House
File
371
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
371
BY
GUSTOFF
,
STONE
,
and
GEHLBACH
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
high
school
athletic
contests
and
1
competitions.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
280.13,
Code
2025,
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
,
unless
the
organization
is
registered
9
with
the
department
of
education,
files
financial
statements
10
with
the
department
in
the
form
and
at
the
intervals
prescribed
11
by
the
director
of
the
department
of
education,
and
is
in
12
compliance
with
rules
which
the
state
board
of
education
adopts
13
for
the
proper
administration,
supervision,
operation,
adoption
14
of
eligibility
requirements,
and
scheduling
of
extracurricular
15
interscholastic
athletic
contests
and
competitions
and
the
16
organizations.
17
2.
a.
For
the
purposes
of
this
section
“organization”
means
18
a
corporation,
association,
or
organization
to
which
all
of
the
19
following
apply:
20
(1)
It
has
as
one
of
its
primary
purposes
the
sponsoring
21
or
administration
of
extracurricular
interscholastic
athletic
22
contests
or
competitions
,
but
.
23
(2)
It
does
not
prohibit
member
schools
from
participating
24
in
extracurricular
interscholastic
athletic
contests
and
25
competitions
with
nonmember
schools.
26
b.
“Organization”
does
not
include
an
agency
of
this
state,
27
a
public
or
private
school
or
school
board,
or
an
athletic
28
conference
or
other
association
whose
interscholastic
contests
29
or
competitions
do
not
include
more
than
twenty-four
schools.
30
EXPLANATION
31
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
32
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
33
This
bill
relates
to
high
school
athletic
contests
or
34
competitions.
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Current
law
prohibits
public
schools
from
participating
1
in
or
allowing
students
representing
the
public
school
from
2
participating
in
any
extracurricular
interscholastic
athletic
3
contest
or
competition
which
is
sponsored
or
administered
4
by
an
organization
unless
the
organization
complies
with
5
certain
specified
requirements.
Current
law
defines
6
“organization”
as
a
corporation,
association,
or
organization
7
which
has
as
one
of
its
primary
purposes
the
sponsoring
or
8
administration
of
extracurricular
interscholastic
athletic
9
contests
or
competitions.
The
bill
modifies
the
definition
of
10
“organization”
for
purposes
of
these
provisions
to
require
that
11
the
organization
not
prohibit
member
schools
from
participating
12
in
extracurricular
interscholastic
athletic
contests
and
13
competitions
with
nonmember
schools.
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