SB 114 — Revises provisions governing the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association. (BDR 34-854)

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(NRS 385B.100) Section 1.3 of this bill authorizes a person or school who is aggrieved by a decision or order of the hearing officer to appeal to the State Board of Education.

Section 1.1 of this bill makes a conforming change to prohibit the stay Association.n of the State Board in the same manner as a decision of the Section 1 of this bill prohibits the Association from penalizing, retaliating against or taking adverse action against a school or person for:

or (2) advocating for or against any policy before a public bodSectionbody. 3 of this bill requires the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association to amend its rules and regulations to conform to the provisions of sections 1.3 and 1.5 on or before June 30, 2024.

Section 3 of this bill requires the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association or before June 30, 2024.egulations to conform to the provisions of sections 1.3-2 on THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

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or - *SB114_R2* – 3 – (c) The Executive Director,  may file a written appeal with the Executive Director.

Any rules and regulations adopted by the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association governing the eligibility of a pupil who transfers from one school to another school to participate in an interscholastic activity or event must apply - *SB114_R1* – 4 – equally to public schools and to private schools that are members of the Association.

Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a pupil who is[is] a: child of a military family and transferred schools pursuant to the provisions of chapter 388F of NRS is immediately eligible to participate and practice in any sanctioned sport or other interscholastic activity or event at the school to which the pupil transfers.

-(a) *SB114_R2*Is – 4 – pupil who transfers from one type of school, including, without limitation, a publicchild school, charter school or private school, to a school of a differentmilitary typefamily who would not otherwise be immediately eligible to participate and practicetransferred inschools apursuant sanctioned sport or other interscholastic activity or event at the school to which the pupilprovisions transfersof aschapter a388F result of theNRS transfer; may, not more than once in his or her lifetime, elect to be immediately eligible to participate and practice in any sanctioned sport or other interscholastic activity or event at a school to which the pupil transfers.

(b) Transfers to a charter school;

or (c) Transfers to a school that uses a lottery system to determine which pupils may enroll,  is immediately eligible to participate and practice in any sanctioned sport or other interscholastic activity or event at the school to which the pupil transfers.

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Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a pupil who transfers from one school to another school who would not otherwise be immediately eligible to participate and practice in a sanctioned sport or other interscholastic activity or event at the school to which the pupil transfers as a result of the transfer may, not more than once in his or her lifetime, elect to be immediately eligible to participate and practice in any sanctioned sport or other interscholastic activity or event at a school to which the pupil transfers.

(DeletedNRS by385B.170 amendment.)is Sec.hereby amended to read as follows:

3.385B.170 A school district, public school or private school shall not prescribe any regulations, rules, policies, procedures or requirements governing the:

The1. Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association shall, on or before June 30, 2024, amend its rules and regulations as necessary to conform to the provisions of sections 1.3 and 1.5 of this act.

Eligibility of homeschooled children , children who transfer to a charter school, children who transfer to a school that uses a lottery system to determine which pupils may enroll or children of a military family who transferred schools pursuant to the provisions of chapter 388F of NRS to participate in interscholastic activities and events pursuant to this chapter;

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Participation of homeschooled children , children who transfer to a charter school, children who transfer to a school that uses a lottery system to determine which pupils may enroll or children of a military family who transferred schools pursuant to the provisions of chapter 388F of NRS in interscholastic activities and events pursuant to this chapter,  that are more restrictive than the provisions governing eligibility and participation prescribed by the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association pursuant to NRS 385B.060 and 385B.130.

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The Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association shall, on or before June 30, 2024, amend its rules and regulations as necessary to conform to the provisions of sections 1.3, 1.5 and 2 of this act.

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