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2017 Senate Bill 5129: Concerning charter school students participating in interschool athletics and extracurricular activities
Introduced by Sen. Sam Hunt (Olympia) (D) on January 13, 2017
Referred to the Senate Early Learning & K-12 Education Committee on January 13, 2017
Referred to the Senate Rules Committee on February 3, 2017
Provides that charter school students are not restricted to their resident school district for purposes of participating in athletic or other extracurricular activities.
Received in the House on February 16, 2017
Referred to the House Education Committee on February 16, 2017
Referred to the House Rules Committee on April 5, 2017
Removes the statutory provision requiring the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association (WIAA) rules to limit charter school students participation in interschool athletic activities or other interschool extracurricular activities to those activities offered by the student's resident school district, unless approved by a nonresident school district or the WIAA.
Signed by Gov. Jay Inslee on April 19, 2017