Relating to interscholastic activities provided by school districts and nonpublic schools

This bill relates to interscholastic activities provided by school districts and nonpublic schools.13A provides that if a school district or nonpublic school does not provide an interscholastic activity for its students, the board of directors of that school district or the authorities in charge of the nonpublic school may complete an agreement with another school district or nonpublic school to provide for the eligibility of its students in interscholastic activities provided by that other school district or nonpublic school. The bill modifies this provision to require the school district or nonpublic school that does not provide an interscholastic activity to complete an agreement with another school district or nonpublic school to provide for the eligibility of its students in interscholastic activities provided by that other school district or nonpublic school. The bill does not affect the authority of an organization to deny such an agreement if the agreement would substantially prejudice the interscholastic activities of other schools.13A, “organization” means an organization which has as one of its primary purposes the sponsoring or administration of extracurricular interscholastic athletic contests or competitions, but does not include an agency of this state, a public or private school or school board, or an athletic conference or other association whose interscholastic contests or competitions do not include more than schools.