House File 2131 - Introduced HOUSE FILE BY RAECKER and MURPHY Passed House, Date Passed Senate, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act relating to participation in varsity interscholastic 2 athletic contests and athletic competitions by students 3 participating in open enrollment. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 TLSB 5756YH 82 6 kh/nh/14 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 282.18, subsection 13, Code 2007, is 1 2 amended to read as follows: 1 3 13. A pupil who participates in open enrollment for 1 4 purposes of attending a grade in grades nine through twelve in 1 5 a school district other than the district of residence is 1 6 ineligible to participate in varsity interscholastic athletic 1 7 contests and athletic competitionsduring the pupil's first 1 8 ninety school days of enrollment in the districtfor the same 1 9 period as established pursuant to section 256.46 by the state 1 10 board of education for children who meet the conditions 1 11 specified in section 256.46, except that the pupil may 1 12 participate immediately in a varsity interscholastic sport if 1 13 the pupil is entering grade nine for the first time and did 1 14 not participate in an interscholastic athletic competition for 1 15 another school or school district during the summer 1 16 immediately following eighth grade, if the district of 1 17 residence and the other school district jointly participate in 1 18 the sport, if the sport in which the pupil wishes to 1 19 participate is not offered in the district of residence, if 1 20 the pupil chooses to use open enrollment to attend school in 1 21 another school district upon a contemporaneous change in 1 22 parental residence, if the pupil chooses to use open 1 23 enrollment to attend school in another school district because 1 24 the district in which the student previously attended school 1 25 was dissolved and merged with one or more contiguous school 1 26 districts under section 256.11, subsection 12, if the pupil 1 27 participates in open enrollment because the pupil's district 1 28 of residence has entered into a whole grade sharing agreement 1 29 with another district for the pupil's grade, or if the parent 1 30 or guardian of the pupil participating in open enrollment is 1 31 an active member of the armed forces and resides in permanent 1 32 housing on government property provided by a branch of the 1 33 armed services. A pupil who has paid tuition and attended 1 34 school, or has attended school pursuant to a mutual agreement 1 35 between the two districts, in a district other than the 2 1 pupil's district of residence for at least one school year is 2 2 also eligible to participate immediately in interscholastic 2 3 athletic contests and athletic competitions under this 2 4 section, but only as a member of a team from the district that 2 5 pupil had attended. For purposes of this subsection, "school 2 6 days of enrollment" does not include enrollment in summer 2 7 school. For purposes of this subsection, "varsity" means the 2 8 same as defined in section 256.46. 2 9 EXPLANATION 2 10 This bill changes provisions relating to participation in 2 11 varsity interscholastic athletic contests and athletic 2 12 competitions by students participating in open enrollment. 2 13 The bill replaces language which makes the pupil ineligible to 2 14 participate for the first 90 school days of enrollment in the 2 15 new district, with language that makes the period of 2 16 ineligibility the same as that adopted by rule, pursuant to 2 17 Code section 256.46, by the state board of education for 2 18 children who do not meet the residence requirements for 2 19 participation in extracurricular interscholastic contests or 2 20 competitions. The bill also adds a "contemporaneous change in 2 21 parental residence" to the list of conditions under which 2 22 pupils may immediately participate in varsity athletics. 2 23 LSB 5756YH 82 2 24 kh/nh/14