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SENATE BILL 465
57TH LEGISLATURE - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - FIRST SESSION, 2025
INTRODUCED BY
Antonio Maestas
AN ACT
RELATING TO SCHOOL ACTIVITIES; PROHIBITING SCHOOLS FROM
RESTRICTING PARTICIPATION IN AN ATHLETIC ACTIVITY BECAUSE THE
STUDENT PARTICIPATED IN THAT ATHLETIC ACTIVITY WHILE ATTENDING
A DIFFERENT SCHOOL; PERMITTING STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN CLUB
OR OUTSIDE SPORTS WITHOUT PENALTY; PERMITTING STUDENTS TO
PARTICIPATE IN ATHLETIC TRAINING CAMPS WITHOUT PENALTY;
ALLOWING PRIVATE SCHOOLS TO OFFER SCHOLARSHIPS TO STUDENTS TO
PARTICIPATE IN ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES; ALLOWING EIGHTH GRADE
STUDENTS TO PLAY HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS WITHOUT LOSING A SEASON OF
ELIGIBILITY.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:
SECTION 1. A new section of Chapter 22, Article 2 NMSA
1978 is enacted to read:
"[NEW MATERIAL] SCHOOL ACTIVITIES--ELIGIBILITY.--
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A. Membership on the board of directors of an
association that regulates public school extracurricular and
cocurricular activities shall be proportional to the population
of the counties represented by the board.
B. A high school student shall not be prohibited
from participating in an athletic activity because that student
participated in that athletic activity while attending a
different school.
C. A student shall not be prohibited from
participating fully in a school-sponsored athletic activity
because the student participated in an athletic activity or on
an athletic team that was not school-sponsored or -affiliated.
D. A student who participates in an athletic
training camp shall not be prohibited from participating in a
school-sponsored athletic activity.
E. A private school may offer a scholarship to a
student to participate in an athletic activity.
F. A student in the eighth grade is eligible to
participate in a high school athletic activity without losing a
season of eligibility to participate in that athletic activity
in high school.
G. As used in this section, "athletic activity"
means a middle school, junior high school or high school sport
regulated by the New Mexico activities association."
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