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:
TLSB 5839XS (2) 86
kh/rj
PAG LIN
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.
LSB 5839XS (2) 86
kh/rj