Public secondary schools; interscholastic athletics; certain recruitment policies and practices prohibited.
Summary
Public secondary schools; interscholastic athletics; certain recruitment policies and practices prohibited. Prohibits any school board employee, including any interscholastic athletics coach or director, from implementing any policy or engaging in any practice whereby the employee (i) designates any secondary school student-athlete as homeless pursuant to the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act, as amended, solely for the purpose of recruiting such student-athlete to transfer to the local school division to participate in interscholastic athletics or (ii) receives money or other things of value from any individual or entity, including any institution of higher education or any intercollegiate athletics program at such an institution, solely for the purpose of recruiting a secondary school student-athlete to participate in intercollegiate athletics.
Bill status
failed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Jan 2025
House of Delegates Passage
Feb 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 3, 2025
Last action Feb 7, 2025
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the House of Delegates by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
21
Key actions
14
Committee
4
Feb 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed by for the day
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Feb 3, 2025
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Jan 31, 2025
Lower · Passed
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Jan 30, 2025
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Jan 29, 2025
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Jan 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
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Jan 27, 2025
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Jan 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
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Jan 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
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Jan 22, 2025
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Jan 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed by for the day
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Jan 20, 2025
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Jan 15, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported from Education (11-Y 10-N)
lower
Jan 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Subcommittee recommends reporting (5-Y 3-N)
lower
Jan 10, 2025
Committee
Assigned Educ sub: K-12 Subcommittee
lower
Jan 3, 2025
Committee
Referred to Committee on Education
lower
1 primary · 2 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Dan Helmer
DDemocratic
Co
Karen Keys-Gamarra
DDemocratic
Co
Sam Rasoul
DDemocratic
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