Bill Text: FL H1093 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Diversity in Hiring of Athletic Coaches/Directors

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 10-4)

Status: (Failed) 2010-04-30 - Died in Committee on State Universities & Private Colleges Policy (EPC) [H1093 Detail]

Download: Florida-2010-H1093-Introduced.html

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HB 1093

1	A bill to be entitled
2	An act relating to diversity in hiring of athletic coaches
3	and athletic directors; creating s. 1006.72, F.S.;
4	defining the term "minority applicant"; requiring each
5	state university or Florida college to interview one or
6	more qualified minority applicants when hiring a head
7	athletic coach or an athletic director; providing an
8	exception; providing for a defense; authorizing the State
9	Board of Education and the Board of Governors to adopt
10	rules; providing an effective date.
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12	Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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14	Section 1. Section 1006.72, Florida Statutes, is created
15	to read:
16	1006.72 Diversity in hiring of athletic coaches and
17	athletic directors.-
18	(1) For purposes of this section, the term "minority
19	applicant" means an applicant who is:
20	(a) A person having origins in any of the black racial
21	groups of Africa;
22	(b) A person having origins in the Hispanic culture;
23	(c) A person having origins in any of the original peoples
24	of the Far East, Southeast Asia, the Indian Subcontinent, or the
25	Pacific Islands; or
26	(d) An American Indian or Alaskan Native having origins in
27	any of the original peoples of North America.
28	(2) Each state university or Florida college must
29	interview one or more qualified minority applicants when hiring
30	a head athletic coach or an athletic director unless the
31	institution is unable to identify a qualified minority applicant
32	who is willing to interview for the position. It is an
33	affirmative defense to a claim of a violation of this subsection
34	that the institution, in good faith, was unable to identify a
35	qualified minority applicant who was willing to interview for
36	the position.
37	(3) The State Board of Education and the Board of
38	Governors may adopt rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54
39	to implement this section for the Florida College System and the
40	State University System, respectively.
41	Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2010.

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