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Wisconsin lawmakers are starting to pay attention to the controversy surrounding the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association’s sportsmanship guidelines that brought national criticism last week.

Rep. John Nygren, R-Marinette, announced on Wednesday that he plans to re-introduce a bill that would make the WIAA subject to open records and meeting laws.

“When decisions are made with taxpayer money, the public deserves to have a say, or at least a look into the decision room,” Nygren wrote in a column. “Policies like these, which suggest a mere suppression of speech, deserve more oversight and scrutiny, and I aim to ensure that in the future.”

In late December, the WIAA sent a letter to its member schools as a way to remind them of the WIAA’s sportsmanship guidelines that have been in place for years.