SB 1997

Abstract

Amends the Interscholastic Athletic Organization Act. Changes the short title of the Act to the Interscholastic Athletic and Academic Organization Act. Provides that no public elementary or public secondary school in this State nor any association or other entity that sponsors, regulates, or in any manner provides for interscholastic athletic, academic, or other form of competition among schools and students within this State may infringe upon or attempt to regulate in any manner the dissemination of news or the use of visual images by the news media of interscholastic athletic, academic, or other form of competition among schools and students within this State. In a provision concerning the payment of dues and fees, changes a reference from any association or other entity that has as one of its purposes promoting, sponsoring, or regulating or in any manner providing for interscholastic athletics or any form of athletic competition among schools and students within this State to any association or other entity that has as one of its purposes promoting, sponsoring, or regulating or in any manner providing for interscholastic athletic, academic, or other form of competition among schools and students within this State. Makes a related change to the Act's long title. Effective immediately.