Revise participation in extracurricular activities

Added specific academic eligibility requirements for students attending nonpublic or home schools participating in public school extracurricular activities.

Modified the participation standards to require home and nonpublic school students to meet the same academic and rule-based standards as full-time public school students.

Adjusted the effective date language to clarify that the act is effective upon passage and approval.

Added an exception allowing school districts to prohibit or restrict participation for home school students who are not U.S. citizens or Montana residents.

Changed the rule so that restrictions on non-citizen or non-resident home school students are now based on their specific citizenship and residency status rather than their enrollment status.

Clarified that academic eligibility for home school students must be verified in writing by the educator providing instruction and confirmed by the school principal.

Updated the document status from a draft version to an enrolled bill ready for the Governor's signature.

Changed the rule so that public schools may now restrict home school students from participating in sports if the student is not a U.S. citizen or a Montana resident.

Reorganized the statute to explicitly list citizenship and residency as the specific factors schools can use to limit participation.

Adjusted the text regarding academic eligibility verification for nonpublic and home school students to maintain existing attestation requirements.

Added a specific requirement that home-schooled students participating in extracurricular activities must be U.S. citizens.

Reordered and clarified residency requirements to explicitly state that students must be residents of Montana as determined by specific state statutes.

Unified the academic eligibility verification process for nonpublic and home-schooled students, requiring written attestation by the head administrator or the educator providing instruction.

The exemption from public school extracurricular participation standards was broadened to include U.S. citizens and Montana residents, whereas it previously applied only to non-citizen home school students.

The bill now explicitly requires non-citizen home school students to meet the same participation standards and rules as full-time public school students.

The bill title was updated to reflect the inclusion of Montana residents, and the bill number was changed from SB 350.1 to SB 350.2.

The structure of the academic eligibility requirements was reorganized, separating rules for nonpublic schools and home schools into distinct subsections.

Removed the original bill number LC 2174 from the header and page footers.

Added the new bill number SB 350.1 and identified M. Regier as the primary sponsor.

Added the text 'Authorized Print Version' to the page footers to indicate the official status of the document.