Bill Text: IA SF176 | 2025-2026 | 91st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to participation in cocurricular and extracurricular activities offered by school districts by pupils who open enroll for purposes of receiving educational instruction and course content primarily over the internet.(Formerly SSB 1023.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-03 - Committee report, approving bill. S.J. 179. [SF176 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2025-SF176-Introduced.html
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BY
COMMITTEE
ON
EDUCATION
(SUCCESSOR
TO
SSB
1023)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
participation
in
cocurricular
and
1
extracurricular
activities
offered
by
school
districts
by
2
pupils
who
open
enroll
for
purposes
of
receiving
educational
3
instruction
and
course
content
primarily
over
the
internet.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
282.18,
subsection
12,
Code
2025,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
12.
a.
A
pupil
participating
in
open
enrollment
for
3
purposes
of
receiving
educational
instruction
and
course
4
content
primarily
over
the
internet
in
accordance
with
section
5
256.7,
subsection
32
,
may
participate
in
any
cocurricular
or
6
extracurricular
activities
offered
to
children
in
the
pupil’s
7
grade
or
group
,
and
sponsored
by
the
district
of
residence
,
8
under
the
same
conditions
and
requirements
as
the
pupils
9
enrolled
in
the
district
of
residence
,
if
the
school
district
10
attendance
center
providing
the
educational
instruction
and
11
course
content
primarily
over
the
internet
does
not
sponsor
12
such
cocurricular
or
extracurricular
activities
.
13
b.
The
pupil
may
participate
in
not
more
than
two
14
cocurricular
or
extracurricular
activities
during
a
school
year
15
unless
the
resident
district
approves
the
student’s
pupil’s
16
participation
in
additional
activities.
17
c.
The
student
pupil
shall
comply
with
the
eligibility,
18
conduct,
and
other
requirements
relating
to
the
activity
that
19
are
established
by
the
district
of
residence
for
any
student
20
pupil
who
applies
to
participate
or
who
is
participating
in
the
21
activity.
22
EXPLANATION
23
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
24
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
25
This
bill
relates
to
participation
in
cocurricular
and
26
extracurricular
activities
offered
by
school
districts
by
27
pupils
who
open
enroll
for
purposes
of
receiving
educational
28
instruction
and
course
content
primarily
over
the
internet.
29
Current
law
allows
pupils
who
participate
in
open
enrollment
30
for
purposes
of
receiving
educational
instruction
and
course
31
content
primarily
over
the
internet
to
participate
in
any
32
cocurricular
or
extracurricular
activities
offered
in
the
33
pupil’s
grade
or
group
and
sponsored
by
the
pupil’s
district
34
of
residence
under
the
same
conditions
and
requirements
35
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as
the
pupils
enrolled
in
the
district
of
residence.
The
1
bill
provides
that
such
pupils
may
only
participate
in
2
such
cocurricular
or
extracurricular
activities
if
the
3
school
district
attendance
center
providing
the
educational
4
instruction
and
course
content
primarily
over
the
internet
does
5
not
sponsor
such
cocurricular
or
extracurricular
activities.
6
The
bill
makes
other
nonsubstantive
and
stylistic
changes
to
7
Code
section
282.18(12).
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