S-5173

   Amend House File 2553, as passed by the House, as follows:
   1.  By striking everything after the enacting clause and inserting: 
   <Section 1.  Section 256.46, subsection 1, Code 2024, is amended by adding the following new paragraph:
   NEW PARAGRAPH.  j.  The child participates in extracurricular interscholastic contests or competitions pursuant to section 280.13D.
   Sec. 2.  NEW SECTION.  280.13D  Participation in extracurricular interscholastic athletic contests or competitions provided by public schools.
   1.  The board of directors of a school district shall allow a student who resides within the school district and who is enrolled in a nonpublic school to participate immediately in any extracurricular interscholastic athletic contest or competition that is provided by the school district, but that is not provided by the nonpublic school, if the authorities in charge of the nonpublic school have not entered into an agreement with any school district or nonpublic school under section 280.13A with respect to the extracurricular interscholastic athletic contest or competition in which the student will participate.
   2.  If the board of directors of a school district has established a fee for the cost of a student’s participation in an extracurricular interscholastic athletic contest or competition, a student who is enrolled in a nonpublic school and is participating in a contest or competition at a public school pursuant to subsection 1, or the student’s parent or guardian, shall be responsible for the payment of such fee.
   3.  An organization, as defined in section 280.13, shall not take into account the number of students who participate in an extracurricular interscholastic athletic contest or competition provided by a school district pursuant to this section when determining the classification of a public school.>

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TIM KRAAYENBRINK