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A bill for an act relating to nonpublic school student participation in extracurricular interscholastic activities provided by public schools.

A bill for an act relating to nonpublic school student participation in extracurricular interscholastic activities provided by public schools.

Education
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
STONE
Last action
2026-02-10
Official status
Subcommittee: Stone, Johnson, C. and Ramirez. H.J. 248 .
Effective date
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A bill for an act relating to nonpublic school student participation in extracurricular interscholastic activities provided by public schools.

A bill for an act relating to nonpublic school student participation in extracurricular interscholastic activities provided by public schools.

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  • A bill for an act relating to nonpublic school student participation in extracurricular interscholastic activities provided by public schools.

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Bill History

  1. 2026-02-10 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee: Stone, Johnson, C. and Ramirez. H.J. 248 .

  2. 2026-01-13 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, referred to Education. H.J. 41 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act relating to nonpublic school student participation in extracurricular interscholastic activities provided by public schools.

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House

File

2004

-

Introduced

HOUSE

FILE

2004

BY

STONE

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

relating

to

nonpublic

school

student

participation

in

1

extracurricular

interscholastic

activities

provided

by

2

public

schools.

3

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

Section

280.13D,

Code

2026,

is

amended

to

read

1

as

follows:

2

280.13D

Participation

in

extracurricular

interscholastic

3

athletic

contests

or

competitions

and

extracurricular

4

interscholastic

activities

provided

by

public

schools.

5

1.

a.

The

board

of

directors

of

a

school

district

shall

6

allow

a

student

who

resides

within

the

school

district,

7

and

who

is

enrolled

in

a

nonpublic

school,

to

participate

8

in

any

extracurricular

interscholastic

athletic

contest

or

9

competition

,

and

any

extracurricular

interscholastic

activity,

10

including

theater,

show

choir,

and

band,

that

is

provided

by

11

the

school

district

pursuant

to

the

terms

of

an

agreement

12

between

the

board

of

directors

of

the

school

district

and

the

13

authorities

in

charge

of

the

nonpublic

school

that

provides

14

for

the

eligibility

of

the

student,

if

all

of

the

following

15

criteria

are

satisfied:

16

(1)

The

extracurricular

interscholastic

athletic

contest

17

or

competition

or

extracurricular

interscholastic

activity

18

has

not

been

provided

by

the

nonpublic

school

during

the

two

19

immediately

preceding

school

years.

20

(2)

The

nonpublic

school

has

not

entered

into

an

agreement

21

under

section

280.13A

with

another

school

district,

nonpublic

22

school,

or

charter

school

that

provides

for

the

eligibility

of

23

students

enrolled

in

the

nonpublic

school

to

participate

in

the

24

extracurricular

interscholastic

athletic

contest

or

competition

25

or

extracurricular

interscholastic

activity

that

is

being

26

provided

by

that

school

district,

nonpublic

school,

or

charter

27

school.

28

b.

The

board

of

directors

of

a

school

district

shall

allow

29

a

student

who

resides

within

a

contiguous

school

district,

30

and

who

is

enrolled

in

a

nonpublic

school,

to

participate

31

in

any

extracurricular

interscholastic

athletic

contest

or

32

competition

and

any

extracurricular

interscholastic

activity

33

that

is

provided

by

the

school

district

pursuant

to

the

terms

34

of

an

agreement

between

the

board

of

directors

of

the

school

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district

and

the

authorities

in

charge

of

the

nonpublic

school

1

that

provides

for

the

eligibility

of

the

student,

if

all

of

the

2

following

criteria

are

satisfied:

3

(1)

The

extracurricular

interscholastic

athletic

contest

4

or

competition

or

extracurricular

interscholastic

activity

has

5

not

been

provided

by

the

nonpublic

school

or

by

the

student’s

6

school

district

of

residence

during

the

two

immediately

7

preceding

school

years.

8

(2)

The

nonpublic

school

has

not

entered

into

an

agreement

9

under

section

280.13A

with

another

school

district,

nonpublic

10

school,

or

charter

school

that

provides

for

the

eligibility

of

11

students

enrolled

in

the

nonpublic

school

to

participate

in

the

12

extracurricular

interscholastic

athletic

contest

or

competition

13

or

extracurricular

interscholastic

activity

that

is

being

14

provided

by

that

school

district,

nonpublic

school,

or

charter

15

school.

