Amended in Assembly May 9, 2016

Amended in Assembly March 29, 2016

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 1660

Introduced by Assembly Member Cooper

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(Coauthors: Senators Anderson and Cannella)

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January 13, 2016

An act to amend Section 33353 of the Education Code, relating to interscholastic athletics.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 1660, as amended, 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, 2023, and on or before January 1 every 7 years thereafter, to report to the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature and the Governor on its evaluation and accountability activities undertaken pursuant to specified provisions. begin insert The bill would require the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature, upon receiving a report, to hold a joint hearing at which the California Interscholastic Federation would be required, and members of the public would be encouraged, to testify on information in the report. end insert

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.  

Section 33353 of the Education Code is amended
to read:

33353.  

(a) The California Interscholastic Federation is a
voluntary organization that consists of school and school-related
personnel with responsibility for administering interscholastic
athletic activities in secondary schools. It is the intent of the
Legislature that the California Interscholastic Federation, in
consultation with the department, implement the following policies:

(1) Give the governing boards of school districts specific
authority to select their athletic league representatives.

(2) Require that all league, section, and state meetings affiliated
with the California Interscholastic Federation be subject to the
notice and hearing requirements of the Ralph M. Brown Act
(Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950) of Part 1 of Division
2 of Title 5 of the Government Code).

(3) Establish a neutral final appeals body to hear complaints
related to interscholastic athletic policies.

(4) Provide information to parents and pupils regarding the state
and federal complaint procedures for discrimination complaints
arising out of interscholastic athletic activities.

(5) Comply with the California Public Records Act (Chapter
3.5 (commencing with Section 6250) of Division 7 of Title 1 of
the Government Code), and in doing so, as a third-party recipient
of pupil and school personnel information, be afforded the same
public records disclosure exemptions as are afforded to school
districts, in order to protect the confidentiality of pupil and school
personnel records and information.

(b) (1) The California Interscholastic Federation shall report
to the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature and the
Governor on its evaluation and accountability activities undertaken
pursuant to this section on or before January 1, 2023, and on or
before January 1 every seven years thereafter. This report shall
include, but not be limited to, the goals and objectives of the
California Interscholastic Federation with regard to, and the status
of, all of the following:

(A) The governing structure of the California Interscholastic
Federation, and the effectiveness of that governance structure in
providing leadership for interscholastic athletics in secondary
schools.

(B) Methods to facilitate communication with agencies,
organizations, and public entities whose functions and interests
interface with the California Interscholastic Federation.

(C) The quality of coaching and officiating, including, but not
limited to, professional development for coaches and athletic
administrators, and parent education programs.

(D) Gender equity in interscholastic athletics, including, but not
limited to, the number of male and female pupils participating in
interscholastic athletics in secondary schools, and action taken by
the California Interscholastic Federation in order to ensure
compliance with Title IX of the federal Education Amendments
of 1972 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1681 et seq.).

(E) Health and safety of pupils, coaches, officials, and
spectators.

(F) The economic viability of interscholastic athletics in
secondary schools, including, but not limited to, the promotion
and marketing of interscholastic athletics.

(G) New and continuing programs available to pupil athletes.

(H) Awareness and understanding of emerging issues related
to interscholastic athletics in secondary schools.

(2) It is the intent of the Legislature that the California
Interscholastic Federation accomplish all of the following:

(A) During years in which the California Interscholastic
Federation is not required to report to the Legislature and the
Governor pursuant to paragraph (1), it shall hold a public comment
period relating to that report at three regularly scheduled federation
council meetings per year.

(B) Annually allow public comment on the policies and practices
of the California Interscholastic Federation at a regularly scheduled
federation council meeting.

(C) Require sections of the California Interscholastic Federation
to allow public comment on the policies and practices of the
California Interscholastic Federation and its sections, and the report
required pursuant to paragraph (1), at each regularly scheduled
section meeting.

(D) Engage in a comprehensive outreach effort to promote the
public hearings described in subparagraphs (A) and (C).

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(3) Upon receiving a report from the California Interscholastic
Federation pursuant to paragraph (1), the appropriate policy
committees of the Legislature shall hold a joint hearing at which
the California Interscholastic Federation shall testify and members
of the public shall be encouraged to testify on information in the
report, including, but not limited to, the information required in
paragraph (1).

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