HLS 15RS-452 ENGROSSED
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 junior varsity or varsity athletics based upon the
14 school the student attended the previous year unless the rule applies only if the
15 student's former school included grades nine through twelve.
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions. HLS 15RS-452 ENGROSSED
HB NO. 457
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
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 Engrossed 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 junior varsity or varsity athletics based upon the school the student attended the previous
year unless the rule applies only if the student's former school included grades nine through
12.
(Adds R.S. 17:176(G))
Summary of Amendments Adopted by House
The Committee Amendments Proposed by House Committee on Education to the
original bill:
1. Add an exception to the proposed law prohibition if the association's rule that
limits an incoming freshman's eligibility based on his previous school only
applies if the student's previous school had grades nine through 12.
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