HB5619 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2007 and 2008
HB5619

Introduced , by Rep. John A. Fritchey

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

105 ILCS 5/10-20.46 new
105 ILCS 5/34-18.37 new
30 ILCS 805/8.32 new

Amends the School Code. Provides that a school district shall prohibit a high school student from participating in extracurricular athletics while in high school if he or she has a semester grade point average of less than a 2.0 on a 4.0 scale for the 2 preceding semesters in any of grades 9 through 12. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement.

FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

STATE MANDATES ACT MAY REQUIRE REIMBURSEMENT

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning education.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The School Code is amended by adding Sections 10-20.46 and 34-18.37 as follows:

(105 ILCS 5/10-20.46 new)

Sec. 10-20.46. Minimum grade point average; extracurricular athletics. A school district shall prohibit a high school student from participating in extracurricular athletics while in high school if he or she has a semester grade point average of less than a 2.0 on a 4.0 scale (or its equivalent as determined by the school district) for the 2 preceding semesters in any of grades 9 through 12.

(105 ILCS 5/34-18.37 new)

Sec. 34-18.37. Minimum grade point average; extracurricular athletics. The school district shall prohibit a high school student from participating in extracurricular athletics while in high school if he or she has a semester grade point average of less than a 2.0 on a 4.0 scale (or its equivalent as determined by the school district) for the 2 preceding semesters in any of grades 9 through 12.

Section 90. The State Mandates Act is amended by adding Section 8.32 as follows:

(30 ILCS 805/8.32 new)

Sec. 8.32. Exempt mandate. Notwithstanding Sections 6 and 8 of this Act, no reimbursement by the State is required for the implementation of any mandate created by this amendatory Act of the 95th General Assembly.