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CHAMBER ACTION |
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The Committee on Education K-20 recommends the following: |
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Committee Substitute |
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Remove the entire bill and insert: |
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A bill to be entitled |
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An act relating to the Florida High School Activities |
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Association; amending s. 1006.18, F.S.; conforming |
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provisions; amending s. 1006.20, F.S.; renaming the |
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association; revising procedures relating to student |
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physical assessments; adding an appointee to the board of |
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directors; deleting an obsolete report; requiring a report |
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relating to policy for separate championships in high |
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school sports for private and public schools; providing an |
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effective date. |
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Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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Section 1. Section 1006.18, Florida Statutes, is amended |
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to read: |
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1006.18 Cheerleader safety standards.--The Florida High |
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School AthleticActivitiesAssociation or successor organization |
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shall adopt statewide uniform safety standards for student |
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cheerleaders and spirit groups that participate in any school |
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activity or extracurricular student activity. The Florida High |
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School AthleticActivitiesAssociation or successor organization |
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shall adopt the "Official High School Spirit Rules," published |
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by the National Federation of State High School Associations, as |
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the statewide uniform safety standards. |
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Section 2. Subsection (1), paragraph (c) of subsection |
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(2), paragraph (a) of subsection (4), and subsection (10) of |
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section 1006.20, Florida Statutes, are amended to read: |
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1006.20 Athletics in public K-12 schools.-- |
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(1) GOVERNING NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.--The Florida High |
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School AthleticActivitiesAssociation is designated as the |
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governing nonprofit organization of athletics in Florida public |
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schools. If the Florida High School AthleticActivities |
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Association fails to meet the provisions of this section, the |
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commissioner shall designate a nonprofit organization to govern |
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athletics with the approval of the State Board of Education. The |
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organization is not to be a state agency as defined in s. |
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120.52. The organization shall be subject to the provisions of |
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s. 1006.19. A private school that wishes to engage in high |
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school athletic competition with a public high school may become |
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a member of the organization. The bylaws of the organization are |
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to be the rules by which high school athletic programs in its |
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member schools, and the students who participate in them, are |
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governed, unless otherwise specifically provided by statute. For |
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the purposes of this section, "high school" includes grades 6 |
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through 12. |
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(2) ADOPTION OF BYLAWS.-- |
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(c) The organization shall adopt bylaws that require all |
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students participating in interscholastic athletic competition |
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or who are candidates for an interscholastic athletic team to |
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satisfactorily pass a medical evaluation each year prior to |
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participating in interscholastic athletic competition or |
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engaging in any practice, tryout, workout, or other physical |
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activity associated with the student's candidacy for an |
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interscholastic athletic team. Such medical evaluation can only |
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be administered by a practitioner licensed under the provisions |
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of chapter 458, chapter 459, chapter 460, or s. 464.012, and in |
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good standing with the practitioner's regulatory board. The |
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bylaws shall establish requirements for eliciting a student's |
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medical history and performing the medical evaluation required |
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under this paragraph, which shall include a physical assessment |
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of the student'sminimum standards for the physical capabilities |
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to participatenecessary for participationin interscholastic |
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athletic competition as contained in a uniform preparticipation |
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physical evaluation form. The evaluation form shall provide a |
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place for the signature of the practitioner performing the |
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evaluation with an attestation that each examination procedure |
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listed on the form was performed by the practitioner or by |
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someone under the direct supervision of the practitioner. The |
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form shall also contain a place for the practitioner to indicate |
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if a referral to another practitioner was made in lieu of |
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completion of a certain examination procedure. The form shall |
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provide a place for the practitioner to whom the student was |
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referred to complete the remaining sections and attest to that |
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portion of the examination. The preparticipation physical |
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evaluation form shall advise students to complete a |
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cardiovascular assessment and shall include information |
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concerning alternative cardiovascular evaluation and diagnostic |
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tests. Practitioners administering medical evaluations pursuant |
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to this subsection must, at a minimum, solicit all information |
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required by, and perform a physical assessment according to, the |
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uniform preparticipation physical evaluation form referred to in |
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this paragraph. Based on the information provided and the |
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physical assessment, the practitioner shall determine if the |
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student is physically capable of participating in |
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interscholastic athletic competitionknow the minimum standards |
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established by the organization and certify that the student |
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meets the standards. If the practitioner determines that there |
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are any abnormal findings in the cardiovascular system, the |
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student may not participate until a further cardiovascular |
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assessment, which may include an EKG, is performed that |
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indicates the student is physically capable of participating in |
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interscholastic athletic competitionunless a subsequent EKG or |
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other cardiovascular assessment indicates that the abnormality |
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will not place the student at risk during such participation. |
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Results of such medical evaluation must be provided to the |
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school. No student shall be eligible to participate in any |
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interscholastic athletic competition or engage in any practice, |
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tryout, workout, or other physical activity associated with the |
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student's candidacy for an interscholastic athletic team until |
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the results of the medical evaluation clearingverifying that |
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the student for participationhas satisfactorily passed the |
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evaluationhave been received and approved by the school. |
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(4) BOARD OF DIRECTORS.-- |
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(a) The executive authority of the organization shall be |
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vested in its board of directors. Any entity that appoints |
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members to the board of directors shall examine the ethnic and |
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demographic composition of the board when selecting candidates |
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for appointment and shall, to the extent possible, make |
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appointments that reflect state demographic and population |
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trends. The board of directors shall be composed of 1615 |
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persons, as follows: |
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1. Four public member school representatives, one elected |
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from among its public school representative members within each |
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of the four administrative regions. |
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2. Four nonpublic member school representatives, one |
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elected from among its nonpublic school representative members |
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within each of the four administrative regions. |
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3. ThreeTworepresentatives appointed by the |
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commissioner, one appointed from the two northernmost |
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administrative regions and one appointed from the two |
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southernmost administrative regions. The third representative |
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shall be appointed to balance the board for diversity or state |
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population trends, or both. |
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4. Two district school superintendents, one elected from |
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the two northernmost administrative regions by the members in |
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those regions and one elected from the two southernmost |
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administrative regions by the members in those regions. |
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5. Two district school board members, one elected from the |
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two northernmost administrative regions by the members in those |
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regions and one elected from the two southernmost administrative |
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regions by the members in those regions. |
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6. The commissioner or his or her designee from the |
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department executive staff. |
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(10) EXAMINATION; CRITERIA;REPORT.--The board of |
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directors of the Florida High School AthleticActivities |
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Association shall undertake an examination of alternative |
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methods for implementation of a policy requiring district, |
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regional, and state championships in high school sports for |
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public schools to be separate from district, regional, and state |
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championships in high school sports for private schools. The |
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board of directors shall submit a report of its findings, |
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including any recommendations, to the commissioner, the |
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President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of |
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Representatives no later than March 1, 2004.the following:
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(a) Alternative criteria for establishing administrative |
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regions to include, but not be limited to, population.
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(b) Procedures to ensure appropriate diversity in the |
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membership of the board of directors.
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(c) Opportunities to secure corporate financial support |
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for high school athletic programs.
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The board of directors shall submit to the commissioner, the |
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President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of |
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Representatives not later than March 1, 2003, a report on the |
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actions taken in the examination of each of the three topics |
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listed in this subsection, the findings, and the actions to be |
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taken to implement the findings and the target date for |
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implementation. |
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Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |