Florida Senate - 2012 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
Bill No. SB 1704
Barcode 521274
LEGISLATIVE ACTION
Senate . House
Comm: RCS .
01/31/2012 .
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The Committee on Education Pre-K - 12 (Wise) recommended the
following:
1 Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
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3 Delete everything after the enacting clause
4 and insert:
5 Section 1. Subsection (8) of section 1006.15, Florida
6 Statutes, is amended to read:
7 1006.15 Student standards for participation in
8 interscholastic and intrascholastic extracurricular student
9 activities; regulation.—
10 (8)(a) The Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA)
11 and the Sunshine Independent Athletic Association (SIAA), in
12 cooperation with each district school board, shall facilitate a
13 program in which a middle school or high school student who
14 attends a private school shall be eligible to participate in an
15 interscholastic or intrascholastic sport at a public high
16 school, a public middle school, or a 6-12 public school that is
17 zoned for the physical address at which the student resides if:
18 1. The private school in which the student is enrolled is
19 not a member of the FHSAA or the SIAA and does not offer an
20 interscholastic or intrascholastic athletic program or does not
21 offer a specific sport that is offered at the public school.
22 2. The private school student meets the guidelines for the
23 conduct of the program established by the FHSAA’s board of
24 directors or the SIAA’s board of directors and the district
25 school board. At a minimum, such guidelines shall provide:
26 a. A deadline for each sport by which the private school
27 student’s parents must register with the public school in
28 writing their intent for their child to participate at that
29 school in the sport.
30 b. Requirements for a private school student to
31 participate, including, but not limited to, meeting the same
32 standards of eligibility, acceptance, behavior, educational
33 progress, and performance which apply to other students
34 participating in interscholastic or intrascholastic sports at a
35 public school or FHSAA or SIAA member private school.
36 (b) The parents of a private school student participating
37 in a public school sport under this subsection are responsible
38 for transporting their child to and from the public school at
39 which the student participates. The private school the student
40 attends, the public school at which the student participates in
41 a sport, the district school board, and the FHSAA, and the SIAA
42 are exempt from civil liability arising from any injury that
43 occurs to the student during such transportation.
44 (c) For each academic year, a private school student may
45 only participate at the public school in which the student is
46 first registered under sub-subparagraph (a)2.a. or makes himself
47 or herself a candidate for an athletic team by engaging in a
48 practice or to which the student has obtained an approved
49 transfer request from the district school board at any time
50 during the school year.
51 (d) The athletic director of each participating FHSAA or
52 SIAA member public school shall maintain the student records
53 necessary for eligibility, compliance, and participation in the
54 program.
55 (e) Any non-FHSAA or non-SIAA member private school that
56 has a student who is participating wishes to participate in this
57 program must make all student records, including, but not
58 limited to, academic, financial, disciplinary, and attendance
59 records, available upon request of the FHSAA or the SIAA.
60 (f) A student must apply to participate in this program
61 through the FHSAA or SIAA program application process.
62 (g) Only students who are enrolled in non-FHSAA or non-SIAA
63 member private schools consisting of 125 students or fewer are
64 eligible to participate in the program in any given academic
65 year.
66 Section 2. Subsection (1) of section 1006.165, Florida
67 Statutes, is amended to read:
68 1006.165 Automated external defibrillator; user training.—
69 (1) Each public school that is a member of the Florida High
70 School Athletic Association or the Sunshine Independent Athletic
71 Association must have an operational automated external
72 defibrillator on the school grounds. Public and private
73 partnerships are encouraged to cover the cost associated with
74 the purchase and placement of the defibrillator and training in
75 the use of the defibrillator.
76 Section 3. Section 1006.18, Florida Statutes, is amended to
77 read:
78 1006.18 Cheerleader safety standards.—The Florida High
79 School Athletic Association and the Sunshine Independent
80 Athletic Association or successor organization shall adopt
81 statewide uniform safety standards for student cheerleaders and
82 spirit groups that participate in any school activity or
83 extracurricular student activity. The Florida High School
84 Athletic Association and the Sunshine Independent Athletic
85 Association or successor organization shall adopt the “Official
86 High School Spirit Rules,” published by the National Federation
87 of State High School Associations, as the statewide uniform
88 safety standards.
