Relating to participation in school activities by students enrolled in charter schools

This bill authorizes a student enrolled in a charter school under Code chapter 256E who receives educational instruction and course content primarily over the internet to participate in any cocurricular or extracurricular activities offered to children in the student’s grade or group and sponsored by the district of residence under the same conditions and requirements as students enrolled in the district of residence. The student shall comply with applicable eligibility, conduct, and other requirements established by the district of residence. The bill authorizes the district of residence to charge the charter school up to $200 per activity for up to two cocurricular or extracurricular activities for a student participating as provided in the bill. The resident district may charge the student a fee for participation in such cocurricular or extracurricular activities equivalent to the fee charged to and paid in the same manner by other resident students. The bill authorizes a charter school operating under the founding group-state board model to complete an agreement with a school district, public school, or other charter school operating under the founding-group-state board model providing for student eligibility for interscholastic activities not provided by the charter school but provided by the other school. Existing procedures applicable to such agreements are applicable to agreements authorized by the bill.