Kentucky legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Kentucky HB875: AN ACT relating to interscholastic athletics.
Status: In committee, March 11, 2026
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 156 to define terms; establish a nonpublic school student's eligibility for participation in interscholastic athletics at the public school to which the student would be assigned in the student's district of residence; establish requirements, conditions, and procedures for the nonpublic school student's participation in interscholastic athletics.
What the bill says
An act relating to interscholastic athletics.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relating to interscholastic athletics. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky: SECTION 1. A NEW SECTION OF KRS CHAPTER 156 IS CREATED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: (1) For the purposes of this section: (a) "Appropriate documentation" means: 1. The results of a nationally recognized standardized test or its equivalent as determined by the department; 2. A portfolio of a student's school work from the previous year demonstrating the student's performance is at the student's grade level, as determined at the discretion of the public school's principal or designee; or 3. If the student was enrolled in a public school or a private, parochial, or church school certified under KRS 156.160 during the preceding school year, records demonstrating the student's eligibility based on the student's academic success at that school; (b) "Department" means the Kentucky Department of Education or the agency designated by the Kentucky Board of Education to manage interscholastic athletics in the common schools under KRS 156.070; and (c) "Nonpublic school" means a private, parochial, or church school regardless of whether the school is certified under KRS 156.160, that is not already participating in interscholastic athletics as managed by the department. (2) A student enrolled in a nonpublic school shall be eligible to participate in interscholastic athletics sponsored or engaged in by …
Sponsors
- Rebecca Raymer (R, HD-015) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : to Primary and Secondary Education (H)
- : to Committee on Committees (H)
- : introduced in House
Subjects: State Agencies, Education, Elementary And Secondary, Athletics
Common questions
- What is HB875?
- HB875 is a bill in the Kentucky Legislature (2026 Regular Session): AN ACT relating to interscholastic athletics.
- What does HB875 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to interscholastic athletics.
- What is the status of HB875?
- In committee as of March 11, 2026. Latest action: to Primary and Secondary Education (H) (March 11, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB875?
- Rebecca Raymer (R, HD-015).
- Where is the official record for HB875?
- On the Kentucky Legislature website: https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/record/26rs/hb875.html
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