| 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. |