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House Engrossed Senate Bill
nonpublic school students; interscholastic activities (now: private school students; interscholastic activities) |
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State of Arizona Senate Fifty-sixth Legislature First Regular Session 2023
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SENATE BILL 1564 |
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An Act
amending title 15, chapter 8, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 15-802.02; relating to student interscholastic activities.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Title 15, chapter 8, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 15-802.02, to read:
15-802.02. Interscholastic activities; private school students; eligibility to participate; definition
A. Notwithstanding any other law, a qualified private school student shall be allowed to try out for interscholastic activities on behalf of a public school in the same manner as a student who is enrolled in that public school. The policies and requirements relating to registration, age eligibility, fees, insurance, transportation, physical condition, qualifications, responsibilities, event schedules, standards of behavior and performance for qualified private school students PARTICIPATING in or trying out for interscholastic activities shall be consistent with the policies and requirements established for students enrolled in that public school.
B. The parent of a qualified private school student who tries out for an interscholastic activity pursuant to this section shall submit written verification to the public school that the student is both:
1. Receiving a passing grade in each course or subject the student is being taught.
2. Maintaining satisfactory progress towards advancement or promotion.
C. A qualified private school student who was previously enrolled in a school district, charter school or different private school is ineligible to participate in interscholastic activities for the remainder of the school year during which the student was previously enrolled.
D. A school district may not contract with any private entity that supervises interscholastic activities if the private entity prohibits qualified private school students from participating in interscholastic activities at public, private or charter schools.
E. For the purposes of this section, "qualified private school student" means a student who resides within the attendance area of a public school and who is educated in a private school as defined in section 15-802 that has fewer than one hundred students in grades nine through twelve and that does not offer the interscholastic activity for which the student is trying out.