STATE OF OKLAHOMA
1st Session of the 57th Legislature (2018)
House Bill *** By: Casey
AS INTRODUCED
An Act relating to schools; requiring the Oklahoma Secondary Schools Activities Association (OSSAA), a public agency - as defined by receiving and spending public monies, to adopt a Rule to allow its public school members to compete only against each other for state championships, and its non-public school members to compete only against each other for state championships.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section *
*** of Title 70, unless there is a creation of duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A. By August 1, 2018, the Oklahoma Secondary Schools Activities Association shall publish a list
of all public and non-public secondary schools that:
1) Compete in Athletic state tournaments
2) Compete in Activity state tournaments
3) Compete in Academic state tournaments
B. Schools on the list shall be appropriately divided by "non-public schools" as defined by those schools receiving "private" monies as their primary source for budgeting and providing student financial assistance including, but not limited to, scholarships, endowments, tuition wavers; and "public schools" as defined by those schools receiving state aid and local/county public monies as primary source for budgeting and not providing student financial assistance.
1) Schools divided as ordered in subsection B, shall compete in OSSAA sanctioned State Tournaments in all secondary school sporting events, activity competitions, and academic competitions against only those schools in the same public or non-public division.
2) Any "non-public" which receives a majority of its operational monies from public sources state aid or local and county revenue, and does not provide student financial assistance, shall be allowed to compete against "public schools" during State tournaments or State Championship competitions.
3) Any "public school" which receives a majority of its operational funds from private sources or provides student financial assistance shall compete against non-public schools during OSSAA sanctioned activities or sports.
4) Any "public" or "non-public" school which limits enrollment by "selecting" students based on requirements of the individual school (not state or federal), shall compete against non-public division schools in OSSAA sanctioned events or competitions.
C. Any Oklahoma high schools other than conventional public or non-public schools (including but not limited to "Home" schools, "Virtual Charter", "Brick and Mortar Charter"), and fielding athletic, activity, or academic competitive teams shall be assigned to the appropriate division, public or private, based on the classification Rule in subsection B.
D. The Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE), a public agency, shall take necessary action to assist the Oklahoma Secondary Activities Association (OSSAA), a public agency, to divide public schools and non-public schools for State tournaments and/or competitions, by August 1, 2018.
E. If the OSSAA has not divided public schools and non-public schools for athletic, activity, and academic State competitions by August 1, 2018, the Oklahoma Secondary Schools Activities Association shall be placed under the authority of the Oklahoma State Department of Education, but not the Oklahoma State Board of Education, a public agency.
SECTION 2. This Act shall become effective July 1, 2018.
SECTION 3. It being immediately necessary for the preservation of public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby declared to exist, by reason whereof this Act shall take effect and be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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