HLS 20RS-430 ORIGINAL
2020 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 83
BY REPRESENTATIVE BAGLEY
SCHOOLS: Prohibits school membership in an athletic association that does not provide
for third-party arbitration of eligibility rule violations
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 17:176(F)(1), relative to interscholastic school athletic programs;
3 to prohibit certain schools from being members of or participating in any
4 competition sponsored by certain associations that do not provide for arbitration of
5 eligibility rule violations; and to provide for related matters.
6Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
7 Section 1. R.S. 17:176(F)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
8 ยง176. Extracurricular activities; interscholastic athletics; participation; standards;
9 prohibitions; filming or videotaping; definitions
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11 F.(1) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, no public school or
12 nonpublic school that receives public funds may be a member of, or participate in
13 any competition sponsored by, any intrastate interscholastic extracurricular athletic
14 association or organization that does not provide for third-party arbitration of
15 eligibility issues rule violations.
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are additions. HLS 20RS-430 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 83
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 83 Original 2020 Regular Session Bagley
Abstract: Revises terminology relative to prohibited school membership in athletic
associations that do not provide for third-party arbitration.
Present law prohibits any public school or nonpublic school that receives public funds from
being a member of or participating in any competition sponsored by any intrastate
interscholastic extracurricular athletic association or organization that does not provide for
third-party arbitration of eligibility issues.
Proposed law changes terminology with respect to such arbitration from eligibility "issues"
to eligibility "rule violations" and otherwise retains present law.
(Amends R.S. 17:176(F)(1))
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