Bill Text: IA SF321 | 2025-2026 | 91st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act prohibiting the expenditure of certain public moneys for dues or membership fees to high school organizations that do not use required enrollment calculations when determining school classifications for extracurricular interscholastic activities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-19 - Subcommittee: Shipley, Pike, and Zimmer. S.J. 314. [SF321 Detail]
Download: Iowa-2025-SF321-Introduced.html
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BY
DICKEY
,
DRISCOLL
,
EVANS
,
SHIPLEY
,
and
ZUMBACH
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
prohibiting
the
expenditure
of
certain
public
moneys
for
1
dues
or
membership
fees
to
high
school
organizations
that
do
2
not
use
required
enrollment
calculations
when
determining
3
school
classifications
for
extracurricular
interscholastic
4
activities.
5
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
280.13D
Limitation
on
expenditure
1
of
certain
public
moneys
for
high
school
organizations
——
school
2
classifications.
3
1.
For
the
purposes
of
this
section:
4
a.
“Extracurricular
interscholastic
activity”
means
a
contest
5
or
competition
for
sports
between
different
schools
and
outside
6
the
regular
scope
of
a
school’s
curriculum.
7
b.
“Organization”
means
a
corporation,
association,
8
or
organization
which
has
as
one
of
its
primary
purposes
9
the
sponsoring
or
administration
of
an
extracurricular
10
interscholastic
activity,
but
does
not
include
an
agency
of
11
this
state,
a
public
or
private
school
or
school
board,
or
an
12
athletic
conference
or
other
association
whose
interscholastic
13
contests
or
competitions
do
not
include
more
than
twenty-four
14
schools.
15
2.
On
or
after
January
1,
2027,
a
school
district
or
a
16
charter
school
shall
not
expend
any
moneys,
and
an
accredited
17
or
unaccredited
nonpublic
school
shall
not
expend
any
moneys
18
originating
from
the
state,
to
pay
dues
or
membership
fees
19
to
an
organization,
and
the
school
shall
not
be
a
member
of,
20
participate
in
activities
associated
with,
or
receive
services
21
from
an
organization
unless
the
organization,
for
each
school
22
year
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2026,
classifies,
for
the
23
purposes
of
an
extracurricular
interscholastic
activity,
each
24
school
participating
in
an
extracurricular
interscholastic
25
activity
based
on
the
school’s
enrollment,
provided
that
the
26
enrollment
number
for
nonpublic
schools
shall
be
adjusted
27
pursuant
to
subsection
3.
28
3.
a.
Prior
to
the
beginning
of
a
school
calendar,
each
29
nonpublic
school
shall
provide
an
organization
with
the
30
school’s
number
of
enrolled
students.
When
determining
a
31
school’s
classification,
an
organization
shall
adjust
the
32
enrollment
number
of
a
nonpublic
school
that
accepts
payment
33
from
an
education
savings
account
established
pursuant
to
34
section
257.11B
for
the
same
school
year,
by
multiplying
the
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number
of
the
nonpublic
school’s
enrolled
students
by
one
and
1
one-half.
2
b.
The
adjustment
made
pursuant
to
this
subsection
shall
3
not
cause
the
nonpublic
school
to
be
placed
in
a
classification
4
that
is
more
than
one
greater
than
the
classification
the
5
nonpublic
school
would
have
received
without
the
enrollment
6
adjustment.
7
4.
This
section
shall
not
apply
to
eight-person
football.
8
Sec.
2.
SCHOOL
YEAR
BEGINNING
JULY
1,
2025.
An
organization
9
may
classify
schools
according
to
the
methodology
described
10
in
section
1
of
this
Act
for
the
school
year
beginning
July
11
1,
2025,
and
school
districts,
charter
schools,
and
nonpublic
12
schools
may
expend
moneys
to
pay
dues
or
membership
fees
to
an
13
organization
that
does
so.
14
EXPLANATION
15
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
16
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
17
This
bill
relates
to
the
expenditure
of
public
moneys
for
18
dues
or
membership
fees
to
high
school
organizations
that
do
19
not
use
required
enrollment
calculations
when
determining
20
school
classifications
for
extracurricular
interscholastic
21
activities.
22
The
bill
defines
“extracurricular
interscholastic
activity”
23
as
a
contest
or
competition
for
sports
between
different
24
schools
and
outside
the
regular
scope
of
a
school’s
curriculum.
25
The
bill
defines
“organization”
as
a
corporation,
association,
26
or
organization
which
has
as
one
of
its
primary
purposes
27
the
sponsoring
or
administration
of
an
extracurricular
28
interscholastic
activity,
but
does
not
include
an
agency
of
29
this
state,
a
public
or
private
school
or
school
board,
or
an
30
athletic
conference
or
other
association
whose
interscholastic
31
contests
or
competitions
do
not
include
more
than
24
schools.
32
The
bill
prohibits
a
school
district
or
charter
school
33
from
expending
any
moneys
to
pay
dues
or
membership
fees
to
a
34
high
school
organization,
or
be
a
member
of,
participate
in
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activities
associated
with,
or
receive
services
from
such
an
1
organization
after
January
1,
2027,
unless
the
organization,
2
for
the
purposes
of
an
extracurricular
interscholastic
3
activity,
classifies
each
school
participating
in
an
4
extracurricular
interscholastic
activity
for
each
school
year
5
beginning
on
or
after
July
1,
2026,
based
on
enrollment,
as
6
adjusted
for
nonpublic
schools
that
accept
payment
from
an
7
education
savings
account.
Adjusted
enrollment
is
calculated
8
by
multiplying
the
total
number
of
students
enrolled
in
the
9
nonpublic
school
by
1.5.
However,
an
organization
cannot
10
move
a
nonpublic
school
up
more
than
one
classification.
11
Each
nonpublic
school
must
give
its
enrollment
numbers
to
an
12
organization
prior
to
the
beginning
of
a
school
calendar.
13
The
bill
does
not
apply
to
eight-person
football.
14
For
the
school
year
beginning
July
1,
2025,
the
bill
provides
15
that
an
organization
may
classify
schools
according
to
the
16
methodology
described
in
the
bill,
and
school
districts,
17
charter
schools,
and
nonpublic
schools
may
expend
moneys
to
pay
18
dues
or
membership
fees
to
an
organization
that
does
so.
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