SB 130 — Creating Tim Tebow Act

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Red = new code to be enacted WEST virginia Legislaturelegislature regular session IntroducedCommittee Substitute for Senate Bill 130 By Senators Trump, Rucker, Maynard, Karnes, and Takubo [Introduced[Originating Januaryin 10,the 2018;Committee on Education;

Referredreported on January 12, 2018]     A BILL to amend the CommitteeCode onof Education;West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §18-2-25c, relating to education;

and then to the Committee on Finance] A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §18-2-25c, relating to education;

permitting students instructed at home, by a private tutor or enrolled in a private, parochialparochial, or church school or a school operated by a religious orderorder, who do not attend a school that is a member of the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission to participate in extracurricular athleticactivities orthat otherare extracurricularunder activitiesthe authority of the commission at a school that is a member of the commission;

providing requirements, standardsstandards, and insurance coverage;

(2) The purpose of this section is to allow students instructed at home or by a private tutor or enrolled in a private, parochial or church school, or a school operated by a religious order, who do not attend a school that is a member of the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission (SSAC)(WVSSAC) and who are subject to §18-28-1 et seq.

of this code, to participate in extracurricular activities,activities that are under the authority of the WVSSAC, including athletic teams, at schools that are members of the SSAC.WVSSAC.

(5) For purposes of this section, the term “extracurricular activities” includes all athletic programs of the school forthat individualare orunder teamthe sports.authority of the WVSSAC.

(b) A Tebow student may participate in extracurricular activities sponsored by or engaged in by a member school: school that the student would be authorized to attend pursuant to §18-5-16 of this code in the case of a public school or otherwise authorized to attend in the case of a private, parochial or church school, or a school operated by a religious order:  Provided, That the extracurricular activity is not offered at the private, parochial or church school or school operated by a religious order where the Tebow student is enrolled.

The student shall register with the localcounty Boardboard of Education in the district where the student resides.  Participation is conditioned on all of the following:

(1) The student registeringregisters with the school an intention to participate in the extracurricular activities as a representative of the school;

(2) The student payingpays any participation or activity fee in an amount equal to the fee charged to a member school participant;

(3) The student adheringadheres to the same standards of behavior, responsibility, performanceperformance, disciplinary procedures and penalties, and code of conduct as other participants of the team or activity.  If the student is convicted of, or is found to have committed, a felony or a delinquent act which would have been a felony if committed by an adult, regardless of whether adjudication is withheld, the participation of the student in interscholastic extracurricular activities is contingent on established and published districtcounty school board policy.policy;

(4) The student adheringadheres to the same academic standards as other participants of the team or activity, with those standards confirmed by appropriate documentation provided to the member school providing the activity in which the student is to participate.  The student shall be able to participate in curricular activities if that is a requirement of the extracurricular activity, including, but not limited to, weight training.  Appropriate documentation shall consist of the student's transcript for the previous year and either of the following:

(A) The results of a nationally recognized standardized test, such as the ACT/Explore or Plan College Readiness Test, Stanford Achievement Test, Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills, Iowa Assessments, Terra Nova or California Achievement Test, which demonstrate that the student is on grade level,level oror, if grade equivalency is not available, that the student scores at a minimum of the twenty-fifth percentile nationally without special accommodation;

or (B) A portfolio of the previous year’s school work demonstrating the student’s proficiency appropriate for his or her grade level at the discretion of the school principal or guidance counselor. counselor. If the student was enrolled in a member school during the immediately preceding school year, the student's eligibility shall be based on his or her academic performance at that school.

(5)If Thethe student complyingwas withenrolled in a member school during the sameimmediately physicalpreceding examinationschool andyear, immunizationthe requirementsstudent's aseligibility othershall participantsbe ofbased theon teamhis or activity.her academic performance at that school;

(6)(5) The student satisfiescomplies with the same residencyphysical examination and immunization requirements as other studentsparticipants inof the schoolteam ator whichactivity; the student participates.

(c)and A(6) The student ofsatisfies athe membersame schoolresidency whorequirements hasas beenother unablestudents to maintain academic eligibility for participation in extracurricular activities is ineligible to participate in the activitiesschool asat awhich Tebow student, until the student hasparticipates. successfully satisfied standards to regain eligibility that are equivalent to those imposed on other students at the same grade level.

(c) A student of a member school who has been unable to maintain academic eligibility for participation in extracurricular activities is ineligible to participate in the activities as a Tebow student until the student has successfully satisfied standards to regain eligibility that are equivalent to those imposed on other students at the same grade level.

(e) A Tebow student who participates in an extracurricular activity at a member school is committed to and may only participate in that extracurricular activity at that member school for the duration of the school year.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, a student may participate in different extracurricular activities at the same member school.school and may seek eligibility under this section to participate as a Tebow student the next school year.

(f) Student standards for participation in interscholastic extracurricular activities shall be applied beginning with the first semester of the seventh-gradesixth-grade year of the student.  A localcounty Boardboard of Education may not establish requirements for participation in interscholastic extracurricular activities which make participation in the activities less accessible to Tebow students than to other students.

Except as otherwise set forth in subdivision (5), subsection (b) of this section, evaluation processes or requirements that are placed on Tebow student participants may not exceed those that apply to those students generally.

If there is an additional premium for the coveragecoverage, the participatingTebow student shall pay the additional premium.

(i) This section does not guarantee that a student trying out for an interscholastic sport or other extracurricular activity that is under the authority of the WVSSAC will make the team or become part of another extracurricular activity, but only that the student shall not be prohibited from trying out for the team or activity if the student is otherwise eligible, as outlined herein and under the rules of an organization or association that regulates interscholastic sports.

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The purpose of this bill is to permit students instructed at home, by a private tutor or enrolled in a private, parochial or church school or a school operated by a religious order, who do not attend a school that is a member of the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission to participate in extracurricular athletic or other extracurricular activities at a school that is a member of the commission.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.

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