HF 2467 (LSB 5044YH (3) 90)

HOUSE FILE 2467

BY  KURTH, WILBURN, FORBES, CROKEN, BAGNIEWSKI, SRINIVAS, WILSON, LEVIN, ABDUL-SAMAD, JACOBY, STECKMAN, and GJERDE

A BILL FOR

An Act relating to the eligibility to participate in varsity interscholastic athletic contests and athletic competitions of pupils who participate in open enrollment due to the death of the pupil’s friend or relative.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

    Section 1.  Section 282.18, subsection 9, paragraph a, Code 2024, is amended by adding the following new subparagraph:
   NEW SUBPARAGRAPH.  (12)  If the pupil participates in open enrollment because the pupil is bereaved due to the death of the pupil’s friend or relative.
EXPLANATION
The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with
the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly.
   This bill relates to the eligibility to participate in varsity interscholastic athletic contests and athletic competitions of pupils who participate in open enrollment due to the death of the pupil’s friend or relative.
   Current law prohibits a pupil who participates in open enrollment for purposes of attending grades 9 through 12 in a school district other than the pupil’s district of residence from participating in varsity interscholastic athletic contests and athletic competitions during the pupil’s first 90 school days of enrollment in the receiving district. However, current law establishes several exceptions to this general prohibition that allow such a pupil to participate immediately. The bill adds to that list of exceptions circumstances where the pupil participates in open enrollment because the pupil is bereaved due to the death of the pupil’s friend or relative.