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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 1660
Author: Cooper (D), et al.
Amended: 5/9/16 in Assembly
Vote: 21
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: 9-0, 6/8/16
AYES: Liu, Block, Hancock, Huff, Leyva, Mendoza, Monning, Pan,
Vidak
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 78-0, 5/12/16 (Consent) - See last page for
vote
SUBJECT: Interscholastic athletics: California
Interscholastic Federation: report
SOURCE: California Interscholastic Federation
DIGEST: This bill eliminates the sunset on provisions related
to the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF), and instead
requires legislative hearings every seven years to correspond
with the release of specific reporting by the CIF.
ANALYSIS:
Existing law:
1)Establishes CIF as a voluntary organization consisting of
school and school-related personnel with responsibility for
administering interscholastic athletics in high schools.
(Education Code § 33353)
2)Requires CIF to report to the Legislature and Governor by
January 1, 2016, on its evaluation and accountability
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activities, including, but not limited to, the goals and
objectives with regard to, and the status of, all of the
following:
a) The governing structure of CIF and the effectiveness of
that structure in providing leadership for interscholastic
athletics.
b) Methods to facilitate communication with agencies,
organization, and public entities whose functions and
interests interface with CIF.
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 students
participating in interscholastic athletics, and action
taken by CIF in order to ensure compliance with Title IX.
e) Health and safety of students, coaches, officials, and
spectators.
f) The economic viability of interscholastic athletics, as
specified.
g) New and continuing programs available to student
athletes.
h) Awareness and understanding of emerging issues related
to interscholastic athletics. (EC § 33353)
3)States legislative intent that CIF:
a) During years the report is not required, holds a public
comment period relating to the report at three regularly
scheduled federation council meetings per year.
b) Annually allow public comment on the policies and
practices of CIF at a regularly scheduled federation
council meeting. (EC § 33353)
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4)Sunsets the provisions described above in #1-3 on January 1,
2017. (EC § 33353)
This bill:
1)Eliminates the January 1, 2017 sunset date on statutes related
to the CIF (see #1-3 in existing law above).
2)Extends into perpetuity the requirement that the CIF report to
the Legislature and Governor on its evaluation and
accountability activities, and requires the report to be
provided to the appropriate policy committees of the
Legislature every seven years, beginning January 1, 2023.
3)Requires the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature,
upon receipt of CIF's report, to hold a joint hearing. This
bill requires the CIF to testify at the hearing and encourages
members of the public to testify on information contained in
CIF's report.
Comments
CIF. The CIF has adopted a constitution, bylaws, policies and
guidance, covering issues such as eligibility, appeals, rules
for each sport, and the health and safety of student athletes.
The CIF maintains resources on its Web site that are specific to
equity and Title IX
[http://www.cifstate.org/governance/equity/index]. Information
and resources include a Title IX guide, an assessment by which
schools may gauge compliance with Title IX, and a grievance form
with directions on how to file a complaint. The CIF offers
training in Title IX and sexual harassment. Statutes have
historically required the CIF to submit a report of specified
information to the Legislature and Governor approximately one
year prior to the date of the sunset on the provisions governing
the CIF. The most recent report (December 2015) can be found on
CIF's Web site.
[http://www.cifstate.org/governance/report_to_legislature/index]
Significance of a sunset. The Legislature has extended the
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sunset on the CIF provisions numerous times, typically allowing
a five-year extension. Prior attempts to repeal the sunset date
on CIF provisions have been met with opposition primarily
concerned that there was a lack of accountability on the part of
the CIF, California Department of Education, participating
school districts and athletic leagues in dispensing with issues
raised by the public, specifically issues relating to Title IX.
The Legislature has maintained some level of oversight by
keeping a sunset date in statute, and has required the CIF to
take certain actions prior to the consideration of further
extensions of the sunset date.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal
Com.:NoLocal: No
SUPPORT: (Verified6/8/16)
California Interscholastic Federation (source)
Acalanes High School
Anderson Union High School
Antelope High School
Arcata High School
Archbishop Hanna High School
Arroyo High School
Association of California School Administrators
Atwater High School
Bear River High School
Big Valley Christian School
Bishop O'Dowd High School
Bradshaw Christian
Buhach Colony High School
Burney Jr. Sr. High School
California Association for Health, Physical Education,
Recreation and Dance
California Association of Directors of Activities
California Catholic Conference, Inc.
