SF 321: Prohibiting the expenditure of certain public moneys for dues or membership fees to high school organizations that do not use required enrollment calculations when determining school classifications for extracurricular interscholastic activities

What it does

This bill relates to the expenditure of public moneys for dues or membership fees to high school organizations that do not use required enrollment calculations when determining school classifications for extracurricular interscholastic activities. The bill defines “extracurricular interscholastic activity” as a contest or competition for sports between different schools and outside the regular scope of a school’s curriculum. The bill defines “organization” as a corporation, association, or organization which has as one of its primary purposes the sponsoring or administration of an extracurricular interscholastic activity, 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.

Senate subcommittee · named February 19, 2025

• Sen. Tom Shipley (R) · tom.shipley@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Mike Pike (R) · mike.pike@legis.iowa.gov
• Sen. Mike Zimmer (D) · mike.zimmer@legis.iowa.gov

Lobbying · 0 for, 1 against

Against: Iowa Association of Christian Schools

In plain words

1. February 17, 2025Filed in the Senate and sent to the Education committee
2. February 19, 2025Senate subcommittee named: Shipley, Pike and Zimmer
3. March 3, 2025Subcommittee recommended passing it with changes