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 each the district school board
   30  boards of Bradford County, Duval County, and Nassau County,
   31  shall facilitate a 2-year pilot program during the 2008-2009 and
   32  2009-2010 academic years in 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 the pilot program established by the FHSAA’s board of
   43  directors and the participating district school board boards. 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 which that apply 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 boards
   83  shall submit to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and
   84  the Speaker of the House of Representatives:
   85         1. A copy of the guidelines established under subparagraph
   86  (a)2. for the pilot program no later than August 1, 2008.
   87         2. A report on the progress of the pilot program no later
   88  than January 1, 2010. The report shall include the number of
   89  students registered under sub-subparagraph (a)2.a., the number
   90  of students found eligible to participate in the pilot program,
   91  the number of students who transfer to the public schools at
   92  which the students participated under the pilot program,
   93  implementation issues experienced with the pilot program, and
   94  recommendations on how the pilot program may be improved and
   95  expanded to include other counties.
   96         (e) This subsection shall stand repealed on June 30, 2010,
   97  unless reviewed and reenacted by the Legislature.
   98         Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.

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