1.1                          A bill for an act
  1.2             relating to education; allowing student athletes to 
  1.3             participate in sports competitions and on nonschool 
  1.4             sports teams during the high school sports season; 
  1.5             amending Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 128C.05, by 
  1.6             adding a subdivision. 
  1.7   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA: 
  1.8      Section 1.  Minnesota Statutes 2002, section 128C.05, is 
  1.9   amended by adding a subdivision to read: 
  1.10     Subd. 3.  [PARTICIPATION IN NONSCHOOL SPORTS.] A student 
  1.11  who is a member of a high school team that participates in a 
  1.12  Minnesota state high school league-sponsored sport or 
  1.13  competition may participate as an individual competitor or as a 
  1.14  member of a nonschool team in the same sport during the high 
  1.15  school sport season and throughout the year. 
  1.16     <b>[EFFECTIVE DATE.]</b> This section is effective the day 
  1.17  following final enactment.