Bill Text: OH HB59 | 2009-2010 | 128th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: To prohibit disqualification of certain students who live with legal or temporary custodians or with guardians from interscholastic athletics solely because their parents do not reside in the state.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 6-3)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-04 - To Education [HB59 Detail]

Download: Ohio-2009-HB59-Introduced.html

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As Introduced

128th General Assembly Regular Session 2009-2010

H. B. No. 59

Representative Stebelton 

Cosponsors: Representatives Zehringer, Stautberg, Dodd, Balderson, Blessing, Okey, Amstutz, Winburn 

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A BILL

To enact section 3313.538 of the Revised Code to

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prohibit disqualification of certain students who

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live with legal or temporary custodians or with

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guardians from interscholastic athletics solely

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because their parents do not reside in the

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state.

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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section 1. That section 3313.538 of the Revised Code be	7
enacted to read as follows:	8

Sec. 3313.538. (A) No student who attends school in this	9
state shall be denied the opportunity to participate in	10
interscholastic athletics solely because the student's parents do	11
not reside in this state, if the student resides in this state	12
with the student's grandparent, uncle, aunt, or sibling who has	13
legal or temporary custody of the student or is the guardian of	14
the student.	15

(B) No school district, school, interscholastic conference,	16
or organization that regulates interscholastic conferences or	17
events shall have a rule, bylaw, or other regulation that	18
conflicts with this section.	19

(C) No school district or school shall be a member of any	20
organization that has a rule, bylaw, or other regulation that	21
conflicts with this section.	22

(D) As used in this section, "legal custody," "temporary	23
custody," and "guardian" have the same meanings as in section	24
2151.011 of the Revised Code.	25