BILL NUMBER: SB 1411	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Ortiz

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2006

   An act to add Section 35179.05 to the Education Code, relating to
athletic eligibility.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1411, as introduced, Ortiz  Interscholastic athletics: transfer
eligibility.
   Existing law grants a school district governing board general
control of interscholastic athletic policies, programs, and
activities in its district, including eligibility. Existing law
authorizes governing boards to enter into associations with other
boards for the purpose of governing interscholastic athletic programs
by permitting the schools under their jurisdictions to enter into
voluntary associations with other schools related to eligibility for,
and participation in, interscholastic athletic programs. Existing
law permits pupils to transfer from one school to another based on
certain conditions.
   This bill would require all voluntary interscholastic athletic
associations of which secondary schools are members to permit a pupil
to retain immediate eligibility to participate in any sport after
his or her first transfer for any reason from one school to another
school, as specified, unless the pupil transfers for disciplinary
reasons. The bill also would require all voluntary interscholastic
athletic associations of which secondary schools are members to
authorize the school from which the pupil transfers to protest this
automatic eligibility to the association of which it is a member if
the school believes the pupil was recruited to transfer to the other
school in order to participate in a sport in which the pupil
participated at the school from which the pupil transferred.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 35179.05 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
   35179.05.  All voluntary interscholastic athletic associations of
which secondary schools are members shall comply with the following:

   (a) A pupil shall retain his or her eligibility to participate,
including at the varsity level, in any sport after his or her first
transfer in four years for any reason from one school to another
school, unless the pupil transfers for disciplinary reasons.
   (1) No period of time shall be required to pass prior to the pupil
participating in any sport at the school to which the pupil
transfers.
   (2) This subdivision shall apply even if a pupil transfers from a
private school to a public school or a public school to a private
school.
   (3) A voluntary interscholastic athletic association of which
secondary schools are members may choose not to comply with
subdivision (a) regarding any additional transfer beyond the first
transfer of a pupil in four years.
   (b) A school from which a pupil transfers shall have the right to
protest the automatic retention of eligibility described in
subdivision (a) to the voluntary interscholastic athletic association
of which it is a member if the school believes the pupil was
recruited to transfer to the other school in order to participate in
a sport in which the pupil participated at the school from which the
pupil transferred.