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SENATE
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2212
BY
PIKE
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
interscholastic
athletic
scrimmages
between
1
schools
and
nonaccredited
home
school
sports
organizations,
2
and
including
effective
date
provisions.
3
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
NEW
SECTION
.
280.37
Nonaccredited
home
school
1
sports
organization
scrimmages.
2
1.
For
purposes
of
this
section:
3
a.
“Nonaccredited
home
school
sports
organization”
means
4
a
team,
club,
cooperative,
or
group
organized
primarily
for
5
students
receiving
competent
private
instruction
or
independent
6
private
instruction
under
chapter
299A,
or
for
students
7
receiving
instruction
in
nonaccredited
nonpublic
settings
that
8
are
not
a
member
or
associate
member
of
an
organization.
9
b.
“Organization”
means
the
same
as
defined
in
section
10
280.13.
11
c.
“School”
means
a
public
school
district
or
accredited
12
nonpublic
school
that
is
a
member
or
associate
member
of
an
13
organization.
14
d.
“Scrimmage”
means
a
noncompetitive,
practice-oriented
15
interscholastic
event
between
teams
that
simulates
game
16
conditions
solely
for
the
purpose
of
evaluating
and
developing
17
team
strategies,
individual
skills,
and
conditioning.
18
2.
Notwithstanding
any
rule,
bylaw,
policy,
or
regulation
19
of
an
organization,
a
school
may
participate
in
a
scrimmage
20
against
a
nonaccredited
home
school
sports
organization
in
any
21
sport
offered
by
the
school.
22
3.
a.
A
scrimmage
under
this
section
requires
a
prior
23
agreement
in
writing
between
the
school
district
superintendent
24
or
designee
of
the
accredited
nonpublic
school
and
a
duly
25
authorized
representative
of
the
nonaccredited
home
school
26
sports
organization.
The
agreement
shall
be
retained
by
the
27
school
and
nonaccredited
home
school
sports
organization
for
28
one
year
following
the
scrimmage.
The
agreement
shall
include
29
all
of
the
following:
30
(1)
The
date,
time,
location,
duration,
and
format
of
the
31
scrimmage.
32
(2)
Safety
protocols,
including
concussion
management
and
33
emergency
procedures.
34
(3)
Any
other
conditions
determined
to
be
necessary
by
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either
party.
1
b.
Each
school
and
nonaccredited
home
school
sports
2
organization
shall
ensure
appropriate
liability
coverage
and
3
assume
responsibility
for
its
own
participants
in
a
scrimmage
4
under
this
section.
A
school
or
nonaccredited
home
school
5
sports
organization
shall
not
be
liable
for
injuries
resulting
6
from
a
scrimmage
except
as
provided
by
law
or
in
the
written
7
agreement.
8
4.
Students
participating
in
a
scrimmage
on
behalf
of
9
a
nonaccredited
home
school
sports
organization
under
this
10
section
shall
not
be
subject
to
the
eligibility
rules
of
an
11
organization.
12
5.
A
scrimmage
under
this
section
shall:
13
a.
Not
count
as
a
regular
season
contest
or
affect
win-loss
14
records,
standings,
rankings,
or
postseason
eligibility.
15
b.
Not
involve
official
scorekeeping
for
public
announcement
16
or
record
purposes.
17
c.
Not
charge
admission
to
spectators.
18
d.
Not
use
public
address
announcements
for
play-by-play
19
commentary.
20
e.
Be
limited
in
duration
and
intensity
consistent
with
21
preseason
or
in-season
practice
rules
of
the
sport,
as
22
established
by
the
national
federation
of
state
high
school
23
associations
or
another
applicable
association.
24
f.
Occur
at
a
facility
owned
or
controlled
by
one
of
the
25
teams
or
at
a
neutral
facility
agreed
upon
by
the
teams.
26
g.
Officials
shall
not
be
compensated
unless
agreed
upon
by
27
the
teams
solely
for
training
or
instructional
purposes.
28
h.
Be
voluntary
for
all
participants.
29
Sec.
2.
EFFECTIVE
DATE.
This
Act
takes
effect
July
1,
2027.
30
EXPLANATION
31
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
32
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
33
This
bill
relates
to
interscholastic
athletic
scrimmages
34
between
schools
and
nonaccredited
home
school
sports
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organizations.
1
The
bill
allows
public
schools
and
accredited
nonpublic
2
schools
that
are
members
or
associate
members
of
an
3
organization
as
defined
in
Code
section
280.13
to
participate
4
in
interscholastic
athletic
scrimmages
with
nonaccredited
home
5
school
sports
organizations.
6
The
bill
defines
“nonaccredited
home
school
sports
7
organization”
as
team,
club,
cooperative,
or
group
organized
8
primarily
for
students
receiving
competent
private
instruction
9
or
independent
private
instruction
under
Code
chapter
299A,
10
or
for
students
receiving
instruction
in
nonaccredited,
11
nonpublic
settings
that
are
not
a
member
or
associate
member
12
of
an
organization
as
defined
in
Code
section
280.13.
Under
13
Code
section
280.13,
an
organization
is
a
corporation,
14
association,
or
organization
that
has
as
one
of
its
primary
15
purposes
the
sponsoring
or
administration
of
extracurricular
16
interscholastic
athletic
contests
or
competitions.
The
bill
17
defines
“scrimmage”
as
a
noncompetitive,
practice-oriented
18
interscholastic
event
between
teams
that
simulates
game
19
conditions
solely
for
the
purpose
of
evaluating
and
developing
20
team
strategies,
individual
skills,
and
conditioning.
21
The
bill
requires
a
written
agreement
between
the
school
22
and
nonaccredited
home
school
sports
organization
be
executed
23
prior
to
the
scrimmage.
The
agreement
must
contain
the
date,
24
time,
location,
duration,
and
format
of
the
scrimmage,
safety
25
protocols,
and
other
conditions
deemed
necessary
by
either
26
party.
The
agreement
must
be
retained
by
each
party
for
one
27
year
following
the
scrimmage.
28
The
bill
provides
that
each
school
and
nonaccredited
home
29
school
sports
organization
shall
ensure
appropriate
liability
30
coverage
and
assume
responsibility
for
its
own
participants
in
31
a
scrimmage.
Students
participating
in
a
scrimmage
on
behalf
32
of
a
nonaccredited
home
school
sports
organization
are
not
33
subject
to
the
eligibility
rules
of
an
organization.
34
Lastly,
the
bill
requires
that
scrimmages
do
not
count
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toward
regular
season
records,
standings,
rankings,
or
1
postseason
eligibility,
must
be
voluntary,
limited
in
duration
2
and
intensity,
occur
at
certain
facilities,
and
may
not
3
involve
official
scorekeeping,
charging
admission,
play-by-play
4
announcements,
or
pay
for
officials.
5
The
bill
takes
effect
July
1,
2027.
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