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Relating to the participation in extracurricular interscholastic athletic contests and competitions by students with disabilities who are enrolled in public schools or nonpublic schools
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 9, 2024
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Sports organizations must now create a way to give waivers so students with disabilities can join extracurricular athletic contests. Public and nonpublic schools can only participate in competitions held by organizations that have this waiver process in place. The state board of education will create the specific rules to make sure these students are allowed to participate.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to the participation in extracurricular interscholastic athletic contests and competitions by students with disabilities who are enrolled in public schools or nonpublic schools.13, unless the organization is registered with the department of education (DE), files financial statements with DE, and complies with rules adopted by the state board of education. The bill modifies these provisions to prohibit public schools and nonpublic schools from participating in, or allowing students representing the school from participating in, any extracurricular interscholastic athletic contest or competition that is sponsored or administered by an organization unless the organization has established a process to grant waivers allowing students with disabilities who are years of age or older to participate in any extracurricular interscholastic athletic contest or competition if the organization determines that the waiver is in the public interest. The bill establishes factors the organization is to consider when determining whether such a waiver is in the public interest. The bill requires the state board of education to adopt rules, consistent with these provisions, that allow a student with a disability who is years of age or older to participate in extracurricular interscholastic contests or competitions sponsored or administered by an organization.