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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 |