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H. B. No. 347 As IntroducedAs Introduced
128th General Assembly | Regular Session | 2009-2010 |
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Cosponsor:
Representative Celeste
A BILL
To enact section 3313.538 of the Revised Code to
prohibit disqualification of certain students from
interscholastic athletics if a student's resident
school district ceases, then resumes, its
interscholastic athletics program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That section 3313.538 of the Revised Code be
enacted to read as follows:
Sec. 3313.538. (A) As used in this section, "resident school
district" means the city, exempted village, or local school
district in which a student is entitled to attend school under
section 3313.64 or 3313.65 of the Revised Code.
(B) No student who transfers from a school that is not
operated by the student's resident school district to a school
operated by that district shall be prohibited from participating
in interscholastic athletics at the school operated by the
student's resident school district, solely on the basis of the
transfer, if all of the following apply:
(1) The student's resident school district ceases or has
ceased its entire interscholastic athletics program.
(2) At the time or after the resident school district ceased
its entire interscholastic athletics program, the student
transferred from a school operated by the student's resident
school district to a school that is not operated by the student's
resident school district.
(3) The student's resident school district resumes
interscholastic athletics and the student subsequently transfers
from the school that is not operated by that district to a school
operated by that district.
(C) No school district, school, interscholastic conference,
or organization that regulates interscholastic conferences or
events shall do any of the following with respect to any student
who meets the conditions of division (B) of this section:
(1) Impose a waiting period to participate in interscholastic
athletics after the student transfers back to the student's
resident school district, based solely on the student's transfer
back;
(2) Restrict which sports the student may play at the school
operated by the student's resident school district after the
student transfers back to the student's resident school district,
based solely on which sports the student played before
transferring back;
(3) Establish a deadline for a student to transfer back to
the student's resident school district to maintain athletic
eligibility.
Division (C)(3) of this section does not prohibit the school
to which a student transfers under division (B)(3) of this section
from imposing a deadline to apply or try out to participate in a
particular sport for a particular season.
(D) An organization that regulates interscholastic
conferences or events may require a student to apply for and
receive the organization's verification of the student's
eligibility under this section before participating in
interscholastic athletics.
(E) No school district, school, interscholastic conference,
or organization that regulates interscholastic conferences or
events shall have a rule, bylaw, or other regulation that
conflicts with this section.
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