Bill > HB5406

Introduced Session

Amends the Interscholastic Athletic Organization Act. Provides that, for the benefit of the physical and mental health of athletes, beginning in the 2024-2025 school year, all practices, games, or contests by a State high school athletic program or team that is a part of an association or other entity that has, as one of its purposes, promoting, sponsoring, regulating, or in any manner providing for interscholastic athletics or any form of athletic competition among high schools and high school students within this State shall meet all specified requirements pertaining to athletic practice time limits. Provides that an association or other entity that has as one of its purposes promoting, sponsoring, regulating, or in any manner providing for interscholastic athletics or any form of athletic competition among schools and students within this State shall enforce a penalty for a State high school athletic program or team exceeding practice maximums, which may include, but are not limited to, a loss of a practice day or other sanctions determined by the Illinois High School Association for each violation and shall be imposed as appropriate to the level, extent, and duration of the penalty. Effective immediately.

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Janet Yang Rohr (D)*,  Kam Buckner (D),  Terra Costa Howard (D),  Margaret Croke (D),  Marcus Evans (D),  Laura Faver Dias (D),  Maura Hirschauer (D),  Gregg Johnson (D),  Tracy Katz Muhl (D),  Camille Lilly (D),  Joyce Mason (D),  Michelle Mussman (D),  Suzanne Ness (D),  Kevin Olickal (D),  Aarón Ortíz (D),  Abdelnasser Rashid (D),  Anne Stava-Murray (D), 

Session Sine Die (on 01/07/2025)

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