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A bill for an act prohibiting the expenditure of certain public moneys for dues or membership fees to high school organizations that do not use required enrollment calculations when determining school classifications for extracurricular interscholastic activities.

A bill for an act prohibiting the expenditure of certain public moneys for dues or membership fees to high school organizations that do not use required enrollment calculations when determining school classifications for extracurricular interscholastic activities.

Education
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
DICKEY, DRISCOLL, EVANS, SHIPLEY and ZUMBACH
Last action
2025-03-03
Official status
Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage.
Effective date
Not listed

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A bill for an act prohibiting the expenditure of certain public moneys for dues or membership fees to high school organizations that do not use required enrollment calculations when determining school classifications for extracurricular interscholastic activities.

A bill for an act prohibiting the expenditure of certain public moneys for dues or membership fees to high school organizations that do not use required enrollment calculations when determining school classifications for extracurricular interscholastic activities.

What This Bill Does

  • A bill for an act prohibiting the expenditure of certain public moneys for dues or membership fees to high school organizations that do not use required enrollment calculations when determining school classifications for extracurricular interscholastic activities.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-03-03 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee recommends amendment and passage.

  2. 2025-02-25 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee Meeting: 02/26/2025 1:00PM Room 217 Conference Room.

  3. 2025-02-19 Iowa Legislature

    Subcommittee: Shipley, Pike, and Zimmer. S.J. 314 .

  4. 2025-02-17 Iowa Legislature

    Introduced, referred to Education. S.J. 277 .

Official Summary Text

A bill for an act prohibiting the expenditure of certain public moneys for dues or membership fees to high school organizations that do not use required enrollment calculations when determining school classifications for extracurricular interscholastic activities.

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Senate

File

321

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Introduced

SENATE

FILE

321

BY

DICKEY

,

DRISCOLL

,

EVANS

,

SHIPLEY

,

and

ZUMBACH

A

BILL

FOR

An

Act

prohibiting

the

expenditure

of

certain

public

moneys

for

1

dues

or

membership

fees

to

high

school

organizations

that

do

2

not

use

required

enrollment

calculations

when

determining

3

school

classifications

for

extracurricular

interscholastic

4

activities.

5

BE

IT

ENACTED

BY

THE

GENERAL

ASSEMBLY

OF

THE

STATE

OF

IOWA:

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Section

1.

NEW

SECTION

.

280.13D

Limitation

on

expenditure

1

of

certain

public

moneys

for

high

school

organizations

——

school

2

classifications.

3

1.

For

the

purposes

of

this

section:

4

a.

“Extracurricular

interscholastic

activity”

means

a

contest

5

or

competition

for

sports

between

different

schools

and

outside

6

the

regular

scope

of

a

school’s

curriculum.

7

b.

“Organization”

means

a

corporation,

association,

8

or

organization

which

has

as

one

of

its

primary

purposes

9

the

sponsoring

or

administration

of

an

extracurricular

10

interscholastic

activity,

but

does

not

include

an

agency

of

11

this

state,

a

public

or

private

school

or

school

board,

or

an

12

athletic

conference

or

other

association

whose

interscholastic

13

contests

or

competitions

do

not

include

more

than

twenty-four

14

schools.

15

2.

On

or

after

January

1,

2027,

a

school

district

or

a

16

charter

school

shall

not

expend

any

moneys,

and

an

accredited

17

or

unaccredited

nonpublic

school

shall

not

expend

any

moneys

18

originating

from

the

state,

to

pay

dues

or

membership

fees

19

to

an

organization,

and

the

school

shall

not

be

a

member

of,

20

participate

in

activities

associated

with,

or

receive

services

21

from

an

organization

unless

the

organization,

for

each

school

22

year

beginning

on

or

after

July

1,

2026,

classifies,

for

the

23

purposes

of

an

extracurricular

interscholastic

activity,

each

24

school

participating

in

an

extracurricular

interscholastic

25

activity

based

on

the

school’s

enrollment,

provided

that

the

26

enrollment

number

for

nonpublic

schools

shall

be

adjusted

27

pursuant

to

subsection

3.

