SB272

Existing law establishes the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association, which governs, among other matters, the eligibility and participation of certain children in sanctioned sports and interscholastic activities and events. (NRS 385B.050, 385B.060) Under existing regulations, any pupil who transfers to another school is presumed ineligible to participate in any sanctioned sport at the school to which the pupil transfers for 180 school days. (NAC 385B.716) Section 1 of this bill requires the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association to adopt regulations setting forth the process by which a pupil may appeal a determination of eligibility to participate in any sanctioned sport or other interscholastic activity or event at the school to which the pupil transfers if the determination imposes a hardship on the pupil. Section 2 of this bill provides that any rules or regulations adopted by the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association must authorize a pupil to demonstrate a hardship by providing evidence that emotional distress was the reason the pupil changed schools, which evidence may include, without limitation, an affidavit signed by the pupil or the written testimony of a physician or mental health professional licensed in this State. Close digest Existing law establishes the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association, which governs, among other matters, the eligibility and participation of certain children in sanctioned sports and interscholastic activities a