Text of WA HB 2201 (2020)

AN ACT Relating to equitable competition between students who 1 participate in school athletic activities; amending RCW 28A.600.200; 2 and adding a new section to chapter 28A.600 RCW. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON: 4 Sec. 1. RCW 28A.600.200 and 2012 c 155 s 2 are each amended to 5 read as follows: 6 Each school district board of directors is hereby granted and 7 shall, subject to the requirements of this section and section 2 of 8 this act, exercise the authority to control, supervise and regulate 9 the conduct of interschool athletic activities and other interschool 10 extracurricular activities of an athletic, cultural, social or 11 recreational nature for students of the district. A board of 12 directors may delegate control, supervision and regulation of any 13 such activity to the Washington interscholastic activities 14 association or any other voluntary nonprofit entity and compensate 15 such entity for services provided, subject to the following 16 conditions: 17 (1) The voluntary nonprofit entity shall not discriminate in 18 connection with employment or membership upon its governing board, or 19 otherwise in connection with any function it performs, on the basis 20 of race, creed, national origin, sex or marital status((;)). 21 H-3404.2 HOUSE BILL 2201 State of Washington 66th Legislature 2020 Regular Session By Representative Klippert Prefiled 12/04/19. p. 1 HB 2201 (2)(a) Any rules and policies adopted and applied by the 1 voluntary nonprofit entity that governs student participation in any 2 interschool activity shall be written; and 3 (b) Such rules and policies shall provide for notice of the 4 reasons and a fair opportunity to contest such reasons prior to a 5 final determination to reject a student's request to participate in 6 or to continue in an interschool activity. 7 (3)(a) The association or other voluntary nonprofit entity is 8 authorized to impose penalties for rules violations upon coaches, 9 school district administrators, school administrators, and students, 10 as appropriate, to punish the offending party or parties; 11 (b) No penalty may be imposed on a student or students unless the 12 student or students knowingly violated the rules or unless a student 13 gained a significant competitive advantage or materially 14 disadvantaged another student through a rule violation; 15 (c) Any penalty that is imposed for rules violations must be 16 proportional to the offense; 17 (d) Any decision resulting in a penalty shall be considered a 18 decision of the school district conducting the activity in which the 19 student seeks to participate or was participating and may be appealed 20 pursuant to RCW 28A.600.205 and 28A.645.010 through 28A.645.030. 21 (4) The school districts, Washington interscholastic activities 22 association districts, and leagues that participate in the 23 interschool extracurricular activities shall not impose more severe 24 penalties for rule violations than can be imposed by the rules of the 25 association or the voluntary nonprofit entity. 26 (5) As used in this section and RCW 28A.600.205, "knowingly" 27 means having actual knowledge of or acting with deliberate ignorance 28 or reckless disregard for the prohibition involved. 29 NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 28A.600 30 RCW to read as follows: 31 (1) Rules and policies adopted in accordance with RCW 28A.600.200 32 by a school district board of directors or a voluntary nonprofit 33 entity must prohibit male students from competing with and against 34 female students in athletic activities with separate classifications 35 for male and female students if the athletic activity is: 36 (a) Intended for female students; and 37 (b) An individual competition sport. 38 p. 2 HB 2201 (2) For the purposes of this section, "male students" means 1 students whose sex assigned at birth was male. 2 --- END --- p. 3 HB 2201