Senate
File
2132
-
Introduced
SENATE
FILE
2132
BY
SINCLAIR
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
varsity
interscholastic
athletic
contests
1
and
athletic
competitions
eligibility
limitations
for
pupils
2
who
participate
in
open
enrollment,
and
including
effective
3
date
and
retroactive
applicability
provisions.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
282.18,
subsection
11,
Code
2016,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
11.
A
pupil
who
participates
in
open
enrollment
for
purposes
3
of
attending
a
grade
in
grades
nine
through
twelve
in
a
school
4
district
other
than
the
district
of
residence
is
ineligible
5
to
participate
in
varsity
interscholastic
athletic
contests
6
and
athletic
competitions
during
the
pupil’s
first
ninety
7
school
days
,
or
the
equivalent
five
hundred
forty
hours
of
8
instruction,
of
enrollment
in
the
district
except
that
the
9
pupil
may
participate
immediately
in
a
varsity
interscholastic
10
sport
if
the
pupil
is
entering
grade
nine
for
the
first
11
time
and
did
not
participate
in
an
interscholastic
athletic
12
competition
for
another
school
or
school
district
during
the
13
summer
immediately
following
eighth
grade,
if
the
district
of
14
residence
and
the
other
school
district
jointly
participate
15
in
the
sport,
if
the
sport
in
which
the
pupil
wishes
to
16
participate
is
not
offered
in
the
district
of
residence,
if
17
the
pupil
chooses
to
use
open
enrollment
to
attend
school
in
18
another
school
district
because
the
district
in
which
the
19
student
previously
attended
school
was
dissolved
and
merged
20
with
one
or
more
contiguous
school
districts
under
section
21
256.11,
subsection
12
,
if
the
pupil
participates
in
open
22
enrollment
because
the
pupil’s
district
of
residence
has
23
entered
into
a
whole
grade
sharing
agreement
with
another
24
district
for
the
pupil’s
grade,
or
if
the
parent
or
guardian
25
of
the
pupil
participating
in
open
enrollment
is
an
active
26
member
of
the
armed
forces
and
resides
in
permanent
housing
27
on
government
property
provided
by
a
branch
of
the
armed
28
services.
A
pupil
who
has
paid
tuition
and
attended
school,
or
29
has
attended
school
pursuant
to
a
mutual
agreement
between
the
30
two
districts,
in
a
district
other
than
the
pupil’s
district
31
of
residence
for
at
least
one
school
year
is
also
eligible
to
32
participate
immediately
in
interscholastic
athletic
contests
33
and
athletic
competitions
under
this
section
,
but
only
as
a
34
member
of
a
team
from
the
district
that
pupil
had
attended.
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For
purposes
of
this
subsection
,
“school
days
of
enrollment”
1
does
not
include
enrollment
in
summer
school.
For
purposes
of
2
this
subsection
,
“varsity”
means
the
same
as
defined
in
section
3
256.46
.
4
Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
UPON
ENACTMENT.
This
Act,
being
deemed
of
5
immediate
importance,
takes
effect
upon
enactment.
6
Sec.
3.
RETROACTIVE
APPLICABILITY.
This
Act
applies
7
retroactively
to
July
1,
2015,
for
school
calendars
beginning
8
on
or
after
that
date.
9
EXPLANATION
10
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
11
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
12
This
bill
modifies
a
current
requirement
relating
to
13
the
time
during
which
a
pupil
who
is
participating
in
14
open
enrollment
is
ineligible
to
participate
in
varsity
15
interscholastic
athletic
contests
and
athletic
competitions.
16
Currently,
the
pupil
is
ineligible
to
participate
in
varsity
17
interscholastic
athletic
contests
and
athletic
competitions
18
the
first
90
days
of
the
pupil’s
enrollment
in
the
receiving
19
district.
The
bill
provides
that
the
pupil
is
ineligible
for
20
the
first
90
days,
or
the
equivalent
540
instructional
hours,
21
of
enrollment.
22
The
bill
takes
effect
upon
enactment
and
is
retroactively
23
applicable
to
July
1,
2015,
for
school
calendars
beginning
on
24
or
after
that
date.
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