SF 253 (LSB 2133XS (3) 86)

SENATE FILE 253

BY  WHITVER and DEARDEN

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to academic eligibility of English as a second language students to participate in high school interscholastic athletic contests and competitions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  280.13D  Interscholastic athletic contests and competitions —— academic eligibility —— English as a second language.

   A student in an English as a second language program shall not be denied eligibility to participate in interscholastic athletic contests or competitions on the basis of academic performance if the student is making adequate progress, as determined by the student’s school, toward the goals and objectives in the student’s English as a second language program.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill prohibits denying a student in an English as a second language program eligibility to participate in interscholastic athletic contests or competitions on the basis of academic performance if the student is making adequate progress, as determined by the student’s school, toward the goals and objectives in the student’s English as a second language program.