Bill Text: IA SF2352 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the establishment of a working group to collaboratively develop a cohesive policy on academic ineligibility for participation in extracurricular activities. (Formerly SSB 3162.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-03-15 - Referred to Education. S.J. 693. [SF2352 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2017-SF2352-Introduced.html
Senate File 2352 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 3162) A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to the establishment of a working group to 2 collaboratively develop a cohesive policy on academic 3 ineligibility for participation in extracurricular 4 activities. 5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 6170SV (2) 87 kh/jh PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. EXTRACURRICULAR INTERSCHOLASTIC CONTESTS AND 1 2 COMPETITIONS WORKING GROUP ==== REPORT TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY. In 1 3 an effort to bring consistency to interscholastic contests 1 4 and competition academic ineligibility policies, it is 1 5 the intent of the general assembly that the statewide 1 6 corporations, associations, or organizations that have as 1 7 their primary purpose the sponsoring or administration of 1 8 extracurricular interscholastic contests or competitions for 1 9 Iowa's secondary school students, including but not limited 1 10 to the Iowa high school athletic association and the Iowa 1 11 girls high school athletic union, convene a working group 1 12 to collaboratively develop a cohesive policy on academic 1 13 ineligibility. The policy shall address, at a minimum, 1 14 efforts to combine or allow periods of ineligibility to run 1 15 concurrently for students participating in multiple activities 1 16 and measures that prevent students from avoiding a period of 1 17 ineligibility by enrolling in a new activity that will count 1 18 toward the student's period of ineligibility. The report 1 19 submitted may include recommendations for changes to state law 1 20 relating to eligibility and ineligibility for extracurricular 1 21 interscholastic contests and competitions. The working group 1 22 shall submit the policy and its findings and recommendations in 1 23 a report to the general assembly by January 1, 2019. 1 24 EXPLANATION 1 25 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 1 26 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 1 27 This bill expresses legislative intent that the statewide 1 28 entities that have as their primary purpose the sponsoring or 1 29 administration of extracurricular interscholastic contests or 1 30 competitions for Iowa's secondary school students, including 1 31 but not limited to the Iowa high school athletic association 1 32 and the Iowa girls high school athletic union, convene a 1 33 working group to collaboratively develop a cohesive policy on 1 34 academic ineligibility. The working group shall submit the 1 35 policy and its findings and recommendations in a report to the 2 1 general assembly by January 1, 2019. LSB 6170SV (2) 87 kh/jh