Governor Kay Ivey and House Speaker Nathaniel Ledbetter, R-Rainsville, have filed suit against the Alabama High School Athletic Association, seeking an injunction to block the organization from enforcing a rule that bars students who use CHOOSE Act funds from competing in interscholastic sports for a year after transferring schools.

The lawsuit, filed Thursday in Montgomery County Circuit Court, argues that the AHSAA’s financial-aid rule violates state law and unlawfully sidelines students due to their participation in Alabama’s new school choice program.

In their complaint, Ivey and Ledbetter contend that the Legislature made clear when passing the CHOOSE Act in 2024 that “nothing in [the CHOOSE Act] shall affect or change the athletic eligibility of student athletes governed by the Ala

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