Bill Text: MS HB1154 | 2023 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Nonpublic school student participation in public school extracurricular activities; prohibit school districts from restricting or denying participation.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Failed) 2023-01-31 - Died In Committee [HB1154 Detail]

Download: Mississippi-2023-HB1154-Introduced.html

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MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE

2023 Regular Session

To: Education

By: Representative Boyd (19th)

House Bill 1154

AN ACT TO PROHIBIT SCHOOL DISTRICTS FROM DENYING OR RESTRICTING STUDENTS WHO ATTEND NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS FROM PARTICIPATING IN COURSES AND EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES AT A PUBLIC SCHOOL; TO PRESCRIBE CONDITIONS OF ELIGIBILITY FOR NONPUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENT PARTICIPATION IN PUBLIC SCHOOL; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

     BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

     SECTION 1.  (1)  A school district may not prohibit or restrict the ability of a student attending a nonpublic school, as defined in Section 37-13-91(2)(i), from participating in any public school courses, receiving any services offered by a public school or participating in extracurricular activities at a public school.

     (2)  Except as provided in subsections (1) and (3) of this section, a student attending a nonpublic school who participates in extracurricular activities at a public school is subject to:

          (a)  The same standards for participation as those required of full-time students enrolled in the school; and

          (b)  The same rules of any interscholastic organization of which the school of participation is a member.

     (3)  The academic eligibility for extracurricular participation for a student attending a nonpublic school must be attested by the administrator of the nonpublic school.

     SECTION 2.  This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2023.