89 Section 4. Section 1006.20, Florida Statutes, is amended to
90 read:
91 1006.20 Athletics in public K-12 schools.—
92 (1) GOVERNING NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION.—The Florida High
93 School Athletic Association and the Sunshine Independent
94 Athletic Association are each is designated as a the governing
95 nonprofit organization of athletics in Florida public schools.
96 The Sunshine Independent Athletic Association is designated as a
97 governing nonprofit organization of athletics in private schools
98 and charter schools. If the Florida High School Athletic
99 Association or the Sunshine Independent Athletic Association
100 fails to meet the provisions of this section, the commissioner
101 shall designate a nonprofit organization to replace that
102 organization and govern athletics with the approval of the State
103 Board of Education. The organizations are organization is not to
104 be a state agencies agency as defined in s. 120.52. Each The
105 organization shall be subject to the provisions of s. 1006.19. A
106 private school that wishes to engage in high school athletic
107 competition with a public high school may become a member of the
108 organization. The bylaws of each the organization must are to be
109 the rules by which high school athletic programs in its member
110 schools, and the students who participate in them, are governed,
111 unless otherwise specifically provided by statute. For the
112 purposes of this section, “high school” includes grades 6
113 through 12.
114 (2) ADOPTION OF BYLAWS.—
115 (a) Each The organization shall adopt bylaws that, unless
116 specifically provided by statute, establish eligibility
117 requirements for all students who participate in high school
118 athletic competition in its member schools. The bylaws governing
119 residence and transfer shall allow the student to be eligible in
120 the school in which he or she first enrolls each school year,
121 the school in which the student or makes himself or herself a
122 candidate for an athletic team by engaging in a practice before
123 prior to enrolling in the any member school, or the school to
124 which the student has obtained an approved transfer request from
125 the district school board at any time during the school year.
126 The bylaws shall also allow a student who transfers from a
127 public school to a private school during the school year to
128 participate in any sport offered by the private school. If it is
129 determined that a private school has recruited a student, the
130 private school may participate in a higher competitive division
131 for the sport in which the student competes if the private
132 school pays the appropriate fine. A student’s eligibility to
133 participate in competition in a school under this paragraph
134 continues as The student shall be eligible in that school so
135 long as he or she remains enrolled in that school. Subsequent
136 eligibility shall be determined and enforced through the
137 organization’s bylaws.
138 (b) Each The organization shall adopt bylaws that
139 specifically prohibit the recruiting of students for athletic
140 purposes. The bylaws shall prescribe penalties and an appeals
141 process for athletic recruiting violations.
142 (c) Each The organization shall adopt bylaws that require
143 all students participating in interscholastic athletic
144 competition or who are candidates for an interscholastic
145 athletic team to satisfactorily pass a medical evaluation each
146 year before prior to participating in interscholastic athletic
147 competition or engaging in any practice, tryout, workout, or
148 other physical activity associated with the student’s candidacy
149 for an interscholastic athletic team. Such medical evaluation
150 may can only be administered only by a practitioner licensed
151 under the provisions of chapter 458, chapter 459, chapter 460,
152 or s. 464.012, and in good standing with the practitioner’s
153 regulatory board. The bylaws shall establish requirements for
154 eliciting a student’s medical history and performing the medical
155 evaluation required under this paragraph, which shall include a
156 physical assessment of the student’s physical capabilities to
157 participate in interscholastic athletic competition as contained
158 in a uniform preparticipation physical evaluation and history
159 form. The evaluation form shall incorporate the recommendations
160 of the American Heart Association for participation
161 cardiovascular screening and shall provide a place for the
162 signature of the practitioner performing the evaluation with an
163 attestation that each examination procedure listed on the form
164 was performed by the practitioner or by someone under the direct
165 supervision of the practitioner. The form shall also contain a
166 place for the practitioner to indicate if a referral to another
167 practitioner was made in lieu of completion of a certain
168 examination procedure. The form shall provide a place for the
169 practitioner to whom the student was referred to complete the
170 remaining sections and attest to that portion of the
171 examination. The preparticipation physical evaluation form shall
172 advise students to complete a cardiovascular assessment and
173 shall include information concerning alternative cardiovascular
174 evaluation and diagnostic tests. Results of such medical
175 evaluation must be provided to the school. No student shall be
176 eligible to participate in any interscholastic athletic
177 competition or engage in any practice, tryout, workout, or other
178 physical activity associated with the student’s candidacy for an
179 interscholastic athletic team until the results of the medical
180 evaluation have been received and approved by the school.
