Senate File 121 - Introduced SENATE FILE 121 BY DRISCOLL A BILL FOR An Act prohibiting the expenditure of certain public moneys 1 for dues or membership fees to high school organizations 2 that do not meet certain requirements concerning school 3 classifications for extracurricular interscholastic 4 activities. 5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 6 TLSB 1326XS (5) 90 dg/jh

S.F. 121 Section 1. NEW SECTION . 280.13D Limitation on expenditure 1 of certain public moneys for high school organizations —— school 2 classifications. 3 1. For the purposes of this section: 4 a. “Extracurricular interscholastic activity” means a contest 5 or competition for academics, arts, music, speech, or sports 6 between different schools and outside the regular scope of a 7 school’s curriculum. 8 b. “Organization” means a corporation, association, 9 or organization which has as one of its primary purposes 10 the sponsoring or administration of an extracurricular 11 interscholastic activity, but does not include an agency of 12 this state, a public or private school or school board, or an 13 athletic conference or other association whose interscholastic 14 contests or competitions do not include more than twenty-four 15 schools. 16 2. On or after January 1, 2024, a school district or a 17 charter school shall not expend any moneys, and an accredited 18 or unaccredited nonpublic school shall not expend any moneys 19 originating from the state, to pay dues or membership fees 20 to an organization unless the organization, for each school 21 year beginning on or after July 1, 2023, classifies, for the 22 purposes of an extracurricular interscholastic activity, each 23 school participating in an extracurricular interscholastic 24 activity based on the enrollment number, as adjusted pursuant 25 to subsection 3, and the school’s recent performance in a 26 respective extracurricular interscholastic activity. 27 3. Each extracurricular interscholastic activity team 28 shall provide an organization with a roster of the students 29 participating on such team at a time prior to the beginning of 30 the season for the extracurricular interscholastic activity. 31 The team’s adjusted enrollment number shall be calculated by 32 adding up the total points for each student on the roster. 33 Points shall be determined in the following manner: 34 a. For public schools, not including charter schools: 35 -1- LSB 1326XS (5) 90 dg/jh 1/ 4

S.F. 121 (1) If a student and at least one of that student’s parent 1 or guardian live in the school district in which the student 2 participates in the extracurricular interscholastic activity, 3 the student is zero points. 4 (2) If a student or at least one of that student’s parent 5 or guardian does not live in the school district in which the 6 student participates in the extracurricular interscholastic 7 activity but the student has been registered as a student in 8 that district since seventh grade, the student is one point. 9 (3) A student that does not meet the requirements of 10 subparagraph (1) or (2) is two points. 11 b. For nonpublic schools and charter schools: 12 (1) If a student has continuously attended an educational 13 system associated with the school in which the student 14 participates in the extracurricular interscholastic activity 15 beginning from a time the student entered seventh grade, the 16 student is zero points. 17 (2) If a student has continuously attended an educational 18 system associated with the school in which the student 19 participates in the extracurricular interscholastic activity 20 beginning from a time the student entered tenth grade, the 21 student is one point. 22 (3) A student that does not meet the requirements of 23 subparagraph (1) or (2) is two points. 24 c. This subsection shall be applied on a per extracurricular 25 interscholastic activity basis. 26 4. An organization shall evaluate classifications pursuant 27 to this section a minimum of once every two school years. 28 EXPLANATION 29 The inclusion of this explanation does not constitute agreement with 30 the explanation’s substance by the members of the general assembly. 31 This bill relates to the expenditure of public moneys for 32 dues or membership fees to high school organizations that do 33 not meet certain requirements concerning school classifications 34 for extracurricular interscholastic activities. 35 -2- LSB 1326XS (5) 90 dg/jh 2/ 4

S.F. 121 The bill defines “extracurricular interscholastic activity” 1 as a contest or competition for academics, arts, music, speech, 2 or sports between different schools and outside the regular 3 scope of a school’s curriculum. 4 The bill defines “organization” as a corporation, 5 association, or organization which has as one of its primary 6 purposes the sponsoring or administration of an extracurricular 7 interscholastic activity, but does not include an agency of 8 this state, a public or private school or school board, or an 9 athletic conference or other association whose interscholastic 10 contests or competitions do not include more than 24 schools. 11 The bill prohibits a school district or charter school 12 from expending any moneys to pay dues or membership fees to 13 a high school organization after January 1, 2024, unless 14 the organization, for the purposes of an extracurricular 15 interscholastic activity, classifies each school participating 16 in an extracurricular interscholastic activity for each 17 school year beginning on or after July 1, 2023, based on the 18 adjusted enrollment and the school’s recent performance in 19 the respective extracurricular interscholastic activity. 20 Adjusted enrollment is based on the total point value of 21 the roster of students participating in the extracurricular 22 interscholastic activity team. Point values for public school, 23 not including charter school, students are based on a student 24 and the student’s parent or guardian’s residence and how long 25 the students have been registered at a school. Point values 26 for nonpublic school and charter school students are based 27 on how long a student has been registered in a school system 28 associated with the nonpublic school in which the student 29 participates in extracurricular interscholastic activities. 30 Schools must provide rosters to an organization at a time 31 prior to the beginning of competitions for a school year. 32 Classifications based on performance must be applied on a 33 per extracurricular interscholastic activity basis and must 34 be evaluated by the organization a minimum of once every two 35 -3- LSB 1326XS (5) 90 dg/jh 3/ 4

S.F. 121 school years. The bill contains a similar requirement for the 1 expenditure of any moneys originating from the state by an 2 accredited or unaccredited nonpublic school. 3 -4- LSB 1326XS (5) 90 dg/jh 4/ 4