HB 1481

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to interscholastic sports; providing a
3	short title; amending s. 1006.15, F.S.; revising the
4	criteria under which a charter school student may
5	participate in interscholastic extracurricular activities
6	of a public school; providing for certain private school
7	students to participate in interscholastic sports at a
8	public school under certain conditions; providing
9	criteria; providing for a public school student to
10	participate in interscholastic sports at another public
11	school; providing criteria; providing an effective date.
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13	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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15	Section 1.  This act may be cited as "Erin's Law."
16	Section 2.  Paragraph (d) of subsection (3) of section
17	1006.15, Florida Statutes, is amended, and paragraphs (e) and
18	(f) are added to that subsection, to read:
19	1006.15  Student standards for participation in
20	interscholastic extracurricular student activities;
21	regulation.--
22	(3)
23	(d)  An individual charter school student pursuant to s.
24	1002.33 is eligible to participate at the public school to which
25	the student would be assigned according to district school board
26	attendance area policies or which the student could choose to
27	attend, pursuant to district or interdistrict controlled open-
28	enrollment provisions, in any interscholastic extracurricular
29	activity of that school, unless such activity is provided by the
30	student's charter school, if the following conditions are met:
31	1.  The charter school student must meet the requirements
32	of the charter school education program as determined by the
33	charter school governing board.
34	2.  During the period of participation at a school, the
35	charter school student must demonstrate educational progress by
36	maintaining the grade point average required by this section and
37	passing each class for which he or she is enrolled as required
38	in paragraph (b).
39	3.  The charter school student must meet the same residency
40	requirements as other students in the school at which he or she
41	participates.
42	4.  The charter school student must meet the same standards
43	of acceptance, behavior, and performance that are required of
44	other students in extracurricular activities.
45	5.  The charter school student must register with the
46	school his or her intent to participate in interscholastic
47	extracurricular activities as a representative of the school
48	before the beginning date of the season for the activity in
49	which he or she wishes to participate. A charter school student
50	must be able to participate in curricular activities if that is
51	a requirement for an extracurricular activity.
52	6.  A student who transfers from a charter school program
53	to a traditional public school before or during the first
54	grading period of the school year is academically eligible to
55	participate in interscholastic extracurricular activities during
56	the first grading period if the student has a successful
57	evaluation from the previous school year, pursuant to
58	subparagraph 2.
59	7.  Any public school or private school student who has
60	been unable to maintain academic eligibility for participation
61	in interscholastic extracurricular activities is ineligible to
62	participate in such activities as a charter school student until
63	the student has successfully completed one grading period in a
64	charter school pursuant to subparagraph 2. to become eligible to
65	participate as a charter school student.
66	(e)  A private school student is eligible to participate in
67	interscholastic sports at the public school to which the student
68	would be assigned according to the district school board's
69	attendance area policies or at a public school that the student
70	could choose to attend under district or interdistrict
71	controlled open enrollment provisions if all of the following
72	conditions are met:
73	1.  The private school student meets the requirements of
74	the private school program pursuant to s. 1002.42.
75	2.  The private school in which the student is enrolled
76	does not offer the interscholastic sports in which the student
77	would participate at the public school.
78	3.  During the period of participation at the public
79	school, the private school student demonstrates educational
80	progress by maintaining the grade point average required by this
81	section and passing each class for which he or she is enrolled
82	in the private school program as confirmed by a transcript from
83	the private school. If the private school student is unable to
84	maintain academic eligibility for participating in
85	interscholastic sports, the student is ineligible to participate
86	in such activities until he or she successfully completes one
87	grading period in all subjects taken in the private school
88	program.
89	4.  The private school student meets the same residency
90	requirements as other students in the school at which he or she
91	participates.
92	5.  The private school student meets the same standards of
93	acceptance, behavior, and performance as required of other
94	students participating in interscholastic sports at the public
95	school.
96	6.  The private school student registers with the public
97	school his or her intent to participate in interscholastic
98	sports as a representative of the school before the beginning
99	date of the season for the activity in which he or she wishes to
100	participate; however, the private school student must be able to
101	participate in curricular activities if that is a requirement
102	for interscholastic sports. A student who transfers from a
103	private school program to a public school before or during the
104	first grading period of the school year is academically eligible
105	to participate in interscholastic sports during the first
106	grading period if the student meets the requirements of
107	subparagraph 3. from the previous school year.
108	7.  The private school in which the student is enrolled
109	provides an affidavit to the public school which states that the
110	private school:
111	a.  Does not offer the interscholastic sports in which the
112	student would participate at the public school; and
113	b.  Did not offer the interscholastic sports in which the
114	student would participate in during the prior academic year.
115	(f)  A public school student is eligible to participate at
116	another public school in the student's school attendance area in
117	any interscholastic sports of that school if all of the
118	following conditions are met:
119	1.  The public school in which the student is enrolled does
120	not offer the interscholastic sports in which the student would
121	participate at the public school.
122	2.  During the period of participation at the school, the
123	student demonstrates educational progress as required in
124	paragraph (a).
125	3.  The public school in which the student is enrolled is
126	in the same school district as that in which the student intends
127	to participate in the interscholastic sports under this section.
128	4.  The student meets the same standards of acceptance,
129	behavior, and performance as required of other students in
130	interscholastic sports.
131	5.  The student registers with the school his or her intent
132	to participate in interscholastic sports as a representative of
133	the school before the beginning date of the season for the
134	activity in which he or she wishes to participate. A student
135	must be able to participate in curricular activities if that is
136	a requirement for interscholastic sports.
137	6.  A student who transfers from the school in which he or
138	she is enrolled to another public school before or during the
139	first grading period of the school year is academically eligible
140	to participate in interscholastic sports during the first
141	grading period if the student has a successful evaluation from
142	the previous school year pursuant to subparagraph 2.
143	7.  Any public school student who has been unable to
144	maintain academic eligibility for participation in
145	interscholastic sports is ineligible to participate in such
146	activities until the student has successfully completed one
147	grading period in the student's home school pursuant to
148	subparagraph 2. to become eligible to participate.
149	Section 3.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2008.

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