1| HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - FLOOR VERSION |
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2| STATE OF OKLAHOMA |
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3| 1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023) |
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4|COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE |
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5|HOUSE BILL NO. 2249 By: Burns and Hilbert |
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8| COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE |
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9| An Act relating to schools; amending 70 O.S. 2021, |
| Section 8-103.2, which relates to transfer student |
10| participation in athletic competition; granting |
| eligibility for certain transfer students; requiring |
11| immediate eligibility for students who transfer prior |
| to sophomore year; modifying criteria of a one-year |
12| waiting period for certain transfer students; and |
| providing an effective date. |
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16|BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: |
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17| SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 70 O.S. 2021, Section 8-103.2, is |
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18|amended to read as follows: |
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19| Section 8-103.2 A. Except as otherwise provided, a student who |
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20|enrolls transfers, pursuant to the Education Open Transfer Act or |
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21|pursuant to Section 2 8-113 of this act title, in to a school |
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22|district in which the student is not a resident shall not be |
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23|eligible to participate in school-related extramural athletic |
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24|competition governed by the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities |
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1|Association for a period of one (1) year from on the first day of |
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2|attendance at the receiving school unless the transfer is from a |
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3|school district which does not offer the grade the student is |
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4|entitled to pursue if the student did not letter in the |
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5|school-related extramural athletic competition at the student's |
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6|prior school. |
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7| B. A student who transfers prior to his or her sophomore year |
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8|of high school, pursuant to the Education Open Transfer Act or |
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9|Section 8-113 of this title, shall be eligible to participate in |
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10|school-related extramural athletic competition governed by the |
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11|Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association on the first day of |
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12|attendance at the receiving school. |
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13| C. If the student is granted an emergency transfer pursuant to |
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14|Section 8-104 of this title, was granted a transfer for any reason |
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15|prior to January 1, 2000, or enrolls pursuant to the Education Open |
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16|Transfer Act and qualifies for a hardship waiver pursuant to the |
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17|rules of the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association, |
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18|eligibility to participate in school-related extramural athletic |
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19|competition shall be determined by the Oklahoma Secondary School |
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20|Activities Association. If the student does not meet the criteria |
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21|provided in subsection A or B of this section and does not qualify |
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22|for a hardship waiver, the student shall not be eligible to |
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23|participate in school-related extramural athletic competition |
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24|governed by the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association for |
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1|a period of one (1) year from the first day of attendance at the |
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2|receiving school. |
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3| SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023. |
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5|COMMITTEE REPORT BY: COMMITTEE ON COMMON EDUCATION, dated 02/22/2023 |
|- DO PASS, As Amended and Coauthored. |
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