Florida Senate - 2025                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for SB 1702
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/16/2025           .                                
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       The Committee on Rules (Burgess) recommended the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Between lines 270 and 271
    4  insert:
    5         Section 7. Present paragraphs (h) and (i) of subsection (3)
    6  of section 1006.15, Florida Statutes, are redesignated as
    7  paragraphs (i) and (j), respectively, and a new paragraph (h) is
    8  added to that subsection, to read:
    9         1006.15 Student standards for participation in
   10  interscholastic and intrascholastic extracurricular student
   11  activities; regulation.—
   12         (3)
   13         (h) A student in a full-time virtual instruction program
   14  under s. 1002.45, including the full-time Florida Virtual School
   15  program, a full-time school district virtual instruction
   16  program, or a full-time virtual charter school, is eligible to
   17  participate on an interscholastic athletic team at any public
   18  school in the school district in which the student resides, or
   19  may develop an agreement to participate at a private school,
   20  provided the student:
   21         1. During the period of participation in the
   22  interscholastic extracurricular activity, meets the requirements
   23  in paragraph (a);
   24         2. Meets any additional requirements as determined by the
   25  board of trustees of the Florida Virtual School, the district
   26  school board, or the governing board of the virtual charter
   27  school, as applicable;
   28         3. Meets the same residency requirements as other students
   29  in the school at which he or she participates;
   30         4. Meets the same standards of athletic team acceptance,
   31  behavior, and performance which are required of other students
   32  in extracurricular activities; and
   33         5. Registers his or her intent to participate in
   34  interscholastic extracurricular activities with the school
   35  before participation.
   36         Section 8. Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section
   37  1006.195, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
   38         1006.195 District school board, charter school authority
   39  and responsibility to establish student eligibility regarding
   40  participation in interscholastic and intrascholastic
   41  extracurricular activities.—Notwithstanding any provision to the
   42  contrary in ss. 1006.15, 1006.18, and 1006.20, regarding student
   43  eligibility to participate in interscholastic and
   44  intrascholastic extracurricular activities:
   45         (1)(a) A district school board must establish, through its
   46  code of student conduct, student eligibility standards and
   47  related student disciplinary actions regarding student
   48  participation in interscholastic and intrascholastic
   49  extracurricular activities. The code of student conduct must
   50  provide that:
   51         1. A student not currently suspended from interscholastic
   52  or intrascholastic extracurricular activities, or suspended or
   53  expelled from school, pursuant to a district school board’s
   54  suspension or expulsion powers provided in law, including ss.
   55  1006.07, 1006.08, and 1006.09, is eligible to participate in
   56  interscholastic and intrascholastic extracurricular activities.
   57         2. A student may not participate in a sport if the student
   58  participated in that same sport at another school during that
   59  school year, unless the student meets the criteria in s.
   60  1006.15(3)(j) s. 1006.15(3)(i).
   61         3. A student’s eligibility to participate in any
   62  interscholastic or intrascholastic extracurricular activity may
   63  not be affected by any alleged recruiting violation until final
   64  disposition of the allegation pursuant to s. 1006.20(2)(b).
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   66  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   67  And the title is amended as follows:
   68         Between lines 24 and 25
   69  insert:
   70         amending s. 1006.15, F.S.; authorizing a student in a
   71         full-time virtual instruction program to participate
   72         on an interscholastic athletic team at a public school
   73         in the school district in which the student resides or
   74         to develop an agreement to participate at a private
   75         school; specifying requirements for such
   76         participation; amending s. 1006.195, F.S.; conforming
   77         a cross-reference;