Senate File 446 S-3039 Amend Senate File 446 as follows: 1 1. By striking everything after the enacting clause and 2 inserting: 3 < Section 1. NEW SECTION . 280.13D Realignment of high 4 school athletics conferences —— committee approval. 5 1. For purposes of this section: 6 a. “Extracurricular interscholastic athletics” means a 7 contest or competition for sports between different school 8 districts or accredited nonpublic schools and outside the 9 regular scope of a school district’s or accredited nonpublic 10 school’s curriculum. 11 b. “Organization” means the Iowa high school athletic 12 association or its successor organization, and the Iowa girls 13 high school athletic union or its successor organization. 14 2. On or after July 1, 2025, a school district shall not 15 expend any moneys, and an accredited nonpublic school shall not 16 expend any moneys originating from the state, to pay dues or 17 membership fees to an organization, and the school district 18 or accredited nonpublic school shall not be a member of, 19 participate in activities associated with, or receive services 20 from an organization unless the organization develops and 21 implements a policy that does all of the following: 22 a. (1) Establishes, in combination with the other 23 organization, a committee known as the conference realignment 24 committee. The conference realignment committee shall do all 25 of the following: 26 (a) Take action to bring about a reasonable conference 27 affiliation and relationship for high schools that are 28 members of organizations. Reasonable conference affiliation 29 and relationship with member high schools may include 30 total movement of member schools, sport-specific relief, or 31 scheduling assistance. When taking action to bring about 32 a reasonable conference affiliation and relationship for 33 member high schools, the committee shall consider all of the 34 following: 35 -1- SF 446.1150 (1) 91 (amending this SF 446 to CONFORM to HF 783) jda/jh 1/ 4 #1.

(i) The current total enrollment of the member high schools 1 and the projected total enrollment of the member high schools 2 in the future. 3 (ii) Travel distances between member high schools. 4 (iii) The comparability of instructional programs provided 5 by member high schools. 6 (iv) Traditional rivalries. 7 (v) The number of member high schools currently in the 8 conference and the number of high schools that may be added to 9 the conference. 10 (vi) The comparability of athletic programs and other 11 school-sponsored programs provided by the member high schools. 12 (b) Review all requests that are submitted to the 13 committee by school districts and accredited nonpublic schools 14 that are members of an organization related to changing 15 the extracurricular interscholastic athletics conferences 16 the school belongs to, including moving a member school 17 to a different conference. A request submitted under this 18 subparagraph division must contain an analysis of how the 19 change will affect the school district or accredited nonpublic 20 school submitting the request along with how the change may 21 affect other school districts and accredited nonpublic schools 22 that are members of the organization. 23 (c) When determining whether to approve or reject the 24 request, the committee shall consider the factors described 25 in subparagraph division (a) and how to best bring about 26 reasonable interscholastic athletics conferences that 27 are beneficial to students enrolled in school districts 28 and accredited nonpublic schools that are members of the 29 organization. After making a decision, the committee shall 30 provide a copy of the request and the committee’s decision to 31 the applicable organization and order the organization to take 32 all actions necessary to effectuate the committee’s decision. 33 If the committee’s decision rejects the school district’s or 34 accredited nonpublic school’s request, the committee shall 35 -2- SF 446.1150 (1) 91 (amending this SF 446 to CONFORM to HF 783) jda/jh 2/ 4

recommend an alternative conference alignment or allow the 1 school district or accredited nonpublic school to opt for 2 independent status. 3 (d) Develop an expedited review process for requests to 4 change an extracurricular interscholastic athletics conference 5 membership that are submitted to the committee by all school 6 districts and accredited nonpublic schools that may be affected 7 by the change. The expedited review process must require the 8 committee to provide a copy of the requests received under 9 this subparagraph division to the applicable organization and 10 to direct the applicable organization to take all actions 11 necessary to effectuate the committee’s decision. 12 (e) Review extracurricular interscholastic athletics 13 conference changes at least once every two years. 14 (f) Allow a school district or an accredited nonpublic 15 school to appeal orders issued by the committee to the director 16 of the department of education. 17 (2) (a) The conference realignment committee shall consist 18 of eighteen members, subject to the following requirements: 19 (i) Nine members shall be superintendents employed by 20 school districts or accredited nonpublic schools located in 21 different geographical regions of the state. 22 (ii) Nine members shall be activities directors employed 23 by school districts or accredited nonpublic schools located in 24 different geographical regions of the state. 25 (b) A quorum of the committee shall consist of ten members. 26 The members of the committee shall elect a chairperson of the 27 committee. 28 (c) Each organization shall appoint nine members to the 29 committee pursuant to a process established by the state board 30 of education by rule. 31 b. Prohibits the organization from changing membership 32 of extracurricular interscholastic athletics conferences, 33 including moving a member school to a different conference, 34 unless the conference realignment committee ordered the 35 -3- SF 446.1150 (1) 91 (amending this SF 446 to CONFORM to HF 783) jda/jh 3/ 4

organization to make such change pursuant to paragraph “a” , 1 subparagraph (1), subparagraph division (c) or (d). 2 c. Requires the organization to develop an expedited review 3 and implementation process for orders received pursuant to 4 paragraph “a” , subparagraph (1), subparagraph division (d). 5 d. Requires that, in order for a school district 6 or accredited nonpublic school to be included in any 7 extracurricular interscholastic athletics conference, the 8 school must offer at least one extracurricular interscholastic 9 athletics activity for boys and at least one extracurricular 10 interscholastic athletics activity for girls in the fall, 11 winter, and spring. Schools that are not coeducational must 12 offer at least one extracurricular interscholastic athletics 13 activity for boys or girls, as applicable, in the fall, winter, 14 and spring. 15 e. Prohibits a member school district or accredited 16 nonpublic school that withdraws from an extracurricular 17 interscholastic athletics conference, without approval, from 18 doing any of the following: 19 (1) Competing in the same extracurricular interscholastic 20 athletics activity in any conference for the two years 21 immediately subsequent to the date the member school district 22 or accredited nonpublic school withdrew. 23 (2) Competing in a tournament sponsored by an organization 24 in the same extracurricular interscholastic athletics activity 25 for the two years immediately subsequent to the date the member 26 school district or accredited nonpublic school withdrew. 27 3. The state board of education shall adopt rules pursuant 28 to chapter 17A to administer this section. > 29 ______________________________ SANDY SALMON -4- SF 446.1150 (1) 91 (amending this SF 446 to CONFORM to HF 783) jda/jh 4/ 4