181 (d) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (c), a
182 student may participate in interscholastic athletic competition
183 or be a candidate for an interscholastic athletic team if the
184 parent of the student objects in writing to the student
185 undergoing a medical evaluation because such evaluation is
186 contrary to his or her religious tenets or practices. However,
187 in such case, there shall be no liability on the part of any
188 person or entity in a position to otherwise rely on the results
189 of such medical evaluation for any damages resulting from the
190 student’s injury or death arising directly from the student’s
191 participation in interscholastic athletics where an undisclosed
192 medical condition that would have been revealed in the medical
193 evaluation is a proximate cause of the injury or death.
194 (e) Each organization shall adopt bylaws that regulate
195 persons who conduct investigations. Such bylaws shall include
196 provisions that require investigators to:
197 1. Undergo a background check before being hired and be
198 issued and carry a photo identification card that shows the
199 association name and logo and the person’s job title.
200 2. Adhere to the following guidelines:
201 a. Interviews may be conducted only on Monday through
202 Friday between the hours of 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. and Saturday and
203 Sunday between the hours of 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.
204 b. Searches of residences or other private areas may be
205 conducted only with the written approval of the person being
206 investigated.
207 c. The parent of a person being interviewed may be present
208 at the interview.
209 d. A person of interest being interviewed may have legal
210 counsel present at an interview. However, the attorney may not
211 participate in the interview or object to a question, other than
212 to advise the person not to answer a question.
213 (f) Each organization shall adopt bylaws that allow a coach
214 employed in a school that is a member of the organization to
215 also coach or otherwise volunteer for a community, church, or
216 other outside youth sports organization if such outside activity
217 does not conflict with his or her obligations with the employer.
218 Sanctions may not be placed on a coach or a student
219 participating in an activity authorized under this paragraph and
220 a student is eligible to participate in a school sport under the
221 direction of the coach.
222 (3) GOVERNING STRUCTURE OF EACH THE ORGANIZATION.—
223 (a) Each The organization shall operate as a representative
224 democracy in which the sovereign authority is within its member
225 schools. Except as provided in this section, each the
226 organization shall govern its affairs through its bylaws.
227 (b) Each member school, on its annual application for
228 membership, shall name its official representative to the
229 organization. This representative must be either the school
230 principal or his or her designee. That designee must either be
231 an assistant principal or athletic director housed within that
232 same school.
233 (c) Each The organization’s membership shall be divided
234 along existing county lines into four contiguous and compact
235 administrative regions, each containing an equal or nearly equal
236 number of member schools to ensure equitable representation on
237 the organization’s board of directors, representative assembly,
238 and committee on appeals.
239 (4) BOARD OF DIRECTORS; FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC
240 ASSOCIATION.—
241 (a) The executive authority of the organization shall be
242 vested in its board of directors. Any entity that appoints
243 members to the board of directors shall examine the ethnic and
244 demographic composition of the board when selecting candidates
245 for appointment and shall, to the greatest extent possible, make
246 appointments that reflect state demographic and population
247 trends. The board of directors shall be composed of 16 persons,
248 as follows:
249 1. Four public member school representatives, one elected
250 from among its public school representative members within each
251 of the four administrative regions.
252 2. Four nonpublic member school representatives, one
253 elected from among its nonpublic school representative members
254 within each of the four administrative regions.
255 3. Three representatives appointed by the commissioner, one
256 appointed from the two northernmost administrative regions and
257 one appointed from the two southernmost administrative regions.
258 The third representative shall be appointed to balance the board
259 for diversity or state population trends, or both.
260 4. Two district school superintendents, one elected from
261 the two northernmost administrative regions by the members in
262 those regions and one elected from the two southernmost
263 administrative regions by the members in those regions.
264 5. Two district school board members, one elected from the
265 two northernmost administrative regions by the members in those
266 regions and one elected from the two southernmost administrative
267 regions by the members in those regions.
268 6. The commissioner or his or her designee from the
269 department executive staff.
270 (b) A quorum of the board of directors shall consist of
271 nine members.
