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MN HF1699
Bill
Status
4/4/2013
Primary Sponsor
Jerry Newton
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AI Summary
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Requires the state board to consider students' economic circumstances when arranging competitive interscholastic conferences, including free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, per capita income, referendum levy amounts, and district referendum market value.
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Mandates the league develop criteria for conference membership that incorporate economic factors alongside existing criteria of travel distance, school enrollment, and comparability of extracurricular activities.
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Requires the league to give notice and opportunity for members to be heard before adopting conference arrangement criteria.
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Mandates the league determine the number of competitive athletic classes based on students' economic circumstances using the same factors (lunch eligibility, per capita income, referendum levy, and referendum market value) among other relevant criteria.
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Both sections are effective the day following final enactment.
Legislative Description
Students' economic circumstances made a criterion for arranging competitive interscholastic conferences and determining competitive classifications.
Last Action
Introduction and first reading, referred to Education Policy
4/4/2013