Senate Bill sb2156

    Florida Senate - 2003                                  SB 2156

    By Senator Diaz de la Portilla





    36-1269-03                                          See HB 463

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to the Florida High School

  3         Activities Association; repealing s. 1006.20,

  4         F.S., relating to the Florida High School

  5         Activities Association; amending ss. 1002.20

  6         and 1002.42, F.S.; correcting cross-references

  7         to conform; amending s. 1006.18, F.S.; deleting

  8         a specified duty of the association, to

  9         conform; requiring the Department of Education

10         to adopt safety standards for cheerleaders;

11         providing an effective date.

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13  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

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15         Section 1.  Section 1006.20, Florida Statutes, is

16  repealed.

17         Section 2.  Subsection (16) of section 1002.20, Florida

18  Statutes, is amended to read:

19         1002.20  K-12 student and parent rights.--K-12 students

20  and their parents are afforded numerous statutory rights

21  including, but not limited to, the following:

22         (16)  ATHLETICS; PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL.--

23         (a)  Eligibility.--Eligibility requirements for all

24  students participating in high school athletic competition

25  must allow a student to be eligible in the school in which he

26  or she first enrolls each school year, or makes himself or

27  herself a candidate for an athletic team by engaging in

28  practice before enrolling, in accordance with the provisions

29  of s. 1006.20(2)(a).

30         (b)  Medical evaluation.--Students must satisfactorily

31  pass a medical evaluation each year before participating in

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    Florida Senate - 2003                                  SB 2156
    36-1269-03                                          See HB 463




 1  athletics, unless the parent objects in writing based on

 2  religious tenets or practices, in accordance with the

 3  provisions of s. 1006.20(2)(d).

 4         Section 3.  Subsection (8) of section 1002.42, Florida

 5  Statutes, is amended to read:

 6         1002.42  Private schools.--

 7         (8)  ATHLETIC COMPETITION.--A private school may

 8  participate in athletic competition with a public high school

 9  in accordance with the provisions of s. 1006.20(1).

10         Section 4.  Section 1006.18, Florida Statutes, is

11  amended to read:

12         1006.18  Cheerleader safety standards.--The Department

13  of Education Florida High School Activities Association or

14  successor organization shall adopt statewide uniform safety

15  standards for student cheerleaders and spirit groups that

16  participate in any school activity or extracurricular student

17  activity. The Department of Education Florida High School

18  Activities Association or successor organization shall adopt

19  the "Official High School Spirit Rules," published by the

20  National Federation of State High School Associations, as the

21  statewide uniform safety standards.

22         Section 5.  This act shall take effect July 1, 2003.

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