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OHIO LEGISLATIVE SERVICE COMMISSION
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                             H.B. 520                                Bill Analysis
                  135th   General Assembly
                                                                      Click here for H.B. 520’s Fiscal Note
Version: As Introduced
Primary Sponsors: Reps. Young and M. Miller
Effective date:
Rachel Larsen, Research Analyst
                                                          SUMMARY
                     Permits a public or chartered nonpublic school to permit a student to substitute club
                          sports or other athletic activities to fulfill high school physical education requirements.
                                                DETAILED ANALYSIS
Club sports and other athletic activities as physical education
       The bill permits a school district, community school, STEM school, college-preparatory
boarding school, or chartered nonpublic school to permit a student to substitute two full
seasons of club sports or 120 hours of other athletic activities to fulfill high school physical
education requirements in the same manner as with interscholastic athletics, marching band,
show choir, and cheerleading under continuing law.1
       The bill requires students who participate in club sports or other athletic activities to
submit a signed statement to the district or school that certifies that the student has either
completed two full seasons or 120 hours of the sport or activity. The statement must be signed
by the student’s parent or guardian and the coach of the club sport or the instructor of the
other athletic activity.2
       Under the bill, “club sports” includes both a youth sports organization and a sport
sanctioned by a school, but not regulated by an organization that regulates interscholastic
conferences or events (such as the Ohio High School Athletics Association) and is limited to
1                 R.C. 3313.603(L).
2                 R.C. 3313.603(O).
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participants under 19 years of age. “Other athletic activity” is a sport or physical activity taught
by an instructor outside of school.3
                                         HISTORY
                             Action                                          Date
Introduced                                                 05-08-24
ANHB0520IN-135/ks
3   R.C. 3313.603(A)(3) and (4).
P a g e |2                                                                                   H.B. 520
                                                                                        As Introduced
Statutes affected: 
As Introduced: 3313.603