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53A-1a-519. Charter school students' participation in extracurricular activities atother public schools.
(1) A charter school student is eligible to participate in extracurricular activities notoffered by the student's charter school at:
(a) the school within whose attendance boundaries the student's custodial parent or legalguardian resides; or
(b) the public school from which the student withdrew for the purpose of attending acharter school.
(2) A school other than a school described in Subsection (1)(a) or (b) may allow a charterschool student to participate in extracurricular activities other than:
(a) interschool competitions of athletic teams sponsored and supported by a publicschool; or
(b) interschool contests or competitions for music, drama, or forensic groups or teamssponsored and supported by a public school.
(3) A charter school student is eligible for extracurricular activities at a public schoolconsistent with eligibility standards as applied to full-time students of the public school.
(4) A school district or public school may not impose additional requirements on acharter school student to participate in extracurricular activities that are not imposed on full-timestudents of the public school.
(5) (a) The State Board of Education shall make rules establishing fees for charter schoolstudents' participation in extracurricular activities at school district schools.
(b) The rules shall provide that:
(i) charter school students pay the same fees as other students to participate inextracurricular activities;
(ii) charter school students are eligible for fee waivers pursuant to Section 53A-12-103;
(iii) for each charter school student who participates in an extracurricular activity at aschool district school, the charter school shall pay a share of the school district's costs for theextracurricular activity; and
(iv) a charter school's share of the costs of an extracurricular activity shall reflect stateand local tax revenues expended, except capital facilities expenditures, for an extracurricularactivity in a school district or school divided by total student enrollment of the school district orschool.
(c) In determining a charter school's share of the costs of an extracurricular activity underSubsections (5)(b)(iii) and (iv), the State Board of Education may establish uniform feesstatewide based on average costs statewide or average costs within a sample of school districts. (6) When selection to participate in an extracurricular activity at a public school is madeon a competitive basis, a charter school student is eligible to try out for and participate in theactivity as provided in this section.

Enacted by Chapter 233, 2008 General Session