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To enact section 3313.538 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
prohibit disqualification of certain students from | 2 |
interscholastic athletics if a student's resident | 3 |
school district ceases, then resumes, its | 4 |
interscholastic athletics program. | 5 |
Section 1. That section 3313.538 of the Revised Code be | 6 |
enacted to read as follows: | 7 |
Sec. 3313.538. (A) As used in this section, "resident school | 8 |
district" means the city, exempted village, or local school | 9 |
district in which a student is entitled to attend school under | 10 |
section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the Revised Code. | 11 |
(B) No student who transfers from a school that is not | 12 |
operated by the student's resident school district to a school | 13 |
operated by that district shall be prohibited from participating | 14 |
in interscholastic athletics at the school operated by the | 15 |
student's resident school district, solely on the basis of the | 16 |
transfer, if all of the following apply: | 17 |
(1) The student's resident school district ceases or has | 18 |
ceased its entire interscholastic athletics program. | 19 |
(2) At the time or after the resident school district ceased | 20 |
its entire interscholastic athletics program, the student | 21 |
transferred from a school operated by the student's resident | 22 |
school district to a school that is not operated by the student's | 23 |
resident school district. | 24 |
(3) The student's resident school district resumes | 25 |
interscholastic athletics and the student subsequently transfers | 26 |
from the school that is not operated by that district to a school | 27 |
operated by that district. | 28 |
(C) No school district, school, interscholastic conference, | 29 |
or organization that regulates interscholastic conferences or | 30 |
events shall do any of the following with respect to any student | 31 |
who meets the conditions of division (B) of this section: | 32 |
(1) Impose a waiting period to participate in interscholastic | 33 |
athletics after the student transfers back to the student's | 34 |
resident school district, based solely on the student's transfer | 35 |
back; | 36 |
(2) Restrict which sports the student may play at the school | 37 |
operated by the student's resident school district after the | 38 |
student transfers back to the student's resident school district, | 39 |
based solely on which sports the student played before | 40 |
transferring back; | 41 |
(3) Establish a deadline for a student to transfer back to | 42 |
the student's resident school district to maintain athletic | 43 |
eligibility. | 44 |
Division (C)(3) of this section does not prohibit the school | 45 |
to which a student transfers under division (B)(3) of this section | 46 |
from imposing a deadline to apply or try out to participate in a | 47 |
particular sport for a particular season. | 48 |
(D) An organization that regulates interscholastic | 49 |
conferences or events may require a student to apply for and | 50 |
receive the organization's verification of the student's | 51 |
eligibility under this section before participating in | 52 |
interscholastic athletics. | 53 |
(E) No school district, school, interscholastic conference, | 54 |
or organization that regulates interscholastic conferences or | 55 |
events shall have a rule, bylaw, or other regulation that | 56 |
conflicts with this section. | 57 |