SB350 • 2025

Revise participation in extracurricular activities

Education

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Sponsor: Matt Regier
Last action: 2025-05-16
Official status: Chapter Number Assigned
Effective date: Not listed

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Revise participation in extracurricular activities

What This Bill Does

Revise participation in extracurricular activities

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Amendment 1

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Plain English: Amendment - 2nd Reading-yellow - Requested by: Jeremy Trebas - (S) Committee of the Whole - 2025 69th Legislature 2025 Drafter: Pad McCracken, SB0350.001.001 - 1 - Authorized Print Version – SB 350 1 SENATE BILL NO.

Amendment - 2nd Reading-yellow - Requested by: Jeremy Trebas - (S) Committee of the Whole - 2025 69th Legislature 2025 Drafter: Pad McCracken, SB0350.001.001 - 1 - Authorized Print Version – SB 350 1 SENATE BILL NO.
350 2 INTRODUCED BY M.
REGIER 3 4 A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: “AN ACT REVISING EDUCATION LAWS RELATED TO 5 EXTRACURRICULAR PARTICIPATION; ALLOWING SCHOOL DISTRICTS OR ATHLETIC ORGANIZATIONS 6 TO RESTRICT EXTRACURRICULAR PARTICIPATION OF HOME SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT 7 CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES OR RESIDENTS OF MONTANA; AMENDING SECTION 20-5-112, 8 MCA; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE.” 9 10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA: 11 12Section 1.
Section 20-5-112, MCA, is amended to read: 13 "20-5-112.

Bill History

2025-05-16 SENATE
Chapter Number Assigned
2025-05-13 SENATE
(S) Signed by Governor
2025-05-05 HOUSE
(H) Signed by Speaker
2025-05-05 SENATE
(S) Transmitted to Governor
2025-04-29 SENATE
(S) Signed by President
2025-04-20 SENATE
(S) Returned from Enrolling
2025-04-17 SENATE
(S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading
2025-04-17 SENATE
(S) 3rd Reading Passed as Amended by House
2025-04-17 SENATE
(S) Sent to Enrolling
2025-04-16 SENATE
(S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading
2025-04-16 SENATE
(S) 2nd Reading House Amendments Concurred
2025-04-15 SENATE
(S) 2nd Reading Pass Consideration
2025-04-11 HOUSE
(H) Scheduled for 3rd Reading
2025-04-11 HOUSE
(H) 3rd Reading Concurred
2025-04-11 HOUSE
(H) Returned to Senate with Amendments
2025-04-10 HOUSE
(H) Scheduled for 2nd Reading
2025-04-10 HOUSE
(H) 2nd Reading Concurred
2025-04-01 HOUSE
(H) Committee Report--Bill Concurred as Amended
2025-03-31 HOUSE
(H) Hearing
2025-03-31 HOUSE
(H) Committee Executive Action--Bill Concurred as Amended
2025-03-17 HOUSE
(H) Referred to Committee
2025-03-17 HOUSE
(H) First Reading
2025-03-07 SENATE
(S) Transmitted to House
2025-03-06 SENATE
(S) Scheduled for 3rd Reading
2025-03-06 SENATE
(S) 3rd Reading Passed
2025-03-05 SENATE
(S) Scheduled for 2nd Reading
2025-03-05 SENATE
(S) 2nd Reading Motion to Amend Carried
2025-03-05 SENATE
(S) 2nd Reading Passed as Amended
2025-02-28 SENATE
(S) Committee Report--Bill Passed
2025-02-27 SENATE
(S) Committee Executive Action--Bill Passed
2025-02-26 SENATE
(S) Hearing
2025-02-19 SENATE
(S) Referred to Committee
2025-02-18 HOUSE
(LC) Draft Delivered to Requester
2025-02-18 SENATE
(S) Introduced
2025-02-18 SENATE
(S) First Reading
2025-02-15 HOUSE
(LC) Draft Ready for Delivery
2025-02-13 HOUSE
(LC) Draft in Input/Proofing
2025-02-13 HOUSE
(LC) Draft in Final Drafter Review
2025-02-13 HOUSE
(LC) Draft in Assembly
2025-02-11 HOUSE
(LC) Draft in Legal Review
2025-02-11 HOUSE
(LC) Draft in Edit
2024-11-29 HOUSE
(LC) Drafter Assigned

Official Summary Text

Revise participation in extracurricular activities

Current Bill Text

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- 2025
69th Legislature 2025 SB 350
- 1 - Authorized Print Version – SB 350
ENROLLED BILL
AN ACT REVISING EDUCATION LAWS RELATED TO EXTRACURRICULAR PARTICIPATION; ALLOWING
SCHOOL DISTRICTS OR ATHLETIC ORGANIZATIONS TO RESTRICT EXTRACURRICULAR
PARTICIPATION OF HOME SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES OR
RESIDENTS OF MONTANA; AMENDING SECTION 20-5-112, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE
EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
Section 1. Section 20-5-112, MCA, is amended to read:
"20-5-112. Participation in extracurricular activities. (1) (a) A Except as provided in subsection
(1)(b), a school district or an athletic association, conference, or organization with authority over interscholastic
sports may not prohibit or restrict the ability of a student attending a nonpublic or home school meeting the
requirements of 20-5-109 from participating in extracurricular activities at a school in the student's resident
school district solely on the student's enrollment at the public school or on the number of hours the student
physically attends the public school.
(b) A school district or an athletic association, conference, or organization with authority over
interscholastic sports may prohibit or restrict the participation in extracurricular activities of a student attending a
home school based on one or both of the following factors:
(i) the student's status as a United States citizen; and
(ii) the student's status as a Montana resident, as determined under the provisions of 1-1-215.
(2) Except as provided in subsections (1) and (3), a student attending a nonpublic or home school
who participates in extracurricular activities at a public school is subject to:
(a) the same standards for participation as those required of full-time students enrolled in the
school;
- 2025
69th Legislature 2025 SB 350
- 2 - Authorized Print Version – SB 350
ENROLLED BILL
(b) the same rules of any interscholastic organization of which the school of participation is a
member.
(3) (a) The academic eligibility for extracurricular participation for a student attending a nonpublic
school must be attested by the head administrator of the nonpublic school.
(b) The academic eligibility for extracurricular participation for a student attending a home school
must be attested in writing by the educator providing the student instruction with verification by the school
principal. The verification may not include any form of student assessment."
Section 2. Effective date. [This act] is effective on passage and approval.
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I hereby certify that the within bill,
SB 350, originated in the Senate.
___________________________________________
Secretary of the Senate
___________________________________________
President of the Senate
Signed this _______________________________day
of____________________________________, 2025.
___________________________________________
Speaker of the House
Signed this _______________________________day
of____________________________________, 2025.
SENATE BILL NO. 350
INTRODUCED BY M. REGIER
AN ACT REVISING EDUCATION LAWS RELATED TO EXTRACURRICULAR PARTICIPATION; ALLOWING
SCHOOL DISTRICTS OR ATHLETIC ORGANIZATIONS TO RESTRICT EXTRACURRICULAR
PARTICIPATION OF HOME SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO ARE NOT CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES OR
RESIDENTS OF MONTANA; AMENDING SECTION 20-5-112, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN IMMEDIATE
EFFECTIVE DATE.