Senate Engrossed

State of Arizona Senate Fifty-second Legislature Second Regular Session 2016

SENATE BILL 1219

 

AN ACT

 

amending section 15‑347, Arizona Revised Statutes; relating to school extracurricular activities.

 

 

(TEXT OF BILL BEGINS ON NEXT PAGE)

 

Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Section 15-347, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:

START_STATUTE15-347.  Extracurricular activities; cultural tradition

a.  A governing board shall consider the cultural traditions of pupils when establishing or enforcing rules related to a pupil's participation in extracurricular school activities.  If district rules or rules regulating a district's participation in an extracurricular program prohibit a student from participating because of a pupil's cultural traditions, the governing board may adopt alternative rules which would allow that pupil to participate but take into consideration the health or safety of the pupil or any other person participating in the activities.

b. A SCHOOL DISTRICT GOVERNING BOARD, A CHARTER SCHOOL OR AN INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION THAT A SCHOOL DISTRICT GOVERNING BOARD OR CHARTER SCHOOL IS A MEMBER OF MAY NOT PROHIBIT A STUDENT FROM WEARING RELIGIOUS OR CULTURAL ACCESSORIES OR HAIR PIECES WHILE PARTICIPATING IN EXTRACURRICULAR OR ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES IF IT DOES NOT PUT THE PUPIL OR ANY OTHER PERSON PARTICIPATING IN THE ACTIVITIES HEALTH OR SAFETY IN JEOPARDY, as determined by the supervisor of the extracurricular activity or the officiant of the athletic activity.END_STATUTE