BILL NUMBER: AB 1646	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hayashi

                        JANUARY 12, 2010

   An act relating to high school athletics.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1646, as introduced, Hayashi. High school athletics: training
for coaches.
   Existing law states the intent of the Legislature to establish a
California High School Coaching Education and Training Program to be
administered by local school districts and to emphasize, among other
things, training and certification in CPR and first aid. Existing law
requires each high school sports coach to complete a coaching
education program developed by his or her school district or the
California Interscholastic Federation that meets specified
guidelines. Existing law makes a high school sports coach responsible
for the costs of taking the prescribed course.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would increase training for high school sports
coaches relating to traumatic brain injuries, heatstroke, asthma
attacks, and cardiac arrest.
   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.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would increase training for high school sports
coaches relating to traumatic brain injuries, heatstroke, asthma
attacks, and cardiac arrest.