Bill Text: IA SF2066 | 2023-2024 | 90th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to the eligibility of students with individualized education programs to participate in extracurricular interscholastic athletic games or competitions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2024-01-18 - Subcommittee: Kraayenbrink, Donahue, and Rozenboom. S.J. 127. [SF2066 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2023-SF2066-Introduced.html
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Introduced
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BY
DONAHUE
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
the
eligibility
of
students
with
1
individualized
education
programs
to
participate
in
2
extracurricular
interscholastic
athletic
games
or
3
competitions.
4
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
280.13D
Students
with
1
individualized
education
programs
——
eligibility
for
2
extracurricular
interscholastic
athletic
games
or
competitions.
3
1.
The
lead
special
education
teacher
described
4
in
a
student’s
individualized
education
program
shall
5
determine
whether
the
student
is
eligible
to
participate
in
6
extracurricular
interscholastic
athletic
games
or
competitions
7
provided
by
the
public
school
or
nonpublic
school
in
which
8
the
student
is
enrolled.
A
coach
or
athletic
director
9
employed
by
the
public
school
or
a
nonpublic
school
shall
not
10
determine
whether
such
student
is
eligible
to
participate
in
11
extracurricular
interscholastic
athletic
games
or
competitions.
12
2.
When
determining
whether
a
student
with
an
13
individualized
education
program
is
eligible
to
participate
in
14
extracurricular
interscholastic
athletic
games
or
competitions
15
provided
by
a
public
school
or
a
nonpublic
school
pursuant
to
16
subsection
1,
the
lead
special
education
teacher
shall
consider
17
the
student’s
record
of
attendance
and
whether
the
student
is
18
attaining
passing
grades
in
the
student’s
classes.
19
3.
This
section
shall
not
apply
to
students
who
require
20
special
education
under
chapter
256B
and
who
have
severe
and
21
profound
disabilities.
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
the
eligibility
of
students
with
26
individualized
education
programs
(IEP)
to
participate
in
27
extracurricular
interscholastic
athletic
games
or
competitions.
28
The
bill
provides
that
the
lead
special
education
teacher
29
described
in
a
student’s
IEP
shall
determine
whether
the
30
student
is
eligible
to
participate
in
extracurricular
31
interscholastic
athletic
games
or
competitions
provided
by
a
32
public
school
or
a
nonpublic
school.
The
bill
establishes
that
33
a
coach
or
athletic
director
employed
by
the
public
school
or
34
nonpublic
school
shall
not
determine
whether
such
student
is
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eligible
to
participate.
1
The
bill
provides
that,
when
determining
whether
a
student
2
with
an
IEP
is
eligible
to
participate
in
extracurricular
3
interscholastic
athletic
games
or
competitions,
the
lead
4
special
education
teacher
is
required
to
consider
the
student’s
5
record
of
attendance
and
whether
the
student
is
attaining
6
passing
grades
in
the
student’s
classes.
7
The
bill’s
provisions
do
not
apply
to
students
who
8
require
special
education
and
who
have
severe
and
profound
9
disabilities.
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