SB 1420, as introduced, Mendoza. Interscholastic athletics.
Existing law provides that each school district governing board has general control of, and responsibility for, all aspects of the interscholastic athletic policies, programs, and activities in its district, as specified. Existing law authorizes school district governing boards to enter into associations or consortia with other school district governing boards for the purpose of governing regional or statewide interscholastic athletic programs, as specified. Existing law prohibits voluntary interscholastic athletic associations from discriminating against, or denying the benefits of any program to, any person on the basis of specified personal characteristics. Existing law also prohibits voluntary interscholastic athletic associations from denying a school from participation in interscholastic athletic activities because of the religious tenets of the school.
This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to these 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 35179 of the Education Code is amended
2to read:
(a) Each school district governing board shall have
2general control of, and be responsible for, all aspects of the
3interscholastic athletic policies, programs, and activities in its
4district, including, but notbegin insert necessarilyend insert limited to, eligibility, season
5of sport, number of sports, personnel, and sports facilities. In
6addition, thebegin insert school district governingend insert board shall ensure that all
7interscholastic policies, programs, and activities in its district are
8in compliance with state and federal law.
9(b) begin deleteGoverning end deletebegin insertSchool
district governing end insertboards may enter into
10associations or consortia with otherbegin insert school district governingend insert
11 boards for the purpose of governing regional or statewide
12interscholastic athletic programs by permitting the public schools
13under their jurisdictions to enter into a voluntary association with
14other schools for the purpose of enacting and enforcing rules
15relating to eligibility for, and participation in, interscholastic
16athletic programs among and between schools.
17(c) Eachbegin insert school districtend insert governing board, or its designee, shall
18represent the individual schools located within its jurisdiction in
19any voluntary association of schools formed or maintained pursuant
20to this section.
21(d) No voluntary interscholastic athletic association, of which
22any public school is a member, shall discriminate against, or deny
23the benefits of any program to, any person on any basis prohibited
24by Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 200) of Partbegin delete 1.end deletebegin insert 1 of
25Division 1 of Title 1.end insert
26(e) Notwithstanding any otherbegin delete provision ofend delete law, no voluntary
27interscholastic athletic association shall deny a school from
28participating in interscholastic athletic activities because of the
29religious tenets of the school,begin delete regardlessend deletebegin insert
irrespectiveend insert of whether
30that school is directly controlled by a religious organization.
31(f) Interscholastic athletics is defined as those policies, programs,
32and activities that are formulated or executed in conjunction with,
33or in contemplation of, athletic contests between two or more
34schools, either public or private.
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