S452 - Insurance Law Amendments/Revise High School Athletics. (SL 2023-133)

Overview: Sections 17-20 of S.L. 2023-133 make various changes to regulation of interscholastic athletics, including

• Clarifying and modifying requirements for rules related to interscholastic athletics.
• Requiring the Superintendent of Public Instruction (Superintendent) to enter into memoranda of understanding (MOU) with administering organizations and oversee middle and high school athletics.
• Requiring administering organizations to meet certain requirements and restrictions related to oversight of high school interscholastic athletics.
• Making administering organizations a public body under the open meetings law.
• Requiring public school units to annually report on interscholastic expenses and receipts.
• Requiring the Superintendent to study and report on various matters related to interscholastic athletics.

Except as otherwise provided, these sections became effective October 3, 2023.