H-1101

   Amend  the amendment, H-1037, to House File 189, as follows:
   1.  By striking page 1, line 2, through page 2, line 25, and inserting: 
   <___.  Page 1, before line 1 by inserting: 
   <Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  256.20  Nonpublic school student participation in public school athletics grant program.
   1.  The department shall develop and administer a nonpublic school student participation in public school athletics grant program to provide grants to students enrolled in nonpublic schools, or to the parents or guardians of such students, to offset the costs associated with paying fees established by the boards of directors of school districts for the cost of the student’s participation in an extracurricular interscholastic athletic contest or competition provided by the school district pursuant to section 280.13D.
   2.  The state board shall adopt rules pursuant to chapter 17A to administer this section, including rules relating to grant application materials, eligibility requirements, and award criteria.
   3.  a.  A nonpublic school student participation in public school athletics grant program fund is established in the state treasury. The fund shall be administered by the department and shall consist of moneys appropriated by the general assembly and other moneys received by the department for deposit in the fund. The moneys in the fund are appropriated to the department for the nonpublic school student participation in public school athletics grant program.
   b.  For the fiscal year commencing July 1, 2025, and each succeeding fiscal year, there is appropriated from the general fund of the state to the department of education to be credited to the nonpublic school student participation in public school athletics grant program fund the amount necessary to pay all grants approved for that fiscal year.>
   ___.  Title page, by striking lines 1 through 4 and inserting <An Act relating to participation in public school extracurricular interscholastic athletic contests or competitions by students of nonpublic schools, including by modifying provisions related to eligibility, establishing a nonpublic school student participation in public school athletics grant program, making appropriations, and including effective date provisions.>
   ___.  By renumbering as necessary.>>

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JACOBY of Johnson