SB 1693
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ARIZONA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Fifty-seventh Legislature
First Regular Session
Senate: ED DPA 4-3-0-0 | 3rd Read 17-9-4-0
SB1693: students; interscholastic activities; eligibility; costs
Sponsor: Senator Kavanagh, LD 3
Committee on Education
Overview
Mandates a public school allow a private school student who resides in the public school's
attendance area to try out for interscholastic activities on behalf of the public school.
History
If a homeschooled child resides within a public school's attendance area, the child must be
allowed to try out for interscholastic activities on behalf of the public school in the same
manner as the public school's students. Interscholastic activity policies for both homeschooled
children and public school students must be consistent. A school district may not contract
with a private entity that supervises interscholastic activities if the private entity prohibits
the participation of homeschooled children.
To participate in public school interscholastic activities, the person instructing a
homeschooled child must submit written verification that provides whether the child is
passing each course or subject being taught and maintaining satisfactory progress towards
advancement or promotion. A homeschooled child who was previously enrolled in a public,
private or charter school is ineligible to participate in interscholastic activities for the
remainder of that school year (A.R.S. § 15-802.01).
A private school is a nonpublic institution (other than a child's home) where academic
instruction is provided for at least the same number of days and hours each year as a public
school (A.R.S. § 15-802).
Provisions
1. Requires a public school to allow a private school student who resides in its attendance
area to try out for interscholastic activities on behalf of the public school in the same
manner as a public school student. (Sec. 1)
2. Establishes that interscholastic activity policies and requirements for private school and
public school students must be consistent. (Sec. 1)
3. Instructs the guardian of a private school student who tries out for an interscholastic
activity to submit written verification to the public school that the student is receiving a
passing grade in each course or subject and maintaining satisfactory progress towards
advancement or promotion. (Sec. 1)
4. States 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 that school year. (Sec. 1)
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5. Restricts a school district from contracting with a 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. (Sec. 1)
6. Limits the participation fee a public school may charge a private school student at the
student's pro rata share of the interscholastic activity's program costs. (Sec. 1)
7. Details the calculation used to determine a student's pro rata share of the interscholastic
activity's program costs. (Sec. 1)
8. Clarifies that a public school may require private school students who participate in
interscholastic activities to pay for interscholastic activity expenses if the public school
requires all participating students to pay the expenses. (Sec. 1)
9. Defines private school student as a student who resides within a public school's
attendance area and who is educated in a private school that does not offer the
interscholastic activity for which the student is trying out. (Sec. 1)