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House
File
2170
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2170
BY
RINKER
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
minimum
roster
sizes
for
interscholastic
1
sports.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
3
TLSB
5957YH
(2)
91
mb/jh
H.F.
2170
Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
280.13H
Minimum
preseason
and
1
in-season
roster
size
requirements.
2
1.
The
Iowa
high
school
athletic
association
or
its
3
successor
organization
and
the
Iowa
girls
high
school
athletic
4
union
or
its
successor
organization
shall
adopt
a
policy
5
establishing
minimum
preseason
and
in-season
roster
sizes
6
for
all
interscholastic
sports
sponsored
by
participating
7
schools.
The
policy
shall
not
allow
an
interscholastic
sports
8
team
that
does
not
meet
the
minimum
roster
size
requirements
9
to
participate
in
extracurricular
interscholastic
athletic
10
contests
or
competitions
sponsored
by
the
Iowa
high
school
11
athletic
association
or
the
Iowa
girls
high
school
athletic
12
union.
13
2.
Notwithstanding
section
280.13A,
or
any
transfer,
14
residency,
or
eligibility
rules
adopted
by
the
Iowa
high
15
school
athletic
association,
its
successor
organization,
16
the
Iowa
girls
high
school
athletic
union,
or
its
successor
17
organization,
a
student
who
was
listed
on
the
team
roster
18
on
the
last
day
immediately
preceding
the
date
on
which
the
19
team
became
ineligible
to
participate
in
extracurricular
20
interscholastic
athletic
contests
or
competitions
under
21
subsection
1
shall
be
eligible,
for
the
remainder
of
the
22
season,
to
participate
in
that
interscholastic
sport
at
any
23
public
school
located
within
thirty
miles
of
the
student’s
24
attendance
center,
provided
that
such
school
authorizes
the
25
student
to
participate,
and
without
an
agreement
under
section
26
280.13A.
27
3.
A
student
who
participates
in
an
extracurricular
28
interscholastic
athletic
contest
or
competition
pursuant
29
to
subsection
2
shall
be
deemed
to
satisfy
the
residence
30
requirements
for
purposes
of
section
256.46.
31
EXPLANATION
32
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
33
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
34
This
bill
relates
to
minimum
preseason
and
in-season
35
-1-
LSB
5957YH
(2)
91
mb/jh
1/
2
H.F.
2170
roster
size
requirements
for
interscholastic
sports
at
certain
1
schools.
2
The
bill
requires
the
Iowa
high
school
athletic
association
3
and
the
Iowa
girls
high
school
athletic
union
to
adopt
a
4
policy
establishing
minimum
preseason
and
in-season
roster
5
size
requirements
for
all
interscholastic
sports
sponsored
by
6
participating
schools.
7
The
bill
provides
that
if
an
interscholastic
sports
team
8
sponsored
by
a
participating
school
fails
to
meet
the
minimum
9
roster
size
requirements
established,
the
team
shall
not
be
10
allowed
to
participate
in
extracurricular
interscholastic
11
athletic
contests
or
competitions
sponsored
by
the
Iowa
high
12
school
athletic
association
or
the
Iowa
girls
high
school
13
athletic
union.
A
student
who
was
listed
on
the
team
roster
14
on
the
last
day
immediately
preceding
the
date
on
which
the
15
team
became
ineligible
to
participate
in
extracurricular
16
interscholastic
athletic
contests
and
competitions
is
eligible,
17
for
the
remainder
of
the
season,
to
participate
in
that
18
interscholastic
sport
at
any
public
school
located
within
30
19
miles
of
the
student’s
attendance
center
that
authorizes
the
20
student
to
participate,
without
formal
agreement
between
the
21
schools
under
Code
section
280.13A.
22
A
student
who
participates
in
an
extracurricular
23
interscholastic
athletic
contest
or
competition
pursuant
to
the
24
bill
shall
be
deemed
to
satisfy
the
residence
requirements
for
25
purposes
of
Code
section
256.46.
26
-2-
LSB
5957YH
(2)
91
mb/jh
2/
2