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LA HB644

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/27/2026

Primary Sponsor

John Wyble

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Origin

House of Representatives

2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • 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.

  • Students not previously enrolled in any member school gain immediate athletic eligibility upon enrollment without any waiting period.

  • Students may transfer to their designated "home school" (based on attendance zone) and participate immediately, regardless of grade level or number of previous transfers.

  • 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.

  • 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

Committee Referrals

Education2/27/2026

Full Bill Text

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