1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to education; permitting charter school students to participate in high 
1.3 	school league activities in the resident school district;amending Minnesota 
1.4 	Statutes 2006, section 128C.02, subdivision 5.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2006, section 128C.02, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 5.Rules for open enrollees. (a) The league shall adopt league rules and 
1.8 	regulations governing the athletic participation of pupils attending school in a nonresident 
1.9 	district under section 124D.03. 
1.10 	(b) Notwithstanding other law or league rule or regulation to the contrary, a student 
1.11 	receiving instruction in a charter school as defined in section 124D.10 is immediately 
1.12 	eligible to participate on the same basis as other district students in the league-sponsored 
1.13 	activities of the student's resident school district. Nothing in this paragraph prohibits the 
1.14 	league or school district from enforcing a league or district penalty resulting from the 
1.15 	student violating a league or district rule.

1.16 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.