Senate File 253 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY WHITVER and DEARDEN A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to academic eligibility of English as a 2 second language students to participate in high school 3 interscholastic athletic contests and competitions. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: TLSB 2133XS (3) 86 je/rj PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. NEW SECTION. 280.13D Interscholastic athletic 1 2 contests and competitions == academic eligibility == English as 1 3 a second language. 1 4 A student in an English as a second language program shall 1 5 not be denied eligibility to participate in interscholastic 1 6 athletic contests or competitions on the basis of academic 1 7 performance if the student is making adequate progress, as 1 8 determined by the student's school, toward the goals and 1 9 objectives in the student's English as a second language 1 10 program. 1 11 EXPLANATION 1 12 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 1 13 the explanation's substance by the members of the general assembly. 1 14 This bill prohibits denying a student in an English as 1 15 a second language program eligibility to participate in 1 16 interscholastic athletic contests or competitions on the basis 1 17 of academic performance if the student is making adequate 1 18 progress, as determined by the student's school, toward the 1 19 goals and objectives in the student's English as a second 1 20 language program. LSB 2133XS (3) 86 je/rj