16

c.

If

the

board

of

directors

of

a

school

district

has

17

established

a

fee

for

the

cost

of

a

student’s

participation

18

in

an

extracurricular

interscholastic

athletic

contest

or

19

competition

or

extracurricular

interscholastic

activity

,

20

a

student

who

is

enrolled

in

a

nonpublic

school

and

is

21

participating

in

a

contest

,

or

competition

,

or

activity

at

a

22

public

school

pursuant

to

paragraph

“a”

or

“b”

,

or

the

student’s

23

parent

or

guardian,

shall

be

responsible

for

the

payment

of

24

such

fee.

The

amount

of

such

fee

shall

not

exceed

the

amount

25

of

the

fee

the

board

of

directors

of

the

school

district

26

has

established

for

students

who

are

enrolled

in

the

school

27

district.

28

2.

A

student

who

is

enrolled

in

a

nonpublic

school

and

is

29

participating

in

a

an

extracurricular

interscholastic

contest

30

or

competition

or

extracurricular

interscholastic

activity

at

a

31

public

school

pursuant

to

subsection

1

,

paragraph

“a”

or

“b”

,

32

shall

participate

under

the

same

conditions

as

a

student

who

is

33

enrolled

in

the

school

district,

including

meeting

the

school

34

district’s

student

code

of

conduct

requirements.

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3.

A

student

who

participates

in

an

extracurricular

1

interscholastic

athletic

contest

or

competition

or

2

extracurricular

interscholastic

activity

pursuant

to

this

3

section

shall

be

deemed

to

satisfy

the

residence

requirements

4

for

purposes

of

section

256.46

.

5

EXPLANATION

6

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

7

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

8

This

bill

relates

to

participation

in

extracurricular

9

interscholastic

athletic

contests

or

competitions

and

10

extracurricular

interscholastic

activities

provided

by

public

11

schools.

Under

current

law,

a

student

who

resides

within

the

12

school

district,

and

who

is

enrolled

in

a

nonpublic

school,

may

13

participate

in

any

extracurricular

interscholastic

athletic

14

contest

or

competition

offered

by

the

district

if

the

contest

15

or

competition

has

not

been

provided

by

the

nonpublic

school

16

during

the

two

immediately

preceding

school

years,

and

the

17

nonpublic

school

has

not

entered

into

an

agreement

under

Code

18

section

280.13A

with

another

school

district,

nonpublic

school,

19

or

charter

school.

20

Current

law

further

provides

that

a

student

who

resides

21

within

a

contiguous

school

district,

and

who

is

enrolled

in

22

a

nonpublic

school,

may

participate

in

any

extracurricular

23

interscholastic

athletic

contest

or

competition

offered

by

the

24

district

if

the

contest

or

competition

has

not

been

provided

25

by

the

nonpublic

school

during

the

two

immediately

preceding

26

school

years,

and

the

nonpublic

school

has

not

entered

into

27

an

agreement

under

Code

section

280.13A

with

another

school

28

district,

nonpublic

school,

or

charter

school.

29

Current

law

also

provides

that

if

the

board

of

directors

30

of

the

public

school

district

has

established

a

fee

for

31

participation

in

an

extracurricular

interscholastic

athletic

32

contest

or

competition,

the

nonpublic

school

student,

or

33

the

student’s

parent

or

guardian,

shall

be

responsible

for

34

the

payment

of

such

fee.

A

nonpublic

school

student

who

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participates

in

a

contest

or

competition

at

a

public

school

1

must

participate

under

the

same

conditions

as

a

student

2

enrolled

in

the

school

district,

and

shall

be

deemed

to

satisfy

3

the

residence

requirements

established

in

Code

section

256.46.

4

The

bill

provides

that

nonpublic

school

students

may

5

participate

in

extracurricular

interscholastic

activities

at

6

public

schools,

including

theater,

show

choir,

and

band,

in

the

7

same

manner

as

they

may

for

interscholastic

athletic

contests

8

or

competitions.

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