WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE
2024 REGULAR SESSION
Introduced Senate Bill 813
BY SENATORS GRADY, DEEDS, TARR, WELD, TAYLOR,
AND RUCKER
[Introduced February 16, 2024; referred to the Committee on Education]
 Intr SB 813
1 A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section,
2 designated §18-2-25f, relating to allowing students to participate in non-school athletic
3 activities.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
ARTICLE 2. STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION.
§18-2-25f. Participation in non-school athletic activities.
1 The Legislature hereby finds that:
2 (1) While participation in school-sponsored extracurricular sports is a voluntary
3 opportunity, no student-athlete should be deprived of additional opportunities to advance or
4 showcase their skills purely because they are playing for a school sports team;
5 (2) Prohibiting a student-athlete from participating in nonschool-sponsored events or
6 activities as a condition for participation on a school-sponsored team is unlawfully arbitrary and is
7 not rationally related to a state purpose; and
8 (3) A county board of education and the West Virginia Secondary School Activities
9 Commission may not restrict nor prohibit a student from competing in nonschool-sponsored
10 events or participating on nonschool-sponsored competitive teams as a condition of playing for a
11 school-sponsored extracurricular activity or sport.
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Statutes affected:
Introduced Version: 18-2-25f