House File 2391 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  DAVITT


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                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act requiring the department of education to conduct a review
  2    of policies that limit student participation in
  3    extracurricular activities.
  4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  5 TLSB 6289YH 81
  6 kh/cf/24

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  1  1    Section 1.  EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES STUDY.  The
  1  2 department of education shall convene a working group
  1  3 comprised of representatives from the department, school
  1  4 districts, local communities, governing bodies for high school
  1  5 extracurricular activities, and organizations which meet the
  1  6 definition provided in section 280.13, to review laws,
  1  7 regulations, and policies, at the discretion of the working
  1  8 group, that limit student participation in extracurricular
  1  9 athletic and nonathletic activities.  The working group shall
  1 10 consider options that allow schools to have multiple teams,
  1 11 activities, or participants based on anticipated community
  1 12 support and likely student interest in filling positions for
  1 13 additional teams or participating in additional activities.
  1 14 The working group shall also consider the benefits of
  1 15 encouraging school districts, governing bodies for high school
  1 16 extracurricular activities, and organizations to allow or
  1 17 organize community=oriented teams or activities for students
  1 18 enrolled in school districts with enrollments that include
  1 19 students from multiple communities.  The working group shall
  1 20 submit its findings and recommendations in a report to the
  1 21 department, the chairpersons and ranking members of the joint
  1 22 appropriations subcommittee on education, and the chairpersons
  1 23 and ranking members of the standing education committees by
  1 24 January 15, 2007.
  1 25                           EXPLANATION
  1 26    This bill requires the department of education to convene a
  1 27 working group to review laws, regulations, and policies that
  1 28 limit student participation in extracurricular athletic and
  1 29 nonathletic activities.  The working group shall consider
  1 30 options that allow schools to have multiple teams, activities,
  1 31 or participants based on anticipated community support and
  1 32 likely student interest in filling positions for additional
  1 33 teams or participating in additional activities.  The working
  1 34 group shall also consider the benefits of encouraging school
  1 35 districts, organizations, and governing bodies for high school
  2  1 extracurricular activities to allow or organize community=
  2  2 oriented teams or activities for students whose school
  2  3 district enrollment is made up of students from multiple
  2  4 communities.
  2  5    The working group shall include representatives from the
  2  6 department, school districts, local communities, governing
  2  7 bodies for high school extracurricular activities, and
  2  8 organizations which meet the definition provided in Code
  2  9 section 280.13.  The working group shall submit its findings
  2 10 and recommendations in a report to the department, the
  2 11 chairpersons and ranking members of the joint appropriations
  2 12 subcommittee on education, and the chairpersons and ranking
  2 13 members of the standing education committees by January 15,
  2 14 2007.
  2 15 LSB 6289YH 81
  2 16 kh:nh/cf/24