Bill Text: IA SF2132 | 2015-2016 | 86th General Assembly | Introduced

Iowa Senate Bill 2132 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to varsity interscholastic athletic contests and athletic competitions eligibility limitations for pupils who participate in open enrollment, and including effective date and retroactive applicability provisions. (See SF 2205.)

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-02-15 - Returned to committee. [SF2132 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2015-SF2132-Introduced.html

Senate File 2132 - Introduced




                                 SENATE FILE       
                                 BY  SINCLAIR

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to varsity interscholastic athletic contests
  2    and athletic competitions eligibility limitations for  pupils
  3    who participate in open enrollment, and including effective
  4    date and retroactive applicability provisions.
  5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 282.18, subsection 11, Code 2016, is
  1  2 amended to read as follows:
  1  3    11.  A pupil who participates in open enrollment for purposes
  1  4 of attending a grade in grades nine through twelve in a school
  1  5 district other than the district of residence is ineligible
  1  6 to participate in varsity interscholastic athletic contests
  1  7 and athletic competitions during the pupil's first ninety
  1  8 school days, or the equivalent five hundred forty hours of
  1  9 instruction, of enrollment in the district except that the
  1 10 pupil may participate immediately in a varsity interscholastic
  1 11 sport if the pupil is entering grade nine for the first
  1 12 time and did not participate in an interscholastic athletic
  1 13 competition for another school or school district during the
  1 14 summer immediately following eighth grade, if the district of
  1 15 residence and the other school district jointly participate
  1 16 in the sport, if the sport in which the pupil wishes to
  1 17 participate is not offered in the district of residence, if
  1 18 the pupil chooses to use open enrollment to attend school in
  1 19 another school district because the district in which the
  1 20 student previously attended school was dissolved and merged
  1 21 with one or more contiguous school districts under section
  1 22 256.11, subsection 12, if the pupil participates in open
  1 23 enrollment because the pupil's district of residence has
  1 24 entered into a whole grade sharing agreement with another
  1 25 district for the pupil's grade, or if the parent or guardian
  1 26 of the pupil participating in open enrollment is an active
  1 27 member of the armed forces and resides in permanent housing
  1 28 on government property provided by a branch of the armed
  1 29 services. A pupil who has paid tuition and attended school, or
  1 30 has attended school pursuant to a mutual agreement between the
  1 31 two districts, in a district other than the pupil's district
  1 32 of residence for at least one school year is also eligible to
  1 33 participate immediately in interscholastic athletic contests
  1 34 and athletic competitions under this section, but only as a
  1 35 member of a team from the district that pupil had attended.
  2  1 For purposes of this subsection, "school days of enrollment"
  2  2 does not include enrollment in summer school. For purposes of
  2  3 this subsection, "varsity" means the same as defined in section
  2  4 256.46.
  2  5    Sec. 2.  EFFECTIVE UPON ENACTMENT.  This Act, being deemed of
  2  6 immediate importance, takes effect upon enactment.
  2  7    Sec. 3.  RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY.  This Act applies
  2  8 retroactively to July 1, 2015, for school calendars beginning
  2  9 on or after that date.
  2 10                           EXPLANATION
  2 11 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
  2 12 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly.
  2 13    This bill modifies a current requirement relating to
  2 14 the time during which a pupil who is participating in
  2 15 open enrollment is ineligible to participate in varsity
  2 16 interscholastic athletic contests and athletic competitions.
  2 17    Currently, the pupil is ineligible to participate in varsity
  2 18 interscholastic athletic contests and athletic competitions
  2 19 the first 90 days of the pupil's enrollment in the receiving
  2 20 district.  The bill provides that the pupil is ineligible for
  2 21 the first 90 days, or the equivalent 540 instructional hours,
  2 22 of enrollment.
  2 23    The bill takes effect upon enactment and is retroactively
  2 24 applicable to July 1, 2015, for school calendars beginning on
  2 25 or after that date.
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