Bill Text: FL S1000 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Interscholastic and Intrascholastic Sports
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-29 - Read 2nd time -SJ 599 [S1000 Detail]
Download: Florida-2011-S1000-Introduced.html
Florida Senate - 2011 SB 1000 By Senator Wise 5-00140B-11 20111000__ 1 A bill to be entitled 2 An act relating to interscholastic and intrascholastic 3 sports; amending s. 1006.15, F.S.; removing certain 4 provisions relating to a pilot program in which a 5 middle school student or a high school student in a 6 private school may participate in athletics at a 7 public school; providing for statewide implementation 8 of the program; requiring that the athletic director 9 of each public school maintain the records of students 10 participating in the program; requiring that any 11 private school that is not a member of the Florida 12 High School Athletic Association make the records of 13 participating students available to the association 14 upon request; requiring that a student apply to 15 participate in the program through the appropriate 16 application process; limiting participation in the 17 program to students who are enrolled in non-FHSAA 18 member private schools consisting of a maximum number 19 of students; providing an effective date. 20 21 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: 22 23 Section 1. Subsection (8) of section 1006.15, Florida 24 Statutes, is amended to read: 25 1006.15 Student standards for participation in 26 interscholastic and intrascholastic extracurricular student 27 activities; regulation.— 28 (8)(a) The Florida High School Athletic Association 29 (FHSAA), in cooperation with eachthedistrict school board 30boardsof Bradford County, Duval County, and Nassau County, 31 shall facilitate a2-year pilotprogramduring the 2008-2009 and322009-2010 academic yearsin which a middle school or high school 33 student who attends a private school shall be eligible to 34 participate in an interscholastic or intrascholastic sport at a 35 public high school, a public middle school, or a 6-12 public 36 school that is zoned for the physical address at which the 37 student resides if: 38 1. The private school in which the student is enrolled is 39 not a member of the FHSAA and does not offer an interscholastic 40 or intrascholastic athletic program. 41 2. The private school student meets the guidelines for the 42 conduct of thepilotprogram established by the FHSAA’s board of 43 directors and theparticipatingdistrict school boardboards. At 44 a minimum, such guidelines shall provide: 45 a. A deadline for each sport by which the private school 46 student’s parents must register with the public school in 47 writing their intent for their child to participate at that 48 school in the sport. 49 b. Requirements for a private school student to 50 participate, including, but not limited to, meeting the same 51 standards of eligibility, acceptance, behavior, educational 52 progress, and performance whichthatapply to other students 53 participating in interscholastic or intrascholastic sports at a 54 public school or FHSAA member private school. 55 (b) The parents of a private school student participating 56 in a public school sport under this subsection are responsible 57 for transporting their child to and from the public school at 58 which the student participates. The private school the student 59 attends, the public school at which the student participates in 60 a sport, the district school board, and the FHSAA are exempt 61 from civil liability arising from any injury that occurs to the 62 student during such transportation. 63 (c) For each academic year, a private school student may 64 only participate at the public school in which the student is 65 first registered under sub-subparagraph (a)2.a. or makes himself 66 or herself a candidate for an athletic team by engaging in a 67 practice. 68 (d) The athletic director of each participating FHSAA 69 member public school shall maintain the student records 70 necessary for eligibility, compliance, and participation in the 71 program. 72 (e) Any non-FHSAA member private school that has a student 73 who wishes to participate in this program must make all student 74 records, including, but not limited to, academic, financial, 75 disciplinary, and attendance records, available upon request of 76 the FHSAA. 77 (f) A student must apply to participate in this program 78 through the FHSAA program application process. 79 (g) Only students who are enrolled in non-FHSAA member 80 private schools consisting of 125 students or fewer are eligible 81 to participate in the program in any given academic year. 82(d) The FHSAA and participating district school boards83shall submit to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and84the Speaker of the House of Representatives:851. A copy of the guidelines established under subparagraph86(a)2. for the pilot program no later than August 1, 2008.872. A report on the progress of the pilot program no later88than January 1, 2010. The report shall include the number of89students registered under sub-subparagraph (a)2.a., the number90of students found eligible to participate in the pilot program,91the number of students who transfer to the public schools at92which the students participated under the pilot program,93implementation issues experienced with the pilot program, and94recommendations on how the pilot program may be improved and95expanded to include other counties.96(e) This subsection shall stand repealed on June 30, 2010,97unless reviewed and reenacted by the Legislature.98 Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.