within the school district and who is 5 enrolled in a nonpublic school to participate immediately 6 in any extracurricular interscholastic athletic contest or 7 competition provided by the school district pursuant to the 8 terms of an agreement between the board of directors of the 9 school district and the authorities in charge of the nonpublic 10 school that provides for the eligibility of the student. 11 2. a. The authorities in charge of a nonpublic school 12 shall allow a student who resides within the school district 13 where the nonpublic school is located and who is enrolled 14 in such school district to participate immediately in any 15 extracurricular interscholastic athletic contest or competition 16 provided by the nonpublic school pursuant to the terms of an 17 agreement between the authorities in charge of the nonpublic 18 school and the board of directors of the school district that 19 provides for the eligibility of the student. 20 b. The authorities in charge of a nonpublic school may 21 establish a reasonable fee for the cost of a student’s 22 participation in an extracurricular interscholastic athletic 23 contest or competition pursuant to paragraph “a” . The student, 24 or the student’s parent or guardian, shall be responsible for 25 the payment of such fee. 26 3. An organization, as defined in section 280.13, shall not 27 take into account the number of students who participate in an 28 extracurricular interscholastic athletic contest or competition 29 provided by a school district or a nonpublic school pursuant to 30 this section when determining the classification of a public 31 school or a nonpublic school. 32 4. A student who participates in an extracurricular 33 interscholastic athletic contest or competition pursuant 34 to this section shall be deemed to satisfy the residence 35 -1- LSB 5884YH (3) 90 jda/jh 1/ 3
H.F. 2214 requirements for purposes of section 256.46. 1 EXPLANATION 2 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 3 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 4 This bill relates to the eligibility of students 5 enrolled in public schools or nonpublic schools to compete 6 in extracurricular interscholastic athletic contests or 7 competitions provided by other public schools or nonpublic 8 schools. 9 The bill requires school districts to allow a student 10 who resides within the school district and who is enrolled 11 in a nonpublic school to participate immediately in any 12 extracurricular interscholastic athletic contest or competition 13 provided by the school district pursuant to the terms of an 14 agreement between the school district and the nonpublic school 15 that provides for the eligibility of the student. 16 The bill also requires nonpublic schools to allow a 17 student who resides within the school district where the 18 nonpublic school is located and who is enrolled in such school 19 district to participate immediately in any extracurricular 20 interscholastic athletic contest or competition provided by the 21 nonpublic school pursuant to the terms of an agreement between 22 the nonpublic school and the school district that provides for 23 the eligibility of the student. The bill authorizes nonpublic 24 schools to establish a reasonable fee for the cost of a 25 student’s participation in such extracurricular interscholastic 26 athletic contest or competition. The bill provides that the 27 student, or the student’s parent or guardian, is responsible 28 for the payment of the fee. 29 The bill establishes that a student who participates in an 30 extracurricular interscholastic athletic contest or competition 31 pursuant to these provisions shall be deemed to satisfy 32 the residence requirements of Code section 256.46 (rules 33 for participation in extracurricular activities by certain 34 children). 35 -2- LSB 5884YH (3) 90 jda/jh 2/ 3
H.F. 2214 The bill prohibits an organization, as defined in Code 1 section 280.13 (requirements for interscholastic athletic 2 contests and competitions), from taking into account the 3 number of students who participate in an extracurricular 4 interscholastic athletic contest or competition pursuant to 5 these provisions when determining the classification of a 6 public school or a nonpublic school. 7 -3- LSB 5884YH (3) 90 jda/jh 3/ 3
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