§ 72-7120 — Participation in nonschool swimming or diving athletic training

Kansas § 72-7120

• Jurisdiction: Kansas
• Ch. 72: SCHOOLS
• Art. 71: SCHOOL ACTIVITIES ASSOCIATIONS

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(a) The Kansas state high school activities association and its member high schools, and administrators, principals, coaches, teachers and other affiliated with such association and member high schools, shall not adopt any rules and regulations or interpret any existing rule and regulation in any manner which would prohibit a student athlete from training with any Kansas state high school league-sponsored sport or competition while the student athlete is participating in nonschool swimming athletic training or diving athletic training, or both, during the high school sport season and throughout the year if:
(1) The nonschool swimming athletic training or diving athletic training, or both, is under the jurisdiction of and sanctioned by the national governing body of the sport, U.S.A. swimming, inc., or U.S.A. diving, inc. and is conducted in a manner which protects the health and safety of the student athlete; and
(2) the student athlete meets the reasonable and ordinary school-established requirements for participation in the student athlete's high school swimming program or diving program, or both, including requirements designed to protect the health and safety of such student athlete.
(b) This section shall take effect on and after July 1, 2011.

Legislative History

L. 2011, ch. 114, § 18; June 9.