Gov. Kay Ivey and House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter are seeking a injunction against the AHSAA over whether students who transfer schools under the CHOOSE Act are immediately eligible to participate in athletics.

The Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA) has issued a ruling that says student-athletes who transfer schools must sit out for one year before competing in athletics.

The state’s new Creating Hope and Opportunity for Our Students’ Education Act (CHOOSE Act) allows students in underperforming schools to transfer to a better school. Eligible families can receive as much as $7,000 to help pay for private school and $2,000 for homeschooling expenses if they choose to move their children out of a public school altogether.

According to a news release from the office of Go

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