STATE OF OKLAHOMA

2nd Session of the 53rd Legislature (2012)

HOUSE BILL 2856	By:	Hall and Cockroft

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to schools; granting all children between certain ages the right to participate in extracurricular activities in certain school districts; providing for eligibility requirements; providing for codification; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-124 of Title 70, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
All children between the ages of five (5) years, on or before September 1, and twenty-one (21) years, on or before September 1, shall be entitled to participate in extracurricular activities free of charge in the school district in which they reside.  The eligibility of an individual child to participate in extracurricular activities shall be determined in accordance with school district eligibility rules and policies which are applicable to all other children.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 2012.
SECTION 3.  It being immediately necessary for the preservation of the public peace, health and safety, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage and approval.

53-2-9177	KB	01/18/12