272 (c) The board of directors shall elect a president and a
273 vice president from among its members. These officers shall also
274 serve as officers of the organization.
275 (d) Members of the board of directors shall serve terms of
276 3 years and are eligible to succeed themselves only once. A
277 member of the board of directors, other than the commissioner or
278 his or her designee, may serve a maximum of 6 consecutive years.
279 The organization’s bylaws shall establish a rotation of terms to
280 ensure that a majority of the members’ terms do not expire
281 concurrently.
282 (e) The authority and duties of the board of directors,
283 acting as a body and in accordance with the organization’s
284 bylaws, are as follows:
285 1. To act as the incorporated organization’s board of
286 directors and to fulfill its obligations as required by the
287 organization’s charter and articles of incorporation.
288 2. To establish such guidelines, regulations, policies, and
289 procedures as are authorized by the bylaws.
290 3. To provide an organization commissioner, who shall have
291 the authority to waive the bylaws of the organization in order
292 to comply with statutory changes.
293 4. To levy annual dues and other fees and to set the
294 percentage of contest receipts to be collected by the
295 organization.
296 5. To approve the budget of the organization.
297 6. To organize and conduct statewide interscholastic
298 competitions, which may or may not lead to state championships,
299 and to establish the terms and conditions for these
300 competitions. The Florida High School Athletic Association may
301 not deny or discourage interscholastic competition between its
302 members and members of the Sunshine Independent Athletic
303 Association, and may not take any retributory or discriminatory
304 action against any of its members who engage in interscholastic
305 competition with members of the Sunshine Independent Athletic
306 Association. The associations shall conduct annual state
307 interscholastic championship competitions for each sport and
308 competition level offered at their member schools.
309 7. To act as an administrative board in the interpretation
310 of, and final decision on, all questions and appeals arising
311 from the directing of interscholastic athletics of member
312 schools.
313 (5) REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY; FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC
314 ASSOCIATION.—
315 (a) The legislative authority of the organization is vested
316 in its representative assembly.
317 (b) The representative assembly shall be composed of the
318 following:
319 1. An equal number of member school representatives from
320 each of the four administrative regions.
321 2. Four district school superintendents, one elected from
322 each of the four administrative regions by the district school
323 superintendents in their respective administrative regions.
324 3. Four district school board members, one elected from
325 each of the four administrative regions by the district school
326 board members in their respective administrative regions.
327 4. The commissioner or his or her designee from the
328 department executive staff.
329 (c) The organization’s bylaws shall establish the number of
330 member school representatives to serve in the representative
331 assembly from each of the four administrative regions and shall
332 establish the method for their selection.
333 (d) A No member of the board of directors, other than the
334 commissioner or his or her designee, may not can serve in the
335 representative assembly.
336 (e) The representative assembly shall elect a chairperson
337 and a vice chairperson from among its members.
338 (f) Elected members of the representative assembly shall
339 serve terms of 2 years and are eligible to succeed themselves
340 for two additional terms. An elected member, other than the
341 commissioner or his or her designee, may serve a maximum of 6
342 consecutive years in the representative assembly.
343 (g) A quorum of the representative assembly consists of one
344 more than half of its members.
345 (h) The authority of the representative assembly is limited
346 to its sole duty, which is to consider, adopt, or reject any
347 proposed amendments to the organization’s bylaws.
348 (i) The representative assembly shall meet as a body
349 annually. A two-thirds majority of the votes cast by members
350 present is required for passage of any proposal.
351 (6) PUBLIC LIAISON ADVISORY COMMITTEE; FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL
352 ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION.—
353 (a) The organization shall establish, sustain, fund, and
354 provide staff support to a public liaison advisory committee
355 composed of the following:
356 1. The commissioner or his or her designee.
357 2. A member public school principal.
358 3. A member private school principal.
359 4. A member school principal who is a member of a racial
360 minority.
361 5. An active athletic director.
362 6. An active coach, who is employed full time by a member
363 school.
364 7. A student athlete.
365 8. A district school superintendent.
366 9. A district school board member.
367 10. A member of the Florida House of Representatives.
368 11. A member of the Florida Senate.
369 12. A parent of a high school student.
370 13. A member of a home education association.
371 14. A representative of the business community.
372 15. A representative of the news media.
