This bill establishes restrictions on the expenditure of public funds by school districts, charter schools, and nonpublic schools for dues or membership fees to high school organizations that do not adhere to specific enrollment calculations when classifying schools for extracurricular interscholastic activities. Effective January 1, 2027, these educational institutions will be prohibited from spending state-originating funds on such organizations unless the organizations classify participating schools based on their enrollment figures. For nonpublic schools that accept payments from education savings accounts, their enrollment numbers will be adjusted by multiplying the total by one and one-half, although this adjustment cannot result in a classification that is more than one level higher than what the school would have received without the adjustment.
Additionally, the bill allows organizations to begin using the specified classification methodology for the school year starting July 1, 2025, during which school districts, charter schools, and nonpublic schools may still expend funds for dues or membership fees to organizations that comply with the new requirements. The bill explicitly states that it does not apply to eight-person football, ensuring that this specific category of sport remains unaffected by the new regulations.