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Relating to the eligibility of students with individualized education programs to participate in extracurricular interscholastic athletic games or competitions
Topics:K–12 education
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 17, 2024
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 18, 2024
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- 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 A student's lead special education teacher will now decide if they can join school sports and activities instead of a coach or athletic director. When making this decision, the teacher must look at the student's grades and attendance records. These new rules do not apply to students with severe and profound disabilities.1
Read the official explanation
This bill relates to the eligibility of students with individualized education programs (IEP) to participate in extracurricular interscholastic athletic games or competitions. The bill provides that the lead special education teacher described in a student’s IEP shall determine whether the student is eligible to participate in extracurricular interscholastic athletic games or competitions provided by a public school or a nonpublic school. The bill establishes that a coach or athletic director employed by the public school or nonpublic school shall not determine whether such student is eligible to participate. The bill provides that, when determining whether a student with an IEP is eligible to participate in extracurricular interscholastic athletic games or competitions, the lead special education teacher is required to consider the student’s record of attendance and whether the student is attaining passing grades in the student’s classes. The bill’s provisions do not apply to students who require special education and who have severe and profound disabilities.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 18, 2024. It hasn’t reported yet.
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- SF 80 Relating to the eligibility of students with individualized education programs to particip…91st General Assembly · In committeeNearly identical
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