California City High School
California Crosspoint High School
California Department of Education
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California School Boards Association
California State Athletic Directors Association
Cardinal Newman High School
Casa Roble Fundamental High School
Castlemont High School
Castro Valley High School
Central Valley Christian Schools
Central Valley High School
Chester Jr. Sr. High School
Claremont High School
Claremont Unified School District
Cloverdale High School
Coliseum College Prep Academy
College Park High School
College Preparatory School
Convent & Stuart Hall
Cornerstone Academy
Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District, Technology High
School
Crescenta Valley Baseball
Davis Senior High School
Deer Valley High School
Del Campo High School
Dinuba High School
Don Antonio Lugo High School
Drew School
East Union High School
El Camino Fundamental High School
El Cerrito High School
El Molino High School
Encina Preparatory High School
Enterprise High School
Faith Christian School
Fall River Junior-Senior High School
Farmersville High School
Flintridge Preparatory School
Folsom High School
Foothill High School
Fort Bragg High School
Fort Sage Unified School District
Fowler Unified School District
Franklin High School
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Freedom High School
Fremont High School
Fresno Christian Schools
Garces Memorial High School
Glendora High School
Granite Bay High School
Hamilton High School
Hanford West High School
Healdsburg High School
Heritage High School
Herlong High School, Fort Sage Unified School District
Highlands High School
Hoover High School
Hughson High School
James C. Enochs High School
Jesuit High School
Johansen High School
John F. Kennedy High School
Kingsburg Joint Union High School District
La Salle High School
Laguna Creek High School
Lassen Union High School District
Le Grand High School
Liberty High School
Lick-Wilmerding
Lindsay High School
Livingston High School
Lodi Unified School District
Los Angeles Unified School District
Lutheran High School
Madera High School
Madera South High School
Madera Unified School District
Madison Park Academy of Business and Art
Maranatha Christian Schools
Marin Catholic
Mariposa County High School
Mayfield Senior School
McCallum Group, Inc.
McClatchy High School
McClymonds High School
Mendocino High School
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Mendota High School
Mira Loma High School
Mission High School
Modesto High School
Monrovia High School
Monrovia Unified School District
Monterey Trail High School
Montgomery High School
Moreau Catholic High School
Mt. Diablo Unified School District
Napa High School
North Hollywood High School
Novato High School
Oakland International High School
Oakland Technical High School
Oakland Unified School District
Oakmont High School
Orange Cove High School
Petaluma High School
Piner High School
Placer Union High School District
Pleasant Grove High School
Polytechnic School
Porterville Unified School District
Providence Christian School
Redwood Christian Schools
Redwood High School
Rio Americano High School
Ripon High School
River Valley High School
Roosevelt High School
Rosamond High School
Roseville High School
Saint Joseph Notre Dame High School
San Joaquin County Office of Education
San Joaquin Memoria High School
San Lorenzo High School
San Marino High School
San Marino Unified School District
Santee Education Complex
Selma High School
Sheldon High School
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Sierra High School Athletics
Sierra Ridge Academy
Sir Francis Drake High School
Siskiyou Union High School District
Sonora Union High School District
Southern Kern Unified School District
Southwestern Academy
Special Olympics Southern California
St. Lucy's Priory High School
Sunnyside High School
The Athenian School
The Bay School
Trinity High School
Upland High School
Upland Unified School District
Valley Christian
Van Nuys High School
Village Christian Schools
West Campus High School
West Valley High School
Westridge School
Willows High School
Woodcreek High School
Woodland Joint Unified School District
OPPOSITION: (Verified6/8/16)
None received
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 78-0, 5/12/16
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Travis Allen, Arambula, Atkins, Baker,
Bigelow, Bloom, Bonilla, Bonta, Brough, Brown, Calderon,
Campos, Chang, Chau, Chávez, Chiu, Chu, Cooley, Cooper,
Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dodd, Eggman, Frazier, Beth Gaines,
Gallagher, Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gatto, Gipson,
Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gray, Grove, Hadley, Harper, Roger
Hernández, Holden, Irwin, Jones, Kim, Lackey, Levine, Linder,
Lopez, Low, Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, McCarty, Medina,
Melendez, Mullin, Nazarian, Obernolte, O'Donnell, Olsen,
Patterson, Quirk, Ridley-Thomas, Rodriguez, Salas, Santiago,
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Steinorth, Mark Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Wagner, Waldron, Weber,
Wilk, Williams, Wood, Rendon
NO VOTE RECORDED: Burke, Jones-Sawyer
Prepared by:Lynn Lorber / ED. / (916) 651-4105
6/10/16 9:43:41
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