Bill Text: MI SB0229 | 2009-2010 | 95th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Education; athletics; random steroid testing for high school athletes in state tournaments; require. Amends 1976 PA 451 (MCL 380.1 - 380.1852) by adding sec. 1290.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-02-17 - Referred To Committee On Education [SB0229 Detail]
Download: Michigan-2009-SB0229-Introduced.html
SENATE BILL No. 229
February 17, 2009, Introduced by Senator SWITALSKI and referred to the Committee on Education.
A bill to amend 1976 PA 451, entitled
"The revised school code,"
(MCL 380.1 to 380.1852) by adding section 1290.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
Sec. 1290. (1) The board of a school district or board of
directors of a public school academy shall ensure that the school
district or public school academy, or a public school operated by
the school district, is not a member of a statewide interscholastic
athletic association and does not participate in events operated or
sponsored by the association unless the association has adopted and
implemented within 1 year after the effective date of this section
a policy, bylaw, rule, or regulation that meets all of the
following:
(a) Requires random urinalysis testing of student-athletes who
participate in a statewide tournament that is operated or sponsored
by the association to test for use of anabolic steroids.
(b) Provides for payment for the testing by the association,
funded through imposition of a $1.00 surcharge on admission charged
for games, meets, or contests that are part of the statewide
tournament.
(c) Provides for testing of a number of student-athletes each
year based on the financial resources expected to be available that
year from the surcharge described in subdivision (b).
(d) Requires the testing to occur within 24 hours after a
student-athlete is notified that he or she has been selected for
the testing.
(e) Provides the following penalties for a student-athlete who
is determined to have illegally used anabolic steroids:
(i) For a first offense, either a suspension from participation
in interscholastic athletics for a period of 180 school days or a
suspension from participation in interscholastic athletics for a
period of 90 school days, at least 8 weeks of substance abuse
counseling during this period, and weekly urinalysis testing during
this period.
(ii) For a second offense, either a suspension from
participation in interscholastic athletics for a period of 360
school days or a suspension from participation in interscholastic
athletics for a period of 180 school days, at least 16 weeks of
substance abuse counseling during this period, and weekly
urinalysis testing during this period.
(iii) For a third offense, permanent ineligibility from
participation in interscholastic athletics.
(f) Provides that the student-athlete or his or her parent or
legal guardian is responsible for the paying of any costs for the
counseling and testing.
(2) If a public school or a school district is a member of a
statewide interscholastic athletic association that has a policy,
bylaw, rule, or regulation described in subsection (1), the board
of the school district or board of directors of the public school
academy shall require a pupil and his or her parent or legal
guardian to execute a form consenting to the testing and penalties
described in subsection (1) before allowing the pupil to
participate in interscholastic athletics.
(3) This section does not affect the ability of a school
district, public school academy, statewide interscholastic athletic
association, or local or regional interscholastic athletic league
or conference to establish and enforce a policy, bylaw, rule, or
regulation prohibiting use of anabolic steroids or other substances
or requiring testing for anabolic steroids or other substances if
that policy, bylaw, rule, or regulation is not inconsistent with
the policy required under this section.
(4) As used in this section, "anabolic steroids" means that
term as defined in R 338.3122 of the Michigan administrative code.
