Senate Bill sb2262c1

    Florida Senate - 2005                           CS for SB 2262

    By the Committee on Education; and Senator Haridopolos





    581-2169-05

  1                      A bill to be entitled

  2         An act relating to drug testing student

  3         athletes; amending s. 1006.20, F.S.; requiring

  4         the Florida High School Athletic Association to

  5         adopt bylaws relating to steroid use and the

  6         adherence to a coaches code of ethics;

  7         requiring development of such code; requiring

  8         the Florida High School Athletic Association to

  9         make recommendations for a pilot drug testing

10         program to test for performance-enhancing

11         drugs; 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.  Paragraphs (e) and (f) are added to

16  subsection (2) of section 1006.20, Florida Statutes, to read:

17         1006.20  Athletics in public K-12 schools.--

18         (2)  ADOPTION OF BYLAWS.--

19         (e)  The organization shall adopt bylaws in

20  consultation with the Florida School Boards Association and

21  the Florida Association of District School Superintendents

22  specifying that, in order to qualify for membership in the

23  organization, member schools must abide by district school

24  board procedure or private school procedure that requires:

25         1.  Instruction in physical education or health classes

26  on the dangers of steroid use.

27         2.  Instruction by head coaches to the members of their

28  teams on the dangers of steroid use.

29         3.  Inclusion of a prohibition against steroid use in

30  the student code of conduct.

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    Florida Senate - 2005                           CS for SB 2262
    581-2169-05




 1         4.  Inclusion of steroid effects in drug suspicion

 2  criteria.

 3         (f)  The organization shall adopt bylaws requiring

 4  adherence to the Florida Coaches Code of Ethics, including

 5  penalties for noncompliance. The Florida Coaches Code of

 6  Ethics shall be developed by September 1, 2005.

 7         Section 2.  Not later than October 1, 2005, the Florida

 8  High School Athletic Association shall make recommendations to

 9  the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President

10  of the Senate for a pilot drug testing program to test for

11  performance-enhancing drugs. The pilot program must involve

12  statewide testing of a random sample of the student athletes

13  in a selected sport.

14         Section 3.  This act shall take effect September 1,

15  2005.

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17          STATEMENT OF SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES CONTAINED IN
                       COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR
18                         Senate Bill 2262

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20  The committee substitute makes the following changes:

21       -Revises the requirements for the adoption of bylaws by
         the Florida High School Athletic Association.
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         -Requires the Florida High School Athletic Association to
23       make recommendations to the Legislature (by October 1,
         2005) for a pilot statewide random drug testing program
24       for student athletes in a selected sport.

25       -Eliminates the provisions allowing district school
         boards and private schools to require random drug testing
26       of student athletes for performance-enhancing drugs.

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