Amends TCA Title 49.
ON MARCH 21, 2024, THE HOUSE SUBSTITUTED SENATE BILL 1979 FOR HOUSE BILL 1861, ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1, AND PASSED SENATE BILL 1979, AS AMENDED.<br /> <br /> AMENDMENT #1 rewrites the bill to, instead, provide that if a public school established under the jurisdiction of an LEA offers students the opportunity to participate in interscholastic athletic competition without the school being a member of an organization or an association that regulates interscholastic athletic competition, then the LEA must permit participation in interscholastic athletics at such school by home school students who are zoned to attend the school, which does not prevent or interfere with the application and enforcement of eligibility requirements of an organization or association that regulates interscholastic athletic competition if the school at which the home school student desires to participate is a member of such an organization or association.<br />
ON MARCH 21, 2024, THE HOUSE SUBSTITUTED SENATE BILL 1979 FOR HOUSE BILL 1861, ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1, AND PASSED SENATE BILL 1979, AS AMENDED.<br /> <br /> AMENDMENT #1 rewrites the bill to, instead, provide that if a public school established under the jurisdiction of an LEA offers students the opportunity to participate in interscholastic athletic competition without the school being a member of an organization or an association that regulates interscholastic athletic competition, then the LEA must permit participation in interscholastic athletics at such school by home school students who are zoned to attend the school, which does not prevent or interfere with the application and enforcement of eligibility requirements of an organization or association that regulates interscholastic athletic competition if the school at which the home school student desires to participate is a member of such an organization or association.<br />
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