Amendment
Bill No. 0879
Amendment No. 023123
CHAMBER ACTION
Senate House
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1Representatives Llorente and Arza offered the following:
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3     Amendment to Senate Amendment (172566) (with title
4amendment)
5     On page 2, between lines 18 and 19, insert:
6     Section 5.  Paragraphs (e) and (f) are added to subsection
7(2) of section 1006.20, Florida Statutes, to read:
8     1006.20  Athletics in public K-12 schools.--
9     (2)  ADOPTION OF BYLAWS.--
10(e)  The organization shall adopt bylaws in consultation
11with the Florida School Boards Association and the Florida
12Association of District School Superintendents specifying that,
13in order to qualify for membership in the organization, a school
14must abide by district school board procedure or private school
15procedure that requires:
16     1.  Instruction in physical education or health classes on
17the dangers of steroid use.
18     2.  Instruction by head coaches to the members of their
19teams on the dangers of steroid use.
20     3.  Inclusion of a prohibition against steroid use in the
21student code of conduct.
22     4.  Inclusion of steroid effects in drug suspicion
23criteria.
24     (f)  The organization shall adopt bylaws requiring
25adherence to the Florida Coaches Code of Ethics, including
26penalties for noncompliance. The Florida Coaches Code of Ethics
27shall be developed by October 1, 2005.
28     Section 6.  Not later than October 1, 2005, the Florida
29High School Athletic Association shall make recommendations to
30the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of
31the Senate for a pilot drug testing program to test for
32performance-enhancing drugs. The pilot program must involve
33statewide testing of a random sample of the student athletes in
34a selected sport.
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37     On page 3, line 15,
38remove:  all of said line
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40and insert:
41education and arts instructors; amending s. 1006.20, F.S.;
42requiring the Florida High School Athletic Association to adopt
43bylaws relating to steroid use and the adherence to a coaches
44code of ethics; requiring development of such code; requiring
45the Florida High School Athletic Association to make
46recommendations for a pilot drug testing program to test for
47performance-enhancing drugs;


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