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2021 - 2022 LEGISLATURE
June 7, 2021 - Introduced by Representatives Kuglitsch, Dittrich, Brandtjen,
Duchow, Edming, Knodl, Magnafici, Murphy, Pronschinske and Rozar,
cosponsored by Senators Jagler, Roth, Ballweg, Nass, Stroebel and
Wimberger. Referred to Committee on Education.
AB383,1,2
1An Act relating to: school district membership in an interscholastic athletic
2association in the 2021-22 school year.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill prohibits a school district from being a member of an interscholastic
athletic association in the 2021-22 school year unless, for the 2021-22 school year,
the association allows an exception to the association's transfer rules based on the
manner in which educational programming was delivered during the 2020-21 and
2021-22 school years. Specifically, under the bill, for purposes of eligibility for the
2021-22 school year, the interscholastic athletic association must consider the
method by which educational programming was delivered during the 2020-21 or
2021-22 school year to be an extenuating circumstance that justifies transferring
schools. Under the bill, the “method of delivering educational programming”
includes virtual instruction, in-person instruction, and a combination of both virtual
and in-person instruction. Additionally, if a waiver is granted based on the method
of delivering educational programming in the 2020-21 or 2021-22 school year, the
association must allow the pupil to play any level of athletics during the 2021-22
school year, including varsity athletics.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
AB383,1
3Section
1.
Nonstatutory provisions.
AB383,2,4
1(1)
Interscholastic athletic association membership; 2021-22 school year. In
2the 2021-22 school year, no school district may be a member of an interscholastic
3athletic association unless, for purposes of determining pupil eligibility for the
42021-22 school year, the interscholastic athletic association does all of the following:
AB383,2,115
(a) If a request to waive the association's transfer rules is submitted on behalf
6of a pupil, considers the method by which educational programming was delivered
7during the 2020-21 and 2021-22 school years to be an extenuating circumstance
8that justifies the pupil transferring schools. For purposes of this paragraph, the
9“method by which educational programming was delivered” includes virtual
10instruction, in-person instruction, or a combination of virtual and in-person
11instruction.
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(b) If a waiver is granted based on the extenuating circumstance described in
13par. (a), allows the pupil to participate in all levels of competition, including varsity
14competition, during the 2021-22 school year.
