BILL NUMBER: AB 735	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  220
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 29, 2016
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  AUGUST 29, 2016
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 11, 2016
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 27, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JANUARY 4, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ridley-Thomas

                        FEBRUARY 25, 2015

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


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 735, 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 delete the repeal date for these provisions,
thereby extending the operation of these rights for student athletes
indefinitely.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 67454 of the Education Code is repealed.