The proposed bill amends sections 15-341 and 15-802.01 of the Arizona Revised Statutes, focusing on school district governing boards and interscholastic athletic activities. The bill introduces a new provision that allows a student to transfer schools once between grades nine and twelve without facing a period of athletic ineligibility, although a statewide private entity that oversees interscholastic activities can still make eligibility determinations on a case-by-case basis.

Additionally, the bill modifies the current law regarding homeschooled students' participation in interscholastic activities. It changes the term "pupil" to "student" and corrects the spelling from "towards" to "toward" in the context of maintaining satisfactory progress. The bill also clarifies that homeschooled students who were previously enrolled in a public, private, or charter school are ineligible to participate in interscholastic activities for the remainder of the school year during which they were enrolled, except as provided in the new section concerning the one-time transfer without athletic ineligibility.

Statutes affected:
Introduced Version: 15-341, 15-802.01, 15-717.01, 15-701, 15-701.01, 15-481, 15-491, 15-342, 15-1224, 15-1125, 15-1126, 15-1223, 13-3108, 13-3120, 15-764, 15-761, 13-706, 13-105, 15-157, 15-107, 2008-2009, 39-101, 36-2267, 3-365, 41-5701.02, 41-5711, 15-1102