(a) The principal of the resident school shall permit a home-schooled student to pursue participation in an interscholastic activity of the resident school if the student or the student’s parent:

1. (1) Provides the principal a notice of the student’s desire to pursue participation before the signup, tryout, or participation deadlines established for students enrolled in the resident school; and

2. (2) Informs the principal in the notice that the student has demonstrated academic eligibility by obtaining a minimum:

   1. (A) Test score of the thirtieth percentile on the Stanford Achievement Test Series, Tenth Edition, or another nationally recognized norm-referenced test in the previous twelve (12) months; or
   2. (B) Score on a test approved by the State Board of Education.

(b) A resident school district may permit a home-schooled student to participate in an interscholastic activity if:

1. (1) For purposes of subsection (e) of this section, the home-schooled student reports to the resident school district within the first eleven (11) days of the fall or spring semester of the school district; and
2. (2) The home-schooled student or his or her parent advises the principal of the resident school in writing of the student’s request to participate in the interscholastic activity before the signup, tryout, or participation deadlines established for students enrolled in the resident school.

(c) If a home-schooled student’s written request to participate in the interscholastic activity is approved, the student:

1. (1) Shall have an equal opportunity to tryout and participate in interscholastic activities without discrimination but is not guaranteed participation in an interscholastic activity; and

2. (2) Shall not participate unless he or she meets the criteria for participation in the interscholastic activity that apply to students enrolled in the resident school district, including:

   1. (A) Tryout criteria;
   2. (B) Standards of behavior and codes of conduct;
   3. (C) The academic criteria under subdivision (a)(2) of this section;
   4. (D) Practice times;
   5. (E) Required drug testing;
   6. (F) Permission slips, waivers, and physical exams; and
   7. (G) Participation or activity fees.

(d)

1. (1) A home-schooled student may participate in interscholastic activities at a public school other than the home-schooled student’s resident school by mutual agreement between the resident school and any other public school where the home-schooled student wishes to participate.

2. (2) A home-schooled student approved to participate at a nonresident school may begin participating:

   1. (A) In an interscholastic activity that is not an athletic activity immediately upon being approved to participate; and
   2. (B) Except as provided in subdivision (d)(4) of this section, in an interscholastic activity that is an athletic activity one (1) calendar year after being approved to participate.
3. (3) A home-schooled student approved to participate at a nonresident school may immediately participate in rehearsals, tryouts, practices, auditions, classes, or other endeavors associated with the interscholastic activity that is an athletic activity.
4. (4) A home-schooled student may begin participating in an interscholastic activity that is an athletic activity immediately upon being approved to participate if the home-schooled student is approved to participate by July 1 of the school year the home-schooled student will be enrolled in the seventh grade.

(e) A home-schooled student who participates in an interscholastic activity may be:

1. (1) Required by the school district in which he or she participates to be at school not more than one (1) period per school day; and
2. (2) Transported by the resident school district to and from interscholastic activities as the resident school district transports other students who are enrolled in the resident school.