28

3.

a.

Prior

to

the

beginning

of

a

school

calendar,

each

29

nonpublic

school

shall

provide

an

organization

with

the

30

school’s

number

of

enrolled

students.

When

determining

a

31

school’s

classification,

an

organization

shall

adjust

the

32

enrollment

number

of

a

nonpublic

school

that

accepts

payment

33

from

an

education

savings

account

established

pursuant

to

34

section

257.11B

for

the

same

school

year,

by

multiplying

the

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number

of

the

nonpublic

school’s

enrolled

students

by

one

and

1

one-half.

2

b.

The

adjustment

made

pursuant

to

this

subsection

shall

3

not

cause

the

nonpublic

school

to

be

placed

in

a

classification

4

that

is

more

than

one

greater

than

the

classification

the

5

nonpublic

school

would

have

received

without

the

enrollment

6

adjustment.

7

4.

This

section

shall

not

apply

to

eight-person

football.

8

Sec.

2.

SCHOOL

YEAR

BEGINNING

JULY

1,

2025.

An

organization

9

may

classify

schools

according

to

the

methodology

described

10

in

section

1

of

this

Act

for

the

school

year

beginning

July

11

1,

2025,

and

school

districts,

charter

schools,

and

nonpublic

12

schools

may

expend

moneys

to

pay

dues

or

membership

fees

to

an

13

organization

that

does

so.

14

EXPLANATION

15

The

inclusion

of

this

explanation

does

not

constitute

agreement

with

16

the

explanation’s

substance

by

the

members

of

the

general

assembly.

17

This

bill

relates

to

the

expenditure

of

public

moneys

for

18

dues

or

membership

fees

to

high

school

organizations

that

do

19

not

use

required

enrollment

calculations

when

determining

20

school

classifications

for

extracurricular

interscholastic

21

activities.

22

The

bill

defines

“extracurricular

interscholastic

activity”

23

as

a

contest

or

competition

for

sports

between

different

24

schools

and

outside

the

regular

scope

of

a

school’s

curriculum.

25

The

bill

defines

“organization”

as

a

corporation,

association,

26

or

organization

which

has

as

one

of

its

primary

purposes

27

the

sponsoring

or

administration

of

an

extracurricular

28

interscholastic

activity,

but

does

not

include

an

agency

of

29

this

state,

a

public

or

private

school

or

school

board,

or

an

30

athletic

conference

or

other

association

whose

interscholastic

31

contests

or

competitions

do

not

include

more

than

24

schools.

32

The

bill

prohibits

a

school

district

or

charter

school

33

from

expending

any

moneys

to

pay

dues

or

membership

fees

to

a

34

high

school

organization,

or

be

a

member

of,

participate

in

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activities

associated

with,

or

receive

services

from

such

an

1

organization

after

January

1,

2027,

unless

the

organization,

2

for

the

purposes

of

an

extracurricular

interscholastic

3

activity,

classifies

each

school

participating

in

an

4

extracurricular

interscholastic

activity

for

each

school

year

5

beginning

on

or

after

July

1,

2026,

based

on

enrollment,

as

6

adjusted

for

nonpublic

schools

that

accept

payment

from

an

7

education

savings

account.

Adjusted

enrollment

is

calculated

8

by

multiplying

the

total

number

of

students

enrolled

in

the

9

nonpublic

school

by

1.5.

However,

an

organization

cannot

10

move

a

nonpublic

school

up

more

than

one

classification.

11

Each

nonpublic

school

must

give

its

enrollment

numbers

to

an

12

organization

prior

to

the

beginning

of

a

school

calendar.

13

The

bill

does

not

apply

to

eight-person

football.

14

For

the

school

year

beginning

July

1,

2025,

the

bill

provides

15

that

an

organization

may

classify

schools

according

to

the

16

methodology

described

in

the

bill,

and

school

districts,

17

charter

schools,

and

nonpublic

schools

may

expend

moneys

to

pay

18

dues

or

membership

fees

to

an

organization

that

does

so.

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