SF 254 (LSB 2125XS (3) 86)

SENATE FILE 254

BY  WHITVER and DEARDEN

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to academic ineligibility 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 ineligibility.

   A student who is a contestant in interscholastic athletic contests or competitions and who is given a failing grade at the end of any grading period in any course for which credit is awarded shall be ineligible to dress for and compete in the next occurring interscholastic athletic contests and competitions in which the student is a contestant for a period of time equal to one-third of the applicable interscholastic athletic season. For purposes of this section, “grading period” means the period of time at the end of which a student in grades nine through twelve receives a final grade and course credit is awarded for passing grades.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with

the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill provides that a student who is a contestant in interscholastic athletic contests or competitions and who is given a failing grade at the end of any grading period in any course for which credit is awarded shall be ineligible to dress for and compete in the next occurring interscholastic athletic contests and competitions in which the student is a contestant for a period of time equal to one-third of the applicable interscholastic athletic season.
   Administrative rules adopted by the state department of education currently provide that such a period of ineligibility shall last for 30 consecutive calendar days.