Bills passed by both houses and headed to the governor
Senate Bill 39 (Sen. Stroebel) The bill allows a pupil who attends a virtual charter school to participate in interscholastic athletics and extracurricular activities in the pupil’s resident school district. Such pupils must be allowed to participate on the same basis and to the same extent that the district permits pupils enrolled in the school district to participate.
An amendment eliminated the provision in the bill prohibiting (school boards from) interscholastic athletic association membership unless the association provides a waiver from its transfer rules for reasons of educational programming.
Senate Bill 109 (Sen. Ballweg) During the 2021-22 school year, this bill allows a pupil to attend a “fully virtual option” (as defined in the bill) offered by a nonresident school board or a charter school located in a nonresident school district under the full-time open enrollment program.
Senate Bill 110 (Sen. Ballweg) Current law limits the number of nonresident school boards to which a pupil may apply to attend a public school in a nonresident school district under the full-time open enrollment program to three nonresident school boards in any school year.
Passed Senate, sent to Assembly
Senate Bill 52 (Sen. Stroebel) Under this bill, if such an incumbent files a notification of noncandidacy or fails to file a declaration of candidacy, that fact must be posted on the Internet or in three different locations within the relevant jurisdiction if there is no Internet site. The bill’s public notice requirement applies to the officer or body with whom current law requires a declaration of candidacy to be filed for a particular office.
Senate Bill 95 (Sen. Darling) requires the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) to develop, in consultation with the WIAA and at least two pediatric cardiologists, an information sheet on the nature and risk of sudden cardiac arrest during youth athletic activities. The information sheet must include all of the following:
- Information about the risks associated with continuing to participate in a youth athletic activity after experiencing one or more symptoms of sudden cardiac arrest.
- Information about electrocardiogram (ECG) testing, including the potential risks, benefits, and evidentiary basis for ECG testing.
- Information about how to request administration of an ECG from a student’s health care provider.
The bill also requires every person operating a youth athletic activity to distribute an information sheet on sudden cardiac arrest in youth athletics to every coach and participant at the beginning of each season. The bill prohibits participation in youth athletics unless a participant and the participant’s parent or guardian sign and return the information sheet.
According to the language of the bill, this new requirement does not create any liability for, or a cause of action against, any person.
(This bill largely mirrors an existing statutory requirement to distribute information about concussion and head injury in youth athletics.)
Passed Assembly, sent to Senate
Assembly Bill 23 (Rep. Thiesfeldt) prohibits DHS and local health officers from requiring individuals to receive a COVID vaccine. The prohibition under the bill applies to any variant or mutation of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
Assembly Bill 25 (Rep. Thiesfeldt) prohibits employers from requiring employees or prospective employees to receive a COVID vaccine as a condition of employment. The prohibition under the bill applies to any variant or mutation of the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
