HLS 15RS-452 ORIGINAL
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 457
BY REPRESENTATIVE TALBOT
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
SCHOOLS: Provides relative to school membership in associations that prescribe eligibility
to participate in athletics
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 17:176(G), relative to school membership in athletic associations; to prohibit
3 schools from holding membership in certain interscholastic extracurricular athletic
4 associations or organizations; and to provide for related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 17:176(G) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 ยง176. Extracurricular activities; interscholastic athletics; participation; standards;
8 prohibitions; filming or videotaping; definitions
9 * * *
10 G. A public school or nonpublic school that receives public funds shall not
11 be a member of any interscholastic extracurricular athletic association or
12 organization that has a rule limiting the eligibility of an incoming high school
13 freshman student to participate in athletics based upon the school the student
14 attended the previous year.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions. HLS 15RS-452 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 457
DIGEST
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of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 457 Original 2015 Regular Session Talbot
Abstract: Provides relative to school membership in associations that prescribe eligibility
to participate in athletics.
Proposed law prohibits a public or nonpublic school that receives public funds from holding
membership in any interscholastic extracurricular athletic association or organization that
has a rule limiting the eligibility of an incoming high school freshman student to participate
in athletics based upon the school the student attended the previous year.
(Adds R.S. 17:176(G))
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