BILL NUMBER: AB 1451	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  173
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 17, 2012
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  AUGUST 17, 2012
	PASSED THE SENATE  JUNE 28, 2012
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 6, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 15, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 19, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hayashi

                        JANUARY 5, 2012

   An act to amend Section 35179.1 of the Education Code, relating to
high school athletics.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1451, Hayashi. High school athletics: California High School
Coaching Education and Training Program.
   Existing law states the intent of the Legislature to establish a
California High School Coaching Education and Training Program,
administered by school districts, that emphasizes specified
components, including, among other things, training, which is
described as certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation and first
aid.
   This bill would include a basic understanding of the signs and
symptoms of concussions and the appropriate response to concussions
within the description of training. The bill would authorize
concussion training to be fulfilled through entities offering free,
online, or other types of training courses.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 35179.1 of the Education Code is amended to
read:
   35179.1.  (a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the
1998 California High School Coaching Education and Training Program.
   (b) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
   (1) The exploding demand in girls athletics, and an increase in
the number of pupils participating in both boys and girls athletics,
are causing an increase in the number of coaches needed statewide.
   (2) Well-trained coaches are vital to the success of the
experience of a pupil in sports and interscholastic athletic
activities.
   (3) Improvement in coaching is a primary need identified by
hundreds of principals, superintendents, and school board members who
participated in the development of a strategic plan for the
California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) in 1993 and 1994.
   (4) There are many concerns about safety, training, organization,
philosophy, communications, and general management in coaching that
need to be addressed.
   (5) It is a conservative estimate that at least 25,000 coaches
annually need training and an orientation just to meet current
coaching regulations contained in Title 5 of the California Code of
Regulations, including basic safety and CPR requirements.
   (6) School districts, in conjunction with the California
Interscholastic Federation, have taken the initial first steps toward
building a statewide coaching education program by assembling a
faculty of statewide trainers composed of school district
administrators, coaches, and athletic directors using a national
program being used in several states.
   (c) It is, therefore, the intent of the Legislature to establish a
California High School Coaching Education and Training Program. It
is the intent of the Legislature that the program be administered by
school districts and emphasize the following components:
   (1) Development of coaching philosophies consistent with school,
school district, and governing board of a school district goals.
   (2) Sport psychology: emphasizing communication, reinforcement of
the efforts of pupils, effective delivery of coaching regarding
technique and motivation of the pupil athlete.
   (3) Sport pedagogy: how pupil athletes learn, and how to teach
sport skills.
   (4) Sport physiology: principles of training, fitness for sport,
development of a training program, nutrition for athletes, and the
harmful effects associated with the use of steroids and
performance-enhancing dietary supplements by adolescents.
   (5) Sport management: team management, risk management, and
working within the context of an entire school program.
   (6) Training: certification in CPR and first aid, including, but
not limited to, a basic understanding of the signs and symptoms of
concussions and the appropriate response to concussions. Concussion
training may be fulfilled through entities offering free, online, or
other types of training courses.
   (7) Knowledge of, and adherence to, statewide rules and
regulations, as well as school regulations including, but not
necessarily limited to, eligibility, gender equity and
discrimination.
   (8) Sound planning and goal setting.
   (d) This section does not endorse a particular coaching education
or training program.