1 | A bill to be entitled |
2 | An act relating to drug testing of student athletes; |
3 | amending s. 1001.43, F.S.; authorizing district school |
4 | board programs and policies to require random drug testing |
5 | of certain student athletes for the use of performance- |
6 | enhancing drugs; providing criteria for such testing; |
7 | amending s. 1002.42, F.S.; authorizing private schools to |
8 | implement random drug-testing procedures; providing |
9 | criteria for such testing; amending s. 1006.20, F.S.; |
10 | requiring bylaws of the Florida High School Athletic |
11 | Association to specify that a school must abide by random |
12 | drug-testing procedures in order to qualify for membership |
13 | in the organization; providing an effective date. |
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15 | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: |
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17 | Section 1. Paragraph (g) is added to subsection (1) of |
18 | section 1001.43, Florida Statutes, to read: |
19 | 1001.43 Supplemental powers and duties of district school |
20 | board.--The district school board may exercise the following |
21 | supplemental powers and duties as authorized by this code or |
22 | State Board of Education rule. |
23 | (1) STUDENT MANAGEMENT.--The district school board may |
24 | adopt programs and policies to ensure the safety and welfare of |
25 | individuals, the student body, and school personnel, which |
26 | programs and policies may: |
27 | (g) Require random drug testing of student athletes for |
28 | the use of performance-enhancing drugs. To implement such random |
29 | drug testing, a district school board shall establish a drug- |
30 | testing procedure by the 2005-2006 academic year whereby student |
31 | athletes in grades 6 through 12 competing in the sports of |
32 | basketball, baseball, and football shall be subject to annual |
33 | random tests for the use of performance-enhancing drugs. Such |
34 | tests shall be administered to a minimum of 5 percent of the |
35 | student athletes competing in state playoff games in each of the |
36 | sports of basketball, baseball, and football. |
37 | Section 2. Subsection (8) of section 1002.42, Florida |
38 | Statutes, is amended to read: |
39 | 1002.42 Private schools.-- |
40 | (8) ATHLETIC COMPETITION.--A private school may |
41 | participate in athletic competition with a public high school in |
42 | accordance with the provisions of s. 1006.20(1). A private |
43 | school may implement a random drug-testing procedure by the |
44 | 2005-2006 academic year whereby student athletes in grades 6 |
45 | through 12 competing in the sports of basketball, baseball, and |
46 | football shall be subject to annual random tests for the use of |
47 | performance-enhancing drugs. Such tests shall be administered to |
48 | a minimum of 5 percent of the student athletes competing in |
49 | state playoff games in each of the sports of basketball, |
50 | baseball, and football. |
51 | Section 3. Paragraph (e) is added to subsection (2) of |
52 | section 1006.20, Florida Statutes, to read: |
53 | 1006.20 Athletics in public K-12 schools.-- |
54 | (2) ADOPTION OF BYLAWS.-- |
55 | (e) The organization shall adopt bylaws specifying that, |
56 | in order to qualify for membership in the organization, a high |
57 | school must abide by the district school board procedure or |
58 | private school procedure for random drug testing of student |
59 | athletes for the use of performance-enhancing drugs pursuant to |
60 | s. 1001.43(1)(g) or s. 1002.42(8). Specifically, the bylaws |
61 | shall require that annual testing for the use of performance- |
62 | enhancing drugs be administered in random fashion to a minimum |
63 | of 5 percent of the student athletes competing in state playoff |
64 | games in each of the sports of basketball, baseball, and |
65 | football. |
66 | Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2005. |