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HB 798 - High schools; interscholastic sports events; charter requirements

Tolbert, Scott (25th)	Murphy, Thomas B (18th)	Jamieson, Mary Jeanette (22nd)

Status Summary	HC:	Ed	SC:		FR:	02/24/99	LA:	03/01/99	H - Read 2nd Time

First Reader Summary

A BILL to amend Part 14 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to certain programs under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to define a certain term; to provide that no high school which receives funds under said Act shall participate in or sponsor interscholastic sports events which are conducted under the authority of any athletic association unless the charter, bylaws, or other governing documents of such athletic association comply with certain requirements; and for other purposes.

Code Sections - 20-2-314

HB 798                                             LC 27 0880 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                        A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 
                               AN ACT 
 
 
  1- 1  To amend Part 14 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of 
  1- 2  the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to certain 
  1- 3  programs under the "Quality Basic Education Act," so as to 
  1- 4  define a certain term; to provide that no high school which 
  1- 5  receives funds under said Act shall participate in or 
  1- 6  sponsor interscholastic sports events which are conducted 
  1- 7  under the authority of any athletic association unless the 
  1- 8  charter, bylaws, or other governing documents of such 
  1- 9  athletic association comply with certain requirements; to 
  1-10  provide that such charter, bylaws, or other documents must 
  1-11  specify that private schools with an enrollment of more than 
  1-12  300 students shall be placed in the Class AA division and 
  1-13  private schools with an enrollment of 300 or fewer students 
  1-14  may be placed in the Class A division; to repeal conflicting 
  1-15  laws; and for other purposes. 
 
  1-16       BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA: 
 
  1-17                           SECTION 1. 
 
  1-18  Part 14 of Article 6 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the 
  1-19  Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to certain 
  1-20  programs under the "Quality Basic Education Act," is amended 
  1-21  by adding at its end a new Code Section 20-2-314 to read as 
  1-22  follows: 
 
  1-23    "20-2-314. 
 
  1-24    (a) As used in this Code section, the term 'athletic 
  1-25    association' means any association of schools or any other 
  1-26    similar organization which acts as an organizing, 
  1-27    sanctioning, scheduling, or rule-making body for 
  1-28    interscholastic athletic events in which public high 
  1-29    schools in this state participate. 
 
  1-30    (b) No high school which receives funding under this 
  1-31    article shall participate in, sponsor, or provide coaching 
  1-32    staff for interscholastic sports events which are 
  1-33    conducted under the authority of, conducted under the 
  1-34    rules of, or scheduled by any athletic association unless 
 
 
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  2- 1    the charter, bylaws, or other governing documents of such 
  2- 2    athletic association comply with this Code section.  In 
  2- 3    order to comply with this Code section, such charter, 
  2- 4    bylaws, or other governing documents shall provide that 
  2- 5    private schools with an enrollment of more than 300 
  2- 6    students shall be placed in the Class AA division and 
  2- 7    private schools with an enrollment of 300 or fewer 
  2- 8    students may be placed in the Class A division." 
 
  2- 9                           SECTION 2. 
 
  2-10  All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are 
  2-11  repealed. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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