BILL NUMBER: AB 735	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ridley-Thomas

                        FEBRUARY 25, 2015

   An act to amend Section 67454 of the Education Code, relating to
postsecondary education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 735, as introduced, Ridley-Thomas. Postsecondary education:
Student Athlete Bill of Rights.
   Existing law provides for a system of postsecondary education in
this state. This system includes the University of California,
administered by the Regents of the University of California, the
California State University, administered by the Trustees of the
California State University, the California Community Colleges,
administered by the Board of Governors of the California Community
Colleges, and independent institutions of higher education. Existing
law establishes a Student Athlete Bill of Rights, which, among other
things, provides for the protection of athletic scholarships for
student athletes and requires certain institutions of higher
education to pay the premiums for specified student athletes for
insurance claims resulting from their participation in those
institutions' athletic programs. Existing law repeals the provisions
granting these rights to student athletes on January 1, 2021.
   This bill would instead grant these rights to student athletes who
initially enrolled in institutions of higher education before
January 1, 2021.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 67454 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   67454.  This part shall  become inoperative on 
 only apply to student athletes who initially enrolled in
institutions of higher education before January 1, 2021.