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HB364

174594-3

By Representatives Whorton (R), Hanes, South, Patterson,

Ledbetter and Harbison

RFD: Education Policy

First Read: 03-MAR-16

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SYNOPSIS:

Existing law does not require the Alabama

High School Athletic Association to adopt a rule to

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allow its public school members to compete only

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against each other for state championships, and its

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nonpublic school members to compete only against

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each other for state championships.

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This bill would require the Alabama High

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School Athletic Association to adopt a rule to

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allow its public school members to compete only

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against each other for state championships, and its

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nonpublic school members to compete only against

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each other for state championships.

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A BILL

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TO BE ENTITLED

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AN ACT

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Relating to the Alabama High School Athletic

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Association; requiring the Alabama High School Athletic

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Association to adopt a rule to allow its public school members

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to compete only against each other for state championships,

and its nonpublic school members to compete only against each

other for state championships.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:

Section 1. The Alabama High School Athletic

Association shall adopt a rule to allow its public school

members to compete only against each other for post regular

season playoff games and state championships, and its

nonpublic school members to compete only against each other

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for post regular season playoff games and state championships

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which shall be effective in the 2018-2019 school year and in

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subsequent years.

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Section 2. This act shall become effective on the

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first day of the third month following its passage and

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approval by the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.

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