Bill Summary for S 361 (2011-2012)

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Mar 16 2011

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View NCGA Bill Details2011-2012 Session
Senate Bill 361 (Public) Filed Wednesday, March 16, 2011
PERMITTING STUDENTS WHO ATTEND A PUBLIC SCHOOL, PRIVATE SCHOOL, HOME SCHOOL, OR CHARTER SCHOOL WITHOUT AN INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETICS PROGRAM IN A GIVEN SPORT TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT SPORT AT A PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL.
Intro. by Tillman, Hise.

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Amends GS 115C-12 to provide that rules adopted by the State Board of Education concerning interscholastic athletic activities conducted by local boards of education must provide for high school students attending schools as follows: (1) a public high school without an interscholastic athletics program in a given sport may participate in that sport at the high school closest to the student’s school with a program in that sport and (2) a private, home, or charter school that does not have an interscholastic athletics program in a given sport may participate in that sport at the base public high school for the student’s address; if that school does not have a program in that sport, the student may participate in the sport at the public high school closest to the student’s based school with a program in that sport. Applies beginning with the 2011-12 school year.