373 (b) A No member of the board of directors, committee on
374 appeals, or representative assembly is not eligible to serve on
375 the public liaison advisory committee.
376 (c) The public liaison advisory committee shall elect a
377 chairperson and vice chairperson from among its members.
378 (d) The authority and duties of the public liaison advisory
379 committee are as follows:
380 1. To act as a conduit through which the general public may
381 have input into the decisionmaking process of the organization
382 and to assist the organization in the development of procedures
383 regarding the receipt of public input and disposition of
384 complaints related to high school athletic and competition
385 programs.
386 2. To conduct public hearings annually in each of the four
387 administrative regions during which interested parties may
388 address issues regarding the effectiveness of the rules,
389 operation, and management of the organization.
390 3. To conduct an annual evaluation of the organization as a
391 whole and present a report of its findings, conclusion, and
392 recommendations to the board of directors, to the commissioner,
393 and to the respective education committees of the Florida Senate
394 and the Florida House of Representatives. The recommendations
395 must delineate policies and procedures that will improve the
396 implementation and oversight of high school athletic programs by
397 the organization.
398 (e) The public liaison advisory committee shall meet four
399 times annually. Additional meetings may be called by the
400 committee chairperson, the organization president, or the
401 organization commissioner.
402 (7) APPEALS.—
403 (a) Each The organization shall establish a procedure of
404 due process which ensures each student the opportunity to appeal
405 an unfavorable ruling with regard to his or her eligibility to
406 compete. The initial appeal shall be made to a committee on
407 appeals within the administrative region in which the student
408 lives. Each The organization’s bylaws shall establish the
409 number, size, and composition of the committee on appeals.
410 (b) A No member of the board of directors is not eligible
411 to serve on the committee on appeals.
412 (c) Members of the committee on appeals shall serve terms
413 of 3 years and are eligible to succeed themselves only once. A
414 member of the committee on appeals may serve a maximum of 6
415 consecutive years. Each The organization’s bylaws shall
416 establish a rotation of terms to ensure that a majority of the
417 members’ terms do not expire concurrently.
418 (d) The authority and duties of the committee on appeals
419 shall be to consider requests by member schools seeking
420 exceptions to bylaws and regulations, to hear undue hardship
421 eligibility cases filed by member schools on behalf of student
422 athletes, and to hear appeals filed by member schools.
423 (e) A student athlete or member school that receives an
424 unfavorable ruling from a committee on appeals shall be entitled
425 to appeal that decision to the district school board of
426 directors at its next regularly scheduled meeting or called
427 meeting. The district school board has of directors shall have
428 the authority to uphold, reverse, or amend the decision of the
429 committee on appeals. In all such cases, the decision of the
430 district school board is of directors shall be final.
431 (f) Each organization shall expedite the appeals process so
432 that disposition of the appeal can be made before the end of the
433 applicable sports season, if possible.
434 (g) Notwithstanding paragraph (a), the committee on appeals
435 of the Sunshine Independent Athletic Association shall be
436 composed of 10 persons as follows:
437 1. Three members appointed by the Governor.
438 2. Three members appointed by the President of the Senate.
439 3. Three members appointed by the Speaker of the House of
440 Representatives.
441 4. The commissioner or his or her designee, who shall serve
442 as a nonvoting member.
443 (8) AMENDMENT OF BYLAWS.—Each member school representative,
444 the board of directors acting as a whole or as members acting
445 individually, any advisory committee acting as a whole to be
446 established by the organization, and the organization’s
447 commissioner are empowered to propose amendments to the bylaws.
448 Any other individual may propose an amendment by securing the
449 sponsorship of any of the aforementioned individuals or bodies.
450 All proposed amendments must be submitted directly to the
451 representative assembly for its consideration. The
452 representative assembly, while empowered to adopt, reject, or
453 revise proposed amendments, may not, in and of itself, as a body
454 be allowed to propose any amendment for its own consideration.
455 (9) RULES ADOPTION.—The bylaws of each the organization
456 shall require member schools to adopt rules for sports, which
457 have been established by a nationally recognized sanctioning
458 body, unless waived by at least a two-thirds vote of the board
459 of directors.
