REFERENCE TITLE: extracurricular and interscholastic activities; eligibility State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-fifth Legislature Second Regular Session 2022 HB 2246 Introduced by Representatives Finchem: Barton AN ACT amending section 15-802.01, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to school attendance. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
REFERENCE TITLE: extracurricular and interscholastic activities; eligibility
State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-fifth Legislature Second Regular Session 2022
HB 2246
Introduced by Representatives Finchem: Barton
REFERENCE TITLE: extracurricular and interscholastic activities; eligibility
State of Arizona
House of Representatives
Fifty-fifth Legislature
Second Regular Session
2022
HB 2246
Introduced by
Representatives Finchem: Barton
AN ACT
amending section 15-802.01, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to school attendance.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. Section 15-802.01, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read: START_STATUTE15-802.01. Eligibility to participate in interscholastic and extracurricular activities A. Notwithstanding any other law, a any child who resides within the attendance area of a public school and who is homeschooled that is operated by a school district, including a homeschooled child, a child who attends a charter school or a private school or a child who participates in distance learning, shall be allowed to try out for interscholastic activities on behalf of the public school or to participate in extracurricular activities at the school in the same manner as a pupil student who is enrolled in that public school. Registration, age eligibility requirements, fees, insurance, transportation, physical condition, qualifications, responsibilities, event schedules, standards of behavior and performance policies for homeschooled students who are not enrolled in the school operated by the school district shall be consistent with those policies established for students who are enrolled in that public school. For interscholastic activities, the individual providing the primary instruction of a child student who is homeschooled not enrolled in the school operated by the school district shall submit written verification that provides: 1. Whether the student is receiving a passing grade in each course or subject being taught. 2. Whether the student is maintaining satisfactory progress towards advancement or promotion. B. A child who is homeschooled and who was previously enrolled in a public, private or charter school shall be is ineligible to participate in interscholastic activities for the remainder of the school year during which the child was enrolled in a school. C. A school district shall not contract with any private entity that supervises interscholastic or extracurricular activities if the private entity prohibits the participation of homeschooled children, children who attend a charter school or a private school or children who participate in distance learning in interscholastic or extracurricular activities at public, private or charter schools. END_STATUTE
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 15-802.01, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
START_STATUTE15-802.01. Eligibility to participate in interscholastic and extracurricular activities
A. Notwithstanding any other law, a any child who resides within the attendance area of a public school and who is homeschooled that is operated by a school district, including a homeschooled child, a child who attends a charter school or a private school or a child who participates in distance learning, shall be allowed to try out for interscholastic activities on behalf of the public school or to participate in extracurricular activities at the school in the same manner as a pupil student who is enrolled in that public school. Registration, age eligibility requirements, fees, insurance, transportation, physical condition, qualifications, responsibilities, event schedules, standards of behavior and performance policies for homeschooled students who are not enrolled in the school operated by the school district shall be consistent with those policies established for students who are enrolled in that public school. For interscholastic activities, the individual providing the primary instruction of a child student who is homeschooled not enrolled in the school operated by the school district shall submit written verification that provides:
1. Whether the student is receiving a passing grade in each course or subject being taught.
2. Whether the student is maintaining satisfactory progress towards advancement or promotion.
B. A child who is homeschooled and who was previously enrolled in a public, private or charter school shall be is ineligible to participate in interscholastic activities for the remainder of the school year during which the child was enrolled in a school.
C. A school district shall not contract with any private entity that supervises interscholastic or extracurricular activities if the private entity prohibits the participation of homeschooled children, children who attend a charter school or a private school or children who participate in distance learning in interscholastic or extracurricular activities at public, private or charter schools. END_STATUTE