House File 392 - Introduced HOUSE FILE 392 BY GUSTOFF A BILL FOR An Act relating to interscholastic activities provided by 1 school districts and nonpublic schools. 2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 3 TLSB 1942YH (2) 90 jda/jh

H.F. 392 Section 1. Section 280.13A, subsection 1, Code 2023, is 1 amended to read as follows: 2 1. If a school district or nonpublic school does not provide 3 an interscholastic activity for its students, the board of 4 directors of that school district or the authorities in charge 5 of the nonpublic school may shall complete an agreement with 6 another school district or nonpublic school to provide for 7 the eligibility of its students in interscholastic activities 8 provided by that other school district or nonpublic school. A 9 copy of each agreement completed under this section shall be 10 filed with the appropriate organization as organization is 11 defined in section 280.13 not later than April 30 of the school 12 year preceding the school year in which the agreement takes 13 effect, unless an exception is granted by the organization for 14 good cause. An agreement completed under this section shall 15 be deemed approved unless denied by the governing organization 16 within ten days after its receipt. A governing organization 17 shall determine whether an agreement would substantially 18 prejudice the interscholastic activities of other schools. An 19 agreement denied by a governing organization under this section 20 may be appealed to the state board of education under chapter 21 290 . 22 EXPLANATION 23 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 24 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 25 This bill relates to interscholastic activities provided by 26 school districts and nonpublic schools. 27 Current Code section 280.13A provides that if a 28 school district or nonpublic school does not provide an 29 interscholastic activity for its students, the board of 30 directors of that school district or the authorities in 31 charge of the nonpublic school may complete an agreement with 32 another school district or nonpublic school to provide for 33 the eligibility of its students in interscholastic activities 34 provided by that other school district or nonpublic school. 35 -1- LSB 1942YH (2) 90 jda/jh 1/ 2

H.F. 392 The bill modifies this provision to require the school district 1 or nonpublic school that does not provide an interscholastic 2 activity to complete an agreement with another school district 3 or nonpublic school to provide for the eligibility of its 4 students in interscholastic activities provided by that other 5 school district or nonpublic school. The bill does not affect 6 the authority of an organization to deny such an agreement if 7 the agreement would substantially prejudice the interscholastic 8 activities of other schools. For purposes of Code section 9 280.13A, “organization” means an organization which has as 10 one of its primary purposes the sponsoring or administration 11 of extracurricular interscholastic athletic contests or 12 competitions, but does not include an agency of this state, 13 a public or private school or school board, or an athletic 14 conference or other association whose interscholastic contests 15 or competitions do not include more than 24 schools. 16 -2- LSB 1942YH (2) 90 jda/jh 2/ 2