460 (10) BOARD OF DIRECTORS; SUNSHINE INDEPENDENT ATHLETIC
461 ASSOCIATION.—
462 (a) The executive authority of the organization shall be
463 vested in its board of directors. Any entity that appoints
464 members to the board of directors shall examine the ethnic and
465 demographic composition of the board when selecting candidates
466 for appointment and shall, to the extent possible, make
467 appointments that reflect state demographic and population
468 trends. The board of directors shall be composed of 16 persons,
469 as follows:
470 1. Four charter school representatives, one elected from
471 among its public school representative members within each of
472 the four administrative regions for public schools.
473 2. Four private member school representatives, one elected
474 from among its private school representative members within each
475 of the four administrative regions for public schools.
476 3. Three representatives appointed by the commissioner, one
477 appointed from the two northernmost administrative regions, one
478 appointed from the two southernmost administrative regions, and
479 one appointed from the public schools that can balance the board
480 for diversity or state population trends, or both.
481 4. Two school headmasters, one elected from the two
482 northernmost administrative regions by the private school
483 members in those regions and one elected from the two
484 southernmost administrative regions by the private school
485 members in those regions.
486 5. Two private school governing board members, one elected
487 from the two northernmost administrative regions by the private
488 school members in those regions and one elected from the two
489 southernmost administrative regions by the private school
490 members in those regions.
491 6. The commissioner, or his or her designee from the
492 department executive staff.
493 7. The initial appointments to the board must be made by
494 October 1, 2012.
495 (b) A quorum of the board of directors shall consist of
496 nine members.
497 (c) The board of directors shall elect a president and a
498 vice president from among its members. These officers shall also
499 serve as officers of the organization.
500 (d) Members of the board of directors shall serve terms of
501 3 years and are eligible to succeed themselves only once. The
502 organization’s bylaws shall establish a rotation of terms to
503 ensure that a majority of the members’ terms do not expire
504 concurrently.
505 (e) The authority and duties of the board of directors,
506 acting as a body and in accordance with the organization’s
507 bylaws, are as follows:
508 1. To act as the incorporated organization’s board of
509 directors and to fulfill its obligations as required by the
510 organization’s charter and articles of incorporation.
511 2. To establish such guidelines, regulations, policies, and
512 procedures as are authorized by the bylaws.
513 3. To provide an organization commissioner, who may waive
514 the bylaws of the organization in order to comply with statutory
515 changes.
516 4. To levy annual dues and other fees and to set the
517 percentage of contest receipts to be collected by the
518 organization.
519 5. To approve the budget of the organization.
520 6. To organize and conduct statewide interscholastic
521 competitions.
522 7. To act as an administrative board in the interpretation
523 of all questions and appeals arising from the directing of
524 interscholastic athletics of member schools.
525 (11) MEMBERSHIP.—Notwithstanding any law to the contrary,
526 any high school in this state, including a virtual school or a
527 home-education cooperative, may become a member of the Florida
528 High School Athletic Association or the Sunshine Independent
529 Athletic Association and participate in the activities of that
530 organization. However, a public high school may not join the
531 Sunshine Independent Athletic Association, and a public charter
532 school may not join the Florida High School Athletic
533 Association.
534 (a) Membership in an association is not mandatory for any
535 high school.
536 (b) A high school may be a member of only one organization
537 at a time. A high school may apply for membership to the other
538 organization, but may not join, and dues are not owed until the
539 current membership expires.
540 (12) FINES.—Any fines collected by either organization
541 shall be deposited as follows:
542 (a) Forty percent into the Educational Enhancement Trust
543 Fund.
544 (b) Thirty percent into the school district’s education
545 foundation for the educational benefit of all students in the
546 school district.
547 (c) Thirty percent to the association that levies the fine.
548 Section 5. Paragraph (a) of subsection (7) of section
549 1012.467, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
550 1012.467 Noninstructional contractors who are permitted
551 access to school grounds when students are present; background
552 screening requirements.—
553 (7)(a) The Department of Law Enforcement shall implement a
554 system that allows for the results of a criminal history check
555 provided to a school district to be shared with other school
556 districts through a secure Internet website or other secure
557 electronic means. The Department of Law Enforcement may adopt
558 rules under ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement this
559 paragraph. School districts must accept reciprocity of level 2
560 screenings for Florida High School Athletic Association or
561 Sunshine Independent Athletic Association officials.
562 Section 6. Paragraph (b) of subsection (2) of section
563 1012.55, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
564 1012.55 Positions for which certificates required.—
565 (2)
566 (b) Completion of a sports safety course shall count for 6
567 hours of required school district inservice instruction for
568 athletic coaching certification if the course is approved by the
569 Florida High School Athletic Association Board of Directors or
570 the Sunshine Independent Athletic Association Board of Directors
571 and meets the following requirements:
572 1. The course consists of at least eight modules.
