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HF 597

as introduced - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 02/23/2015 04:26pm

KEY: stricken = removed, old language.
underscored = added, new language.
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A bill for an act
relating to education; modifying certain high school league provisions; amending
Minnesota Statutes 2014, sections 128C.02, subdivision 5; 128C.07, subdivision
8.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

Section 1.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 128C.02, subdivision 5, is amended to read:


Subd. 5.

Rules for open enrollees.

(a) The league shall adopt league rules and
regulations governing the athletic participation of pupils attending school in a nonresident
district under section 124D.03.

(b) Notwithstanding other law or league rule or regulation to the contrary, when a
student enrolls in or is readmitted to a recovery-focused high school after successfully
completing a licensed program for treatment of alcohol or substance abuse, mental illness,
or emotional disturbance, the student is immediately eligible to participate on the same basis
as other district students in the league-sponsored activities of the student's resident school
district. Nothing in this paragraph prohibits the league or school district from enforcing a
league or district penalty resulting from the student violating a league or district rule.

(c) The league shall adopt league rules making a student with an individualized
education program who transfers from one public school to another public school as a
reasonable accommodation to reduce barriers to educational access immediately eligible
to participate in league-sponsored varsity competition on the same basis as other students
in the school to which the student transfers. The league also must establish guidelines,
consistent with this paragraph, for reviewing the 504 plan of a student who transfers
between public schools to determine whether the student is immediately eligible to
participate in league-sponsored varsity competition on the same basis as other students in
the school to which the student transfers.

new text begin (d) The league shall adopt rules to reduce the barriers for public charter school
students to participate in league-sponsored competitions in their resident district, in
the event that the charter school the student attends does not offer a league-sponsored
competition, or the charter school is not a party to a cooperative agreement with another
league member school district or school in the league-sponsored competition.
new text end

Sec. 2.

Minnesota Statutes 2014, section 128C.07, subdivision 8, is amended to read:


Subd. 8.

Otherwise, conferences are voluntary.

Except to the extent the league
arranges conference membership under this section, an interscholastic conference of
schools participating in activities delegated to the league may be formed and changed
freely.new text begin A conference may not prohibit member schools of the conference from entering
into cooperative agreements with charter schools.
new text end