H-8186

   Amend  the amendment, H-8177, to House File 2543, as follows:
   1.  Page 3, after line 22 by inserting: 
   <___.  Page 5, after line 17 by inserting: 
<DIVISION ___
CHARTER SCHOOL STUDENTS —— PARTICIPATION IN SCHOOL ACTIVITIES
   Sec. ___.  NEW SECTION.  256E.13  Students receiving instruction over the internet —— participation in activities in district of residence.
   1.  A student enrolled in a charter school who receives educational instruction and course content primarily over the internet may participate in any cocurricular or extracurricular activities offered to children in the student’s grade or group and sponsored by the district of residence under the same conditions and requirements as the students enrolled in the district of residence. The student may participate in not more than two cocurricular or extracurricular activities during a school year unless the resident district approves the student’s participation in additional activities. The student shall comply with the eligibility, conduct, and other requirements relating to the activity that are established by the district of residence for any student who applies to participate or who is participating in the activity.
   2.  If a student participates in a cocurricular or extracurricular activity in accordance with this section, the district of residence may charge the charter school up to two hundred dollars per activity, for up to two activities. For a cocurricular activity, one semester shall equal one activity. Extracurricular activities for which a resident district may charge up to two hundred dollars per activity for up to two activities under this section include interscholastic athletics, music, drama, and any other activity with a general fund expenditure exceeding five thousand dollars annually. A student may participate in additional extracurricular activities at the discretion of the resident district. The resident district may charge the student a fee for participation in such cocurricular or extracurricular activities equivalent to the fee charged to and paid in the same manner by other resident students.
   Sec. ___.  Section 280.13A, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended to read as follows:
   1.  If a school district, or nonpublic school, or charter school operating under section 256E.5 does not provide an interscholastic activity for its students, the board of directors of that school district, or the authorities in charge of the nonpublic school, or governing board of the charter school may complete an agreement with another school district, or nonpublic school, or charter school operating under section 256E.5 to provide for the eligibility of its students in interscholastic activities provided by that other school district, or nonpublic school, or charter school. A copy of each agreement completed under this section shall be filed with the appropriate organization as organization is defined in section 280.13 not later than April 30 of the school year preceding the school year in which the agreement takes effect, unless an exception is granted by the organization for good cause. An agreement completed under this section shall be deemed approved unless denied by the organization within ten days after its receipt. The organization shall determine whether an agreement would substantially prejudice the interscholastic activities of other schools. An agreement denied by the organization under this section may be appealed to the state board of education under chapter 290.>>
   2.  Page 3, by striking lines 26 through 28 and inserting <property or vacant property by school districts, modifying charter school funding and charter school board members requirements, and modifying provisions related to participation in school activities by students enrolled in charter schools.>>
   3.  By renumbering as necessary.

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GEHLBACH of Dallas