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M1 • I•' G °.l l lnl '.äIlnI ClISilI1 I1.I1nl lIl nlSI:"I1I 1 I1lII nI If!1I iInll:!'+ House File 189 AN ACT RELATING TO THE ELIGIBILITY OF STUDENTS ENROLLED IN NONPUBLIC SCHOOLS TO COMPETE IN EXTRACURRICULAR INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETIC CONTESTS OR COMPETITIONS PROVIDED BY PUBLIC SCHOOLS, AND INCLUDING EFFECTIVE DATE PROVISIONS.

BE I T ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:

Section 1 .

Section 280.13, Code 2025, i s amended to read as follows:

280.13 Requirements for interscholastic athletic contests and competitions.

APage public1, schoolafter shallline not29 participate i n o r allow students representing a public school to participate i n any extracurricular interscholastic athletic contest or competition which i s sponsored or administered by aninserting: organization as defined i n this section, unless the organization i s registered with the department of education, files financial statements with the department i n the form and at the intervals prescribed by the director of the department of education, and i s in compliance with rules which the state board of education adopts for the proper administration, supervision, operation, adoption of eligibility requirements, and scheduling of extracurricular interscholastic athletic contests and competitions and the organizations.

2.<(3) The corporation, association, or organization, when calculating a public school’s or nonpublic school’s enrollment to determine the classification of an extracurricular interscholastic athletic contest or competition provided by the public school or nonpublic school, counts the enrollment of another public school or nonpublic school that allows students to participate in an extracurricular interscholastic athletic contest or competition that is provided by the public school or nonpublic school pursuant to section 280.13A or 280.13D, as one-fourth of the enrollment of students in grades nine through eleven in the other public school or nonpublic school as shown in the most recent basic education data survey.

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ForPage the2, purposesafter ofline this7 sectionby "inserting: organization - means a corporation, association, or organization to which all of the following apply:

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2By ()striking Thepage corporation,1, association,line or33, organizationthrough haspage as2, oneline of2.> its3. primary purposes the sponsoring or administration of extracurricular interscholastic athletic contests or competitions, but.

()Page The2, corporation,by association,striking orline organization8 monitorsand studentinserting: participation in extracurricular interscholastic athletic contests or competitions pursuant to section 280.13D.

()<___. The corporation, association, or organization, when calculating a public school's or nonpublic school's enrollment to determine the classification of an extracurricular interscholastic athletic contest or competition provided by the public school or nonpublic school, counts the enrollment of another public school or nonpublic school that allows students to participate in an extracurricular interscholastic athletic contest or competition that is provided by the public school or nonpublic school pursuant to section 280.13A or 280.13D, as one-fourth of the enrollment of students in grades nine through eleven in the other public school or nonpublic school as shown in the most recent basic education data survey.

(4)Page (2, a)before Fromline the3 effective date of this Act through June 30, 2027, the corporation, association, or organization does not modify a school district's or nonpublic school's football classification that was established by theinserting:> corporation,4. association, or organization prior to the effective date of this Act due to the number of students who participate in an extracurricular interscholastic football contest or competition that is provided by the school district pursuant to section 280.13D.

(b)Page This2, subparagraphline is9, repealedby Julystriking 1<3.> ,and 2027.inserting <2.> 5.

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"Organization6. -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 twenty-four schools.

Sec.By renumbering as necessary.

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NEW SECTION.

280.13D Participation in extracurricular interscholastic athletic contests or competitions provided by public schools.

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The board of directors of a school district shall allow a student who resides within the school district, and who is enrolled in a nonpublic school, to participate in any House File 189, p .

3 extracurricular interscholastic athletic contest or competition that is provided by the school district pursuant to the terms of an agreement between the board of directors of the school district and the authorities in charge of the nonpublic school that provides for the eligibility of the student, if all of the following criteria are satisfied:

() The extracurricular interscholastic athletic contest or competition has not been provided by the nonpublic school during the two immediately preceding school years.

() The nonpublic school has not entered into an agreement under section 280.13A with another school district, nonpublic school, or charter school that provides for the eligibility of students enrolled in the nonpublic school to participate in the extracurricular interscholastic athletic contest or competition that is being provided by that school district, nonpublic school, or charter school.

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The board of directors of a school district shall allow a student who resides within a contiguous school district, and who is enrolled in a nonpublic school, to participate in any extracurricular interscholastic athletic contest or competition that is provided by the school district pursuant to the terms of an agreement between the board of directors of the school district and the authorities in charge of the nonpublic school that provides for the eligibility of the student, if all of the following criteria are satisfied:

(1) The extracurricular interscholastic athletic contest or competition has not been provided by the nonpublic school or by the student's school district of residence during the two immediately preceding school years.

(2) The nonpublic school has not entered into an agreement under section 280.13A with another school district, nonpublic school, or charter school that provides for the eligibility of students enrolled in the nonpublic school to participate in the extracurricular interscholastic athletic contest or competition that is being provided by that school district, nonpublic school, or charter school.

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