573 2. The course immediately provides an individual with a
574 “merit” certificate at the time of successful completion.
575 3. The course is delivered through hands-on and online
576 teaching methods.
577 4. The course is a hands-on course taught by either a
578 state-licensed athletic trainer who holds a current certificate
579 from the Board of Certification or a member of the American
580 Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.
581 5. Hands-on course material is less than 120 pages.
582 6. The course covers sports safety specifically, excluding
583 coaching principles and procedures for cardiopulmonary
584 resuscitation.
585 7. The course is authored or approved by at least 10 health
586 care professionals, including doctors of medicine, doctors of
587 osteopathy, registered nurses, physical therapists, and
588 certified athletic trainers.
589 8. The course is revised and reviewed for updates at least
590 once every 30 months.
591 9. The course is available to the general public for a
592 retail price under $50.
593 10. Each course examination is automated and taken online
594 with a score of 80 percent or better for successful completion.
595 Section 7. This act shall take effect July 1, 2012.
596
597 ================= T I T L E A M E N D M E N T ================
598 And the title is amended as follows:
599 Delete everything before the enacting clause
600 and insert:
601 A bill to be entitled
602 An act relating to high school athletics; amending s.
603 1006.15, F.S.; expanding the eligibility of certain
604 students in private schools to participate in sports
605 programs in public schools; amending ss. 1006.165 and
606 1006.18, F.S.; requiring private schools that are
607 members of the Sunshine Independent Athletic
608 Association to comply with certain requirements for
609 having an operational automated external defibrillator
610 on school grounds and to comply with cheerleader
611 safety standards; amending s. 1006.20, F.S.;
612 designating the Sunshine Independent Athletic
613 Association as the governing nonprofit organization of
614 athletics in private schools and charter schools in
615 this state; revising provisions relating to the bylaws
616 of the Florida High School Athletic Association and
617 providing for organization, authority, and duties of
618 the Sunshine Independent Athletic Association;
619 requiring the bylaws of both associations to allow
620 certain students who transfer to a private school to
621 participate in sports offered by the school; requiring
622 such bylaws to regulate investigators used by the
623 associations and providing restrictions on
624 investigations that are conducted; requiring such
625 bylaws to allow coaches to coach in outside youth
626 sports organizations; prohibiting the Florida High
627 School Athletic Association from denying or
628 discouraging interscholastic competition between
629 public and private schools; providing for annual
630 interscholastic competition championships between
631 public and private high schools for each sport and
632 competition level offered in public and private high
633 schools in this state; providing procedures for
634 appeals to the Sunshine Independent Athletic
635 Association; requiring that appeals to a committee on
636 appeals for the Florida High School Athletic
637 Association or the Sunshine Independent Athletic
638 Association be held in the county where the
639 appellant’s school is located; requiring that an
640 appeals process be expedited, if possible; providing
641 for the composition of a committee on appeals for the
642 Sunshine Independent Athletic Association; creating a
643 board of directors of the Sunshine Independent
644 Athletic Association and providing authority and
645 duties of the board; providing for the composition of
646 the board membership; authorizing any high school in
647 this state, including a virtual school or a home
648 education cooperative, to become a member of the
649 Florida High School Athletic Association or the
650 Sunshine Independent Athletic Association; prohibiting
651 a public high school from joining the Sunshine
652 Independent Athletic Association; prohibiting a public
653 charter school from joining the Florida High School
654 Athletic Association; providing for the use of fines
655 collected by either association; amending s. 1012.467,
656 F.S.; requiring school districts to accept reciprocity
657 of the level 2 screening for Sunshine Independent
658 Athletic Association officials; amending s. 1012.55,
659 F.S.; adding approved sports safety courses by the
660 Sunshine Independent Athletic Association to the list
661 of required school district inservice instruction for
662 athletic coaching certification; providing an
663 effective date.