103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB5406
 
Introduced 2/9/2024, by Rep. Janet Yang Rohr
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
105 ILCS 25/1.25 new
    Amends the Interscholastic Athletic Organization Act. Provides that, for the benefit of the physical and mental health of athletes, beginning in the 2024-2025 school year, all practices, games, or contests by a State high school athletic program or team that is a part of an association or other entity that has, as one of its purposes, promoting, sponsoring, regulating, or in any manner providing for interscholastic athletics or any form of athletic competition among high schools and high school students within this State shall meet all specified requirements. Provides that an association or other entity that has as one of its purposes promoting, sponsoring, regulating, or in any manner providing for interscholastic athletics or any form of athletic competition among schools and students within this State shall enforce a penalty for a State high school athletic program or team exceeding practice maximums, which may include, but are not limited to, a loss of a practice day or other sanctions determined by the Illinois High School Association for each violation and shall be imposed as appropriate to the level, extent, and duration of the penalty. Effective immediately.


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A BILL FOR
 
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1    AN ACT concerning education.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Interscholastic Athletic Organization Act 
5is amended by adding Section 1.25 as follows:
 
6    (105 ILCS 25/1.25 new)
7    Sec. 1.25. Athletic practice time limits.  
8    (a) In this Section, "practice" means:
9        (1) any school team or individual activity organized 
10    by the coach or a member of the athletics staff that is 
11    intended to maintain or improve an athlete's skill 
12    proficiency in a sport;
13        (2) any school team or individual activity that 
14    includes skill drills, game situation drills, inter-squad 
15    scrimmages or games, weight training, chalk talks, film 
16    review, and meetings outside of school time, excluding 
17    parent meetings that are explicitly or implicitly required 
18    by the coach or a member of the athletics staff;
19        (3) any other coach-directed or supervised school team 
20    or individual activity or instruction for a specific 
21    sport; or
22        (4) any other team or individual instruction for a 
23    specific sport organized or supervised by any team member, 
 
 
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1    or anyone else associated with the high school athletic 
2    program, team, or school.
3    (b) For the benefit of the physical and mental health of 
4athletes, beginning in the 2024-2025 school year, all 
5practices, games, or contests by a State high school athletic 
6program or team that is a part of an association or other 
7entity that has, as one of its purposes, promoting, 
8sponsoring, regulating, or in any manner providing for 
9interscholastic athletics or any form of athletic competition 
10among high schools and high school students within this State 
11shall meet all of the following requirements:
12        (1) A team may be allowed no more than 18 hours of 
13    practice time per week and no more than 4 hours of practice 
14    time in any single day.
15        (2) For golf only, a team is allowed a maximum of 2 
16    days per week of 18-hole round of golf. A 18-hole round of 
17    golf shall count as 4 hours of practice time.
18        (3) Any competition day shall count as 3 hours of 
19    practice no matter the length of the competition. 
20    Additional practice time may continue for one hour after 
21    the competition, which shall include post-competition 
22    cool-downs, stretching, and team discussion.
23        (4) An outside organizational activity may not be used 
24    to circumvent any of the requirements of this subsection 
25    (b).
26        (5) Team captains or other team leaders, such as 
 
 
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1    upperclassmen, may not be used to circumvent any 
2    requirements of this subsection (b) and may not organize 
3    practice to circumvent any requirements of this subsection 
4    (b). Student-led practices may occur but shall count 
5    toward the practice limitation under this subsection (b).
6        (6) Other optional activities, including, but not 
7    limited to, team dinners and team building, shall not be 
8    considered practice time if the optional activities do not 
9    fall under the definition of practice under subsection 
10    (a). Optional activities must be approved by the principal 
11    or the principal's administrative designee.
12    (c) An association or other entity that has as one of its 
13purposes promoting, sponsoring, regulating, or in any manner 
14providing for interscholastic athletics or any form of 
15athletic competition among schools and students within this 
16State shall enforce a penalty for a State high school athletic 
17program or team exceeding practice maximums under this 
18Section, which may include, but are not limited to, a loss of a 
19practice day or other sanctions determined by the Illinois 
20High School Association for each violation of this Section and 
21shall be imposed as appropriate to the level, extent, and 
22duration of the penalty.
 
23    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
24becoming law.