BILL NUMBER: AB 1660 CHAPTERED
BILL TEXT
CHAPTER 122
FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE AUGUST 17, 2016
APPROVED BY GOVERNOR AUGUST 17, 2016
PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 1, 2016
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY MAY 12, 2016
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 9, 2016
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 29, 2016
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Cooper
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Brough, Chu, Kim, Lackey, Mathis, O'
Donnell, and Waldron)
(Coauthors: Senators Anderson and Cannella)
JANUARY 13, 2016
An act to amend Section 33353 of the Education Code, relating to
interscholastic athletics.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1660, 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. 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.
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).
(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).