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LA HB644
Bill
Status
2/27/2026
Primary Sponsor
John Wyble
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AI Summary
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Public schools and state-funded nonpublic schools are prohibited from membership in or participation in competitions sponsored by interscholastic athletic associations that do not follow specific student eligibility transfer rules for grades 7-12.
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Students not previously enrolled in any member school gain immediate athletic eligibility upon enrollment without any waiting period.
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Students may transfer to their designated "home school" (based on attendance zone) and participate immediately, regardless of grade level or number of previous transfers.
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Students may transfer one time to any other member school (public or nonpublic) with immediate eligibility, but only through completion of 11th grade and only if the transfer request is submitted by the final day of student attendance at their current school.
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Adds new subsection R.S. 17:176(G) to Louisiana education law governing extracurricular interscholastic athletics.
Legislative Description
Prohibits schools from being members of, or participating in competition sponsored by, any intrastate interscholastic extracurricular athletic association or organization that does not provide for certain student eligibility procedures
ATHLETICS
Last Action
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Education.
3/9/2026