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1 HB364

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3 By Representatives Whorton (R), Hanes, South, Patterson,

4 Ledbetter and Harbison

5 RFD: Education Policy

6 First Read: 03-MAR-16

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1 174594-3:n:03/02/2016:LLR/tj LRS2016-672R2

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8 SYNOPSIS: Existing law does not require the Alabama

9 High School Athletic Association to adopt a rule to

10 allow its public school members to compete only

11 against each other for state championships, and its

12 nonpublic school members to compete only against

13 each other for state championships.

14 This bill would require the Alabama High

15 School Athletic Association to adopt a rule to

16 allow its public school members to compete only

17 against each other for state championships, and its

18 nonpublic school members to compete only against

19 each other for state championships.

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21 A BILL

22 TO BE ENTITLED

23 AN ACT

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25 Relating to the Alabama High School Athletic

26 Association; requiring the Alabama High School Athletic

27 Association to adopt a rule to allow its public school members

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1 to compete only against each other for state championships,

2 and its nonpublic school members to compete only against each

3 other for state championships.

4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF ALABAMA:

5 Section 1. The Alabama High School Athletic

6 Association shall adopt a rule to allow its public school

7 members to compete only against each other for post regular

8 season playoff games and state championships, and its

9 nonpublic school members to compete only against each other

10 for post regular season playoff games and state championships

11 which shall be effective in the 2018-2019 school year and in

12 subsequent years.

13 Section 2. This act shall become effective on the

14 first day of the third month following its passage and

15 approval by the Governor, or its otherwise becoming law.

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