Budget Amendment ID: FY2020-S3-299

EDU 299

Athletes of All Abilities

Messrs. Fattman, deMacedo, Tarr and O'Connor moved that the proposed new text be amended by inserting after section _ the following section:-

SECTION XX. Chapter 71B of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2016 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 16 the following section:-

Section 17. Notwithstanding any general or special law to the contrary, any school age child with a disability shall not be precluded from participating in any school-sponsored interscholastic athletic or extracurricular activity.