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| To enact section 3313.538 of the Revised Code to | 1 |
| prohibit disqualification of certain students who | 2 |
| live with legal or temporary custodians or with | 3 |
| guardians from interscholastic athletics solely | 4 |
| because their parents do not reside in the | 5 |
| state. | 6 |
| Section 1. That section 3313.538 of the Revised Code be | 7 |
| enacted to read as follows: | 8 |
| Sec. 3313.538. (A) No student who attends school in this | 9 |
| state shall be denied the opportunity to participate in | 10 |
| interscholastic athletics solely because the student's parents do | 11 |
| not reside in this state, if the student resides in this state | 12 |
| with the student's grandparent, uncle, aunt, or sibling who has | 13 |
| legal or temporary custody of the student or is the guardian of | 14 |
| the student. | 15 |
| (B) No school district, school, interscholastic conference, | 16 |
| or organization that regulates interscholastic conferences or | 17 |
| events shall have a rule, bylaw, or other regulation that | 18 |
| conflicts with this section. | 19 |
| (C) No school district or school shall be a member of any | 20 |
| organization that has a rule, bylaw, or other regulation that | 21 |
| conflicts with this section. | 22 |
| (D) As used in this section, "legal custody," "temporary | 23 |
| custody," and "guardian" have the same meanings as in section | 24 |
| 2151.011 of the Revised Code. | 25 |