House File 189 - Reprinted HOUSE FILE 189 BY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION (SUCCESSOR TO HF 1) (As Amended and Passed by the House March 19, 2025 ) A BILL FOR An Act relating to the eligibility of students enrolled 1 in nonpublic schools to compete in extracurricular 2 interscholastic athletic contests or competitions provided 3 by public schools, and including effective date provisions. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 5 HF 189 (2) 91 jda/jh/md

H.F. 189 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) The corporation, association, or organization has as 21 one of its primary purposes the sponsoring or administration 22 of extracurricular interscholastic athletic contests or 23 competitions , but . 24 (2) The corporation, association, or organization monitors 25 student participation in extracurricular interscholastic 26 athletic contests or competitions pursuant to section 280.13D. 27 (3) The corporation, association, or organization, when 28 calculating a public school’s or nonpublic school’s enrollment 29 to determine the classification of an extracurricular 30 interscholastic athletic contest or competition provided by the 31 public school or nonpublic school, counts the enrollment of 32 another public school or nonpublic school that allows students 33 to participate in an extracurricular interscholastic athletic 34 contest or competition that is provided by the public school 35 -1- HF 189 (2) 91 jda/jh/md 1/ 3

H.F. 189 or nonpublic school pursuant to section 280.13A or 280.13D, as 1 one-fourth of the enrollment of students in grades nine through 2 eleven in the other public school or nonpublic school as shown 3 in the most recent basic education data survey. 4 b. “Organization” does not include an agency of this state, 5 a public or private school or school board, or an athletic 6 conference or other association whose interscholastic contests 7 or competitions do not include more than twenty-four schools. 8 Sec. 2. NEW SECTION . 280.13D Participation in 9 extracurricular interscholastic athletic contests or competitions 10 provided by public schools. 11 1. a. The board of directors of a school district shall 12 allow a student who resides within the school district and 13 who is enrolled in a nonpublic school to participate in any 14 extracurricular interscholastic athletic contest or competition 15 that is provided by the school district, but that has not been 16 provided by the nonpublic school during the two immediately 17 preceding school years, pursuant to the terms of an agreement 18 between the board of directors of the school district and the 19 authorities in charge of the nonpublic school that provides for 20 the eligibility of the student. 21 b. The board of directors of a school district shall allow 22 a student who resides within a contiguous school district and 23 who is enrolled in a nonpublic school to participate in any 24 extracurricular interscholastic athletic contest or competition 25 that is provided by the school district, but that has not been 26 provided by the nonpublic school or by the student’s school 27 district of residence during the two immediately preceding 28 school years, pursuant to the terms of an agreement between the 29 board of directors of the school district and the authorities 30 in charge of the nonpublic school that provides for the 31 eligibility of the student. 32 c. If the board of directors of a school district has 33 established a fee for the cost of a student’s participation 34 in an extracurricular interscholastic athletic contest or 35 -2- HF 189 (2) 91 jda/jh/md 2/ 3

H.F. 189 competition, a student who is enrolled in a nonpublic school 1 and is participating in a contest or competition at a public 2 school pursuant to paragraph “a” or “b” , or the student’s parent 3 or guardian, shall be responsible for the payment of such fee. 4 The amount of such fee shall not exceed the amount of the fee 5 the board of directors of the school district has established 6 for students who are enrolled in the school district. 7 2. A student who is enrolled in a nonpublic school and 8 is participating in a contest or competition at a public 9 school pursuant to subsection 1, paragraph “a” or “b” , shall 10 participate under the same conditions as a student who is 11 enrolled in the school district, including meeting the school 12 district’s student code of conduct requirements. 13 3. A student who participates in an extracurricular 14 interscholastic athletic contest or competition pursuant 15 to this section shall be deemed to satisfy the residence 16 requirements for purposes of section 256.46. 17 Sec. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act, being deemed of immediate 18 importance, takes effect upon enactment. 19 -3- HF 189 (2) 91 jda/jh/md 3/ 3