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53A-2-214. Online students' participation in extracurricular activities.
(1) As used in this section:
(a) "Online education" means the use of information and communication technologies todeliver educational opportunities to a student in a location other than a school.
(b) "Online student" means a student who:
(i) participates in an online education program sponsored or supported by the State Boardof Education, a school district, or charter school; and
(ii) generates funding for the school district or school pursuant to Subsection53A-17a-103(5) and rules of the State Board of Education.
(2) An online student is eligible to participate in extracurricular activities 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 participating inan online education program.
(3) A school other than a school described in Subsection (2)(a) or (b) may allow anonline 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.
(4) An online student is eligible for extracurricular activities at a public school consistentwith eligibility standards as applied to full-time students of the public school.
(5) A school district or public school may not impose additional requirements on anonline school student to participate in extracurricular activities that are not imposed on full-timestudents of the public school.
(6) (a) The State Board of Education shall make rules establishing fees for an onlineschool student's participation in extracurricular activities at school district schools.
(b) The rules shall provide that:
(i) online school students pay the same fees as other students to participate inextracurricular activities;
(ii) online school students are eligible for fee waivers pursuant to Section 53A-12-103;
(iii) for each online school student who participates in an extracurricular activity at aschool district school, the online school shall pay a share of the school district's costs for theextracurricular activity; and
(iv) an online 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 an online school's share of the costs of an extracurricular activityunder Subsections (6)(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.
(7) When selection to participate in an extracurricular activity at a public school is madeon a competitive basis, an online student is eligible to try out for and participate in the activity asprovided in this section.

Enacted by Chapter 233, 2008 General Session