High school student athlete; revising residency requirement to participate in athletic teams, report.

The bill was amended from a standard introduction to a substitute version by the Senate Committee on Education and Health. The most significant change is the expansion of residency rules for student athletes transferring schools; the new text allows students to be immediately eligible if the school principal determines the student intends to stay indefinitely, even if they have not yet met standard residency requirements. This change aims to facilitate transfers for students facing safety threats or other serious issues at their previous schools. The anabolic steroid eligibility rules remain unchanged.