Bill Text: OH SB39 | 2009-2010 | 128th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: To prohibit disqualification of certain students who live with legal or temporary custodians or with guardians from interscholastic athletics solely because their parents do not reside in the state.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-02-10 - To Education [SB39 Detail]

Download: Ohio-2009-SB39-Introduced.html

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As Introduced

128th General Assembly Regular Session 2009-2010

S. B. No. 39

Senator Schaffer 

Cosponsors: Senators Wagoner, Gibbs, Grendell, Turner, Seitz, Coughlin 

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A BILL

To enact section 3313.538 of the Revised Code to

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prohibit disqualification of certain students who

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live with legal or temporary custodians or with

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guardians from interscholastic athletics solely

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because their parents do not reside in the

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state.

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BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section 1. That section 3313.538 of the Revised Code be	7
enacted to read as follows:	8

Sec. 3313.538. (A) No student who attends school in this	9
state shall be denied the opportunity to participate in	10
interscholastic athletics solely because the student's parents do	11
not reside in this state, if the student resides in this state	12
with the student's grandparent, uncle, aunt, or sibling who has	13
legal or temporary custody of the student or is the guardian of	14
the student.	15

(B) No school district, school, interscholastic conference,	16
or organization that regulates interscholastic conferences or	17
events shall have a rule, bylaw, or other regulation that	18
conflicts with this section.	19

(C) As used in this section, "legal custody," "temporary	20
custody," and "guardian" have the same meanings as in section	21
2151.011 of the Revised Code.	22