New law allows Indiana students to transfer schools for athletics

By Kirsten Adair, IPB News | Published on in Education, Government, Politics, Sports
Children in green and yellow shirts run and kick a soccer ball.
Students will be allowed to transfer school corporations to participate in athletics under a bill sent to Indiana Gov. Mike Braun. (Derek Jensen/Wikimedia Commons)

Students will be allowed to transfer school corporations to participate in athletics under a bill sent to Gov. Mike Braun.

He signed HEA 1064 into law on May 1.

Current law prohibits students from transferring to a school district outside of where they live if the reason is primarily for athletics.

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The bill also initially required schools to accept cash at sporting events, but that provision was removed in the Senate. The measure will take effect July 1.

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