Iowa Code § 280.13D — IA Code / Title VII / Chapter 280 / Section 280.13D
Participation in extracurricular interscholastic athletic contests or competitions provided by public schools.
Status: in_force

(1) (a) The board of directors of a school district shall allow a student who resides within the school district, and who is enrolled in a nonpublic school, to participate in any extracurricular interscholastic athletic contest or competition that is provided by the school district pursuant to the terms of an agreement between the board of directors of the school district and the authorities in charge of the nonpublic school that provides for the eligibility of the student, if all of the following criteria are satisfied:

(1) (a) The extracurricular interscholastic athletic contest or competition has not been provided by the nonpublic school during the two immediately preceding school years.

(1) (a) The nonpublic school has not entered into an agreement under section 280.13A with another school district, nonpublic school, or charter school that provides for the eligibility of students enrolled in the nonpublic school to participate in the extracurricular interscholastic athletic contest or competition that is being provided by that school district, nonpublic school, or charter school.

(1) (b) The board of directors of a school district shall allow a student who resides within a contiguous school district, and who is enrolled in a nonpublic school, to participate in any extracurricular interscholastic athletic contest or competition that is provided by the school district pursuant to the terms of an agreement between the board of directors of the school district and the authorities in charge of the nonpublic school that provides for the eligibility of the student, if all of the following criteria are satisfied:

(1) (b) The extracurricular interscholastic athletic contest or competition has not been provided by the nonpublic school or by the student’s school district of residence during the two immediately preceding school years.

(1) (b) The nonpublic school has not entered into an agreement under section 280.13A with another school district, nonpublic school, or charter school that provides for the eligibility of students enrolled in the nonpublic school to participate in the extracurricular interscholastic athletic contest or competition that is being provided by that school district, nonpublic school, or charter school.

(1) (c) If the board of directors of a school district has established a fee for the cost of a student’s participation in an extracurricular interscholastic athletic contest or competition, a student who is enrolled in a nonpublic school and is participating in a contest or competition at a public school pursuant to paragraph “a” or “b”, or the student’s parent or guardian, shall be responsible for the payment of such fee. The amount of such fee shall not exceed the amount of the fee the board of directors of the school district has established for students who are enrolled in the school district.

(2) A student who is enrolled in a nonpublic school and is participating in a contest or competition at a public school pursuant to subsection 1, paragraph “a” or “b”, shall participate under the same conditions as a student who is enrolled in the school district, including meeting the school district’s student code of conduct requirements.

(3) A student who participates in an extracurricular interscholastic athletic contest or competition pursuant to this section shall be deemed to satisfy the residence requirements for purposes of section 256.46.

2025 Acts, ch 137, §2, 4