Senate
File
74
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Introduced
SENATE
FILE
74
BY
FEENSTRA
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
extending
the
period
of
ineligibility
for
participation
1
in
varsity
interscholastic
athletic
contests
and
2
competitions
by
high
school
students
participating
in
open
3
enrollment.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
5
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Section
1.
Section
282.18,
subsection
11,
Code
2011,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
11.
A
pupil
who
participates
in
open
enrollment
for
purposes
3
of
attending
a
grade
in
grades
nine
through
twelve
in
a
school
4
district
other
than
the
district
of
residence
is
ineligible
5
to
participate
in
varsity
interscholastic
athletic
contests
6
and
athletic
competitions
during
the
pupil’s
first
ninety
7
one
hundred
eighty
school
days
of
enrollment
in
the
district
8
except
that
the
pupil
may
participate
immediately
in
a
varsity
9
interscholastic
sport
if
the
pupil
is
entering
grade
nine
for
10
the
first
time
and
did
not
participate
in
an
interscholastic
11
athletic
competition
for
another
school
or
school
district
12
during
the
summer
immediately
following
eighth
grade,
if
the
13
district
of
residence
and
the
other
school
district
jointly
14
participate
in
the
sport,
if
the
sport
in
which
the
pupil
15
wishes
to
participate
is
not
offered
in
the
district
of
16
residence,
if
the
pupil
chooses
to
use
open
enrollment
to
17
attend
school
in
another
school
district
because
the
district
18
in
which
the
student
previously
attended
school
was
dissolved
19
and
merged
with
one
or
more
contiguous
school
districts
under
20
section
256.11,
subsection
12
,
if
the
pupil
participates
in
21
open
enrollment
because
the
pupil’s
district
of
residence
has
22
entered
into
a
whole
grade
sharing
agreement
with
another
23
district
for
the
pupil’s
grade,
or
if
the
parent
or
guardian
24
of
the
pupil
participating
in
open
enrollment
is
an
active
25
member
of
the
armed
forces
and
resides
in
permanent
housing
26
on
government
property
provided
by
a
branch
of
the
armed
27
services.
A
pupil
who
has
paid
tuition
and
attended
school,
or
28
has
attended
school
pursuant
to
a
mutual
agreement
between
the
29
two
districts,
in
a
district
other
than
the
pupil’s
district
30
of
residence
for
at
least
one
school
year
is
also
eligible
to
31
participate
immediately
in
interscholastic
athletic
contests
32
and
athletic
competitions
under
this
section
,
but
only
as
a
33
member
of
a
team
from
the
district
that
pupil
had
attended.
34
For
purposes
of
this
subsection
,
“school
days
of
enrollment”
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does
not
include
enrollment
in
summer
school.
For
purposes
of
1
this
subsection
,
“varsity”
means
the
same
as
defined
in
section
2
256.46
.
3
EXPLANATION
4
This
bill
extends
to
180
school
days
the
period
of
varsity
5
athletic
ineligibility
applicable
to
a
high
school
student
6
participating
in
open
enrollment.
Currently,
a
pupil
who
7
participates
in
open
enrollment
for
purposes
of
attending
a
8
grade
in
grades
nine
through
12
in
a
school
district
other
9
than
the
district
of
residence
is
ineligible
to
participate
10
in
varsity
interscholastic
athletic
contests
and
athletic
11
competitions
during
the
pupil’s
first
90
school
days
of
12
enrollment.
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