AB 1660, as introduced, Cooper. Interscholastic athletics: California Interscholastic Federation: report.
Existing law describes the California Interscholastic Federation as a voluntary organization that consists of school and school-related personnel with responsibility for administering interscholastic athletic activities in secondary schools, and sets forth the Legislature’s intent regarding the California Interscholastic Federation’s implementation of certain policies. Existing law required the California Interscholastic Federation, on or before January 1, 2016, to report to the Legislature and the Governor on its evaluation and accountability activities undertaken pursuant to specified provisions. Existing law repeals those provisions on January 1, 2017.
This bill would delete the repeal date, and would require the California Interscholastic Federation, on or before January 1, 2024, and on or before January 1 of every 7 years thereafter, to report to the Legislature and the Governor on its evaluation and accountability activities undertaken pursuant to specified provisions.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 33353 of the Education Code is amended
2to read:
(a) The California Interscholastic Federation is a
4voluntary organization that consists of school and school-related
5personnel with responsibility for administering interscholastic
6athletic activities in secondary schools. It is the intent of the
7Legislature that the California Interscholastic Federation, in
8consultation with the department, implement the following policies:
9(1) Give the governing boards of school districts specific
10authority to select their athletic league representatives.
11(2) Require that all league, section, and state meetings affiliated
12with the California Interscholastic Federation be subject to the
13notice and hearing requirements of the Ralph M. Brown Act
14(Chapter 9 (commencing
with Section 54950) of Part 1 of Division
152 of Title 5 of the Government Code).
16(3) Establish a neutral final appeals body to hear complaints
17related to interscholastic athletic policies.
18(4) Provide information to parents and pupils regarding the state
19and federal complaint procedures for discrimination complaints
20arising out of interscholastic athletic activities.
21(5) Comply with the California Public Records Act (Chapter
223.5 (commencing with Section 6250) of Division 7 of Title 1 of
23the Government Code), and in doing so, as a third-party recipient
24of pupil and school personnel information, be afforded the same
25public records disclosure exemptions as are afforded to school
26districts, in order to protect the confidentiality of pupil and school
27personnel records and information.
28(b) (1) The California Interscholastic Federation shall report
29to the Legislature and the Governor on its evaluation and
30accountability activities undertaken pursuant to this section on or
31before January 1,begin delete 2016.end deletebegin insert 2024, and on or before January 1 of every
32seven years thereafter.end insert This report shall include, but not be limited
33to, the goals and objectives of the California Interscholastic
34Federation with regard to, and the status of, all of the following:
35(A) The governing structure of the California Interscholastic
36Federation, and the effectiveness of that governance structure in
37providing leadership for interscholastic athletics in secondary
38schools.
P3 1(B) Methods to facilitate communication with agencies,
2organizations, and public entities whose functions and interests
3interface with the California Interscholastic Federation.
4(C) The quality of coaching and officiating, including, but not
5limited to, professional development for coaches and athletic
6administrators, and parent education programs.
7(D) Gender equity in interscholastic athletics, including, but not
8limited to, the number of male and female pupils participating in
9interscholastic athletics in secondary schools, and action taken by
10the California Interscholastic Federation in order to ensure
11compliance with Title IX of the federal Education Amendments
12of 1972 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1681 et seq.).
13(E) Health and safety of pupils, coaches, officials,
and
14spectators.
15(F) The economic viability of interscholastic athletics in
16secondary schools, including, but not limited to, the promotion
17and marketing of interscholastic athletics.
18(G) New and continuing programs available to pupil athletes.
19(H) Awareness and understanding of emerging issues related
20to interscholastic athletics in secondary schools.
21(2) It is the intent of the Legislature that the California
22Interscholastic Federation accomplish all of the following:
23(A) During years in which the California Interscholastic
24Federation is not required to report to the Legislature and the
25Governor pursuant to paragraph (1), it shall hold a public comment
26period relating to that report at
three regularly scheduled federation
27council meetings per year.
28(B) Annually allow public comment on the policies and practices
29of the California Interscholastic Federation at a regularly scheduled
30federation council meeting.
31(C) Require sections of the California Interscholastic Federation
32to allow public comment on the policies and practices of the
33California Interscholastic Federation and its sections, and the report
34required pursuant to paragraph (1), at each regularly scheduled
35section meeting.
36(D) Engage in a comprehensive outreach effort to promote the
37public hearings described in subparagraphs (A) and (C).
P4 1(c) This section shall become inoperative on January 1, 2017,
2unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1,
32017, deletes or extends that date.
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