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Utah public schools are already prohibited from joining athletic governing associations — like the Utah High School Activities Association — that don't follow open meetings laws, records access laws, and ethics rules, or that don't collect students' unamended birth certificates and require students to register their date of birth and sex. This bill adds new conditions to that list: public schools may not belong to an athletic association unless it has written policies establishing moratorium periods — mandatory breaks from team activities — during major holidays and off-seasons, including at least six consecutive weeks off-season for each sport, along with clear rules about what counts as a sport-specific break versus general conditioning. The association must also have written penalties for schools that break its rules and must apply those penalties equally to all member schools, with annual reporting to the legislature on compliance.