Senate File 287 - Introduced SENATE FILE 287 BY CHAPMAN A BILL FOR An Act relating academic eligibility standards for public 1 school students participating in extracurricular 2 interscholastic athletic contests or competitions. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 2104SS (2) 88 je/jh

S.F. 287 Section 1. Section 280.13, Code 2019, is amended to read as 1 follows: 2 280.13 Requirements for interscholastic athletic contests and 3 competitions. 4 1. A public school shall not participate in or allow 5 students representing a public school to participate in any 6 extracurricular interscholastic athletic contest or competition 7 which is sponsored or administered by an organization as 8 defined in this section subsection , unless the organization 9 is registered with the department of education, files 10 financial statements with the department in the form and at 11 the intervals prescribed by the director of the department of 12 education, and is in compliance with rules which the state 13 board of education adopts for the proper administration, 14 supervision, operation, adoption of eligibility requirements, 15 and scheduling of extracurricular interscholastic athletic 16 contests and competitions and the organizations. Such rules 17 shall not include academic eligibility standards for students 18 participating in extracurricular interscholastic athletic 19 contests or competitions. For the purposes of this section 20 subsection, “organization” means a corporation, association, 21 or organization which has as one of its primary purposes the 22 sponsoring or administration of extracurricular interscholastic 23 athletic contests or competitions, but does not include an 24 agency of this state, a public or private school or school 25 board, or an athletic conference or other association whose 26 interscholastic contests or competitions do not include more 27 than twenty-four schools. 28 2. The Iowa high school athletic association and the Iowa 29 girls high school athletic union shall jointly develop and 30 implement a policy establishing academic eligibility standards 31 for students participating in extracurricular interscholastic 32 athletic contests or competitions. The policy shall not impose 33 multiple periods of ineligibility for a single violation of the 34 policy. 35 -1- LSB 2104SS (2) 88 je/jh 1/ 3

S.F. 287 Sec. 2. RULES EFFECTIVE —— NOTICE TO DEPARTMENT —— 1 RESCISSION OF RULES. Administrative rules adopted by the 2 department of education establishing academic eligibility 3 standards for students participating in extracurricular 4 interscholastic athletic contests or competitions pursuant 5 to section 280.13 prior to the enactment of this Act shall 6 continue to be effective until the Iowa high school athletic 7 association and the Iowa girls high school athletic union 8 have implemented a policy establishing academic eligibility 9 standards for students participating in extracurricular 10 interscholastic athletic contests or competitions as required 11 by section 280.13, subsection 2, as enacted by this Act, and 12 have jointly provided written notice to that effect to the 13 department. Upon receiving such notice, the department shall 14 commence rulemaking pursuant to chapter 17A to rescind any 15 rules establishing academic eligibility standards for students 16 participating in extracurricular interscholastic athletic 17 contests or competitions pursuant to section 280.13. 18 EXPLANATION 19 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 20 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 21 This bill requires the Iowa high school athletic 22 association and the Iowa girls high school athletic union 23 to jointly develop and implement a policy establishing 24 academic eligibility standards for students participating 25 in extracurricular interscholastic athletic contests or 26 competitions. The policy shall not impose multiple periods of 27 ineligibility for a single violation of the policy. The bill 28 provides that the department of education does not have the 29 authority to adopt administrative rules on the same subject. 30 The bill provides that such administrative rules previously 31 adopted by the department of education shall continue to be 32 effective until the Iowa high school athletic association and 33 the Iowa girls high school athletic union have implemented a 34 policy as required in the bill and jointly provided written 35 -2- LSB 2104SS (2) 88 je/jh 2/ 3

S.F. 287 notice to that effect to the department. The bill requires the 1 department to commence rulemaking to rescind such rules upon 2 receiving such notice. 3 -3- LSB 2104SS (2) 88 je/jh 3/ 3