Relating to: participation in interscholastic athletics and application of the public records and open meetings laws to interscholastic athletic associations.

SB 16 clarifies that high school athletic associations coordinating sports for grades 9-12 can choose to be governed by specific public records and open meetings laws. If they elect this status, they can keep referee records and individual student athlete records private, exempting them from standard public inspection requirements. School districts must only join such associations if the association has chosen to follow these rules. The bill creates new definitions for "interscholastic athletic association" and updates statutes to define these groups as "governmental bodies" under certain conditions.