Members of the state legislature are seeking to allow private and home school students to play high school sports at public schools.

Senate Bill 48, filed on Tuesday by Sen. Amy Galey (R-Alamance), seeks to allow public school, private school, and home school students without access to a specific sports program at their school the opportunity to participate at a public high school that does offer the program a student seeks to participate in.

Private school and home school students would be allowed to participate in a sport at their base public high school. If that school does not offer the sport the student wants to participate in, the student may play the sport at the next closest high school that does offer the sport.

For example, if a home school student wants to play lacrosse, they would be able to play lacrosse at their base public school. However, if that school does not field a lacrosse team, the student would be able to play at the closest public school that does offer lacrosse.

The bill says all private and home school students would be “subject to the terms and conditions applicable to a regularly enrolled member of that high school’s student body.”

If passed, this legislation would not only apply to private and home school students though. Students who attend a public high school, including charter schools, would be allowed to particpiate in sports at another public school if the school they’re enrolled in does not offer a particular sport.

“If a public high school does not offer a particular sport, a student from that school may participate in the sport at the public high school closest to the student’s school that has a program in that sport, subject to the terms and conditions applicable to a regularly enrolled member of that high school’s student body,” the bill reads.

The bill could lead to students playing sports at multiple high schools during the same school year, or potentially even the same sports season if an athlete competes in more than one sport at a time.

Under the proposal, local boards of education would be allowed to set a participation fee for students who wish to take advantage of the opportunity to play sports at another school.

SB 48 is not the only bill that has been filed this year that would impact high school sports. Last week, a bill was filed in the State House that would require high schools accept cash as a form of payment at athletic events.