REFERENCE TITLE: students; interscholastic activities; eligibility; costs State of Arizona Senate Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025 SB 1693 Introduced by Senator Kavanagh An Act amending title 15, chapter 8, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding sections 15-802.02 and 15-802.03; relating to interscholastic activities. (TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
REFERENCE TITLE: students; interscholastic activities; eligibility; costs
State of Arizona Senate Fifty-seventh Legislature First Regular Session 2025
SB 1693
Introduced by Senator Kavanagh
REFERENCE TITLE: students; interscholastic activities; eligibility; costs
State of Arizona
Senate
Fifty-seventh Legislature
First Regular Session
2025
SB 1693
Introduced by
Senator Kavanagh
An Act
amending title 15, chapter 8, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding sections 15-802.02 and 15-802.03; relating to interscholastic activities.
(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona: Section 1. Title 15, chapter 8, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding sections 15-802.02 and 15-802.03, to read: START_STATUTE15-802.02. Interscholastic activities; private school students; eligibility to participate; prohibition; definition A. Notwithstanding any other law, a private school student who resides in the attendance area of a public school shall be allowed to try out for interscholastic activities on behalf of the public school in the same manner as a student who is enrolled in the public school. Except as provided in section 15-802.03, the policies and requirements relating to registration, age eligibility, fees, insurance, transportation, physical condition, qualifications, responsibilities, event schedules, standards of behavior and performance for private school students participating in or trying out for interscholastic activities shall be consistent with the policies and requirements established for students enrolled in the public school. B. The parent of a private school student who tries out for an interscholastic activity pursuant to this section shall submit written verification to the public school that the student is both: 1. Receiving a passing grade in each course or subject the student is being taught. 2. Maintaining satisfactory progress towards advancement or promotion. C. A private school student who was previously enrolled in a school district, charter school or different private school is ineligible to participate in interscholastic activities for the remainder of the school year during which the student was previously enrolled. D. A school district may not contract with any private entity that supervises interscholastic activities if the private entity prohibits private school students from participating in interscholastic activities at public, private or charter schools. E. For the purposes of this section, "private school student" means a student who resides within the attendance area of a public school and who is educated in a private school as defined in section 15-802 that does not offer the interscholastic activity for which the student is trying out. END_STATUTE START_STATUTE15-802.03. Interscholastic activities; non-public school students; maximum participation fees A. Notwithstanding any other law, a public school may not charge a participation fee for a student who is not enrolled in the public school to participate in one or more interscholastic activities pursuant to section 15-802.01 or 15-802.02 that exceeds the student's pro rata share of the program costs. For the purposes of this section, a student's pro rata share is calculated by dividing the total amount that the public school has budgeted for the interscholastic activity by the total number of students who are participating in the interscholastic activity during the budget year. B. This section does not prevent a public school from requiring students who participate in one or more interscholastic activities pursuant to section 15-802.01 or 15-802.02 to pay for expenses related to the interscholastic activity if the public school requires all participating students, including students who are enrolled in the public school, to pay for those expenses. END_STATUTE
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 15, chapter 8, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding sections 15-802.02 and 15-802.03, to read:
START_STATUTE15-802.02. Interscholastic activities; private school students; eligibility to participate; prohibition; definition
A. Notwithstanding any other law, a private school student who resides in the attendance area of a public school shall be allowed to try out for interscholastic activities on behalf of the public school in the same manner as a student who is enrolled in the public school. Except as provided in section 15-802.03, the policies and requirements relating to registration, age eligibility, fees, insurance, transportation, physical condition, qualifications, responsibilities, event schedules, standards of behavior and performance for private school students participating in or trying out for interscholastic activities shall be consistent with the policies and requirements established for students enrolled in the public school.
B. The parent of a private school student who tries out for an interscholastic activity pursuant to this section shall submit written verification to the public school that the student is both:
1. Receiving a passing grade in each course or subject the student is being taught.
2. Maintaining satisfactory progress towards advancement or promotion.
C. A private school student who was previously enrolled in a school district, charter school or different private school is ineligible to participate in interscholastic activities for the remainder of the school year during which the student was previously enrolled.
D. A school district may not contract with any private entity that supervises interscholastic activities if the private entity prohibits private school students from participating in interscholastic activities at public, private or charter schools.
E. For the purposes of this section, "private school student" means a student who resides within the attendance area of a public school and who is educated in a private school as defined in section 15-802 that does not offer the interscholastic activity for which the student is trying out. END_STATUTE
START_STATUTE15-802.03. Interscholastic activities; non-public school students; maximum participation fees
A. Notwithstanding any other law, a public school may not charge a participation fee for a student who is not enrolled in the public school to participate in one or more interscholastic activities pursuant to section 15-802.01 or 15-802.02 that exceeds the student's pro rata share of the program costs. For the purposes of this section, a student's pro rata share is calculated by dividing the total amount that the public school has budgeted for the interscholastic activity by the total number of students who are participating in the interscholastic activity during the budget year.
B. This section does not prevent a public school from requiring students who participate in one or more interscholastic activities pursuant to section 15-802.01 or 15-802.02 to pay for expenses related to the interscholastic activity if the public school requires all participating students, including students who are enrolled in the public school, to pay for those expenses. END_STATUTE