BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The head of Alabama’s Senate Education Policy Committee says the Alabama High School Athletic Association is making itself irrelevant by refusing to work with lawmakers on a dispute over whether CHOOSE Act participants are immediately eligible to play high school sports.
As a result, lawmakers are weighing legislative action in the upcoming session to resolve the issue.
“The high school athletic association had a chance to have a seat at the table and work with us for the best interest of these students, and that didn’t happen,” Sen. Donnie Chesteen, R-Geneva, said on Alabama Public Television’s most recent episode of Capitol Journal. “So I think we’re going to have to take a look at it this session.”
“This is my perspective,” Chesteen said. “The High School Athletic