| 1 | Representative Bean offered the following: |
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| 3 | Amendment (with title amendment) |
| 4 | Remove everything after the enacting clause and insert: |
| 5 | Section 1. Subsection (8) is added to section 1006.15, |
| 6 | Florida Statutes, to read: |
| 7 | 1006.15 Student standards for participation in |
| 8 | interscholastic and intrascholastic extracurricular student |
| 9 | activities; regulation.-- |
| 10 | (8)(a) The Florida High School Athletic Association |
| 11 | (FHSAA), in cooperation with the district school boards of |
| 12 | Bradford County, Duval County, and Nassau County, shall |
| 13 | facilitate a 2-year pilot program during the 2008-2009 and 2009- |
| 14 | 2010 academic years in which a middle school or high school |
| 15 | student who attends a private school shall be eligible to |
| 16 | participate in an interscholastic or intrascholastic sport at a |
| 17 | public high school, a public middle school, or a 6-12 public |
| 18 | school that is zoned for the physical address at which the |
| 19 | student resides if: |
| 20 | 1. The private school in which the student is enrolled is |
| 21 | not a member of the FHSAA and does not offer an interscholastic |
| 22 | or intrascholastic athletic program. |
| 23 | 2. The private school student meets the guidelines for the |
| 24 | conduct of the pilot program established by the FHSAA's board of |
| 25 | directors and the participating district school boards. At a |
| 26 | minimum, such guidelines shall provide: |
| 27 | a. A deadline for each sport by which the private school |
| 28 | student's parents must register with the public school in |
| 29 | writing their intent for their child to participate at that |
| 30 | school in the sport. |
| 31 | b. Requirements for a private school student to |
| 32 | participate, including, but not limited to, meeting the same |
| 33 | standards of eligibility, acceptance, behavior, educational |
| 34 | progress, and performance that apply to other students |
| 35 | participating in interscholastic or intrascholastic sports at a |
| 36 | public school or FHSAA member private school. |
| 37 | (b) The parents of a private school student participating |
| 38 | in a public school sport under this subsection are responsible |
| 39 | for transporting their child to and from the public school at |
| 40 | which the student participates. The private school the student |
| 41 | attends, the public school at which the student participates in |
| 42 | a sport, the district school board, and the FHSSA are exempt |
| 43 | from civil liability arising from any injury that occurs to the |
| 44 | student during such transportation. |
| 45 | (c) For each academic year, a private school student may |
| 46 | only participate at the public school in which the student is |
| 47 | first registered under sub-subparagraph (a)2.a. or makes himself |
| 48 | or herself a candidate for an athletic team by engaging in a |
| 49 | practice. |
| 50 | (d) The FHSAA and participating district school boards |
| 51 | shall submit to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and |
| 52 | the Speaker of the House of Representatives: |
| 53 | 1. A copy of the guidelines established under subparagraph |
| 54 | (a)2. for the pilot program no later than August 1, 2008. |
| 55 | 2. A report on the progress of the pilot program no later |
| 56 | than January 1, 2010. The report shall include the number of |
| 57 | students registered under sub-subparagraph (a)2.a., the number |
| 58 | of students found eligible to participate in the pilot program, |
| 59 | the number of students who transfer to the public schools at |
| 60 | which the students participated under the pilot program, |
| 61 | implementation issues experienced with the pilot program, and |
| 62 | recommendations on how the pilot program may be improved and |
| 63 | expanded to include other counties. |
| 64 | (e) This subsection shall stand repealed on June 30, 2010, |
| 65 | unless reviewed and reenacted by the Legislature. |
| 66 | Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law. |
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| 70 | T I T L E A M E N D M E N T |
| 71 | Remove the entire title and insert: |
| 72 | A bill to be entitled |
| 73 | An act relating to interscholastic and intrascholastic sports; |
| 74 | amending s. 1006.15, F.S.; requiring the Florida High School |
| 75 | Athletic Association, in cooperation with specified district |
| 76 | school boards, to facilitate a pilot program in which a middle |
| 77 | school student or a high school student in a private school may |
| 78 | participate in athletics at a public school; providing |
| 79 | conditions for such participation; requiring the association's |
| 80 | board of directors and the district school boards to establish |
| 81 | guidelines for conducting the pilot program; specifying |
| 82 | requirements and restrictions; requiring the association and |
| 83 | district school boards to submit to the Governor and Legislature |
| 84 | a copy of established guidelines and a report on the progress of |
| 85 | the pilot program; providing for repeal of the pilot program |
| 86 | unless reviewed and reenacted by the Legislature; providing an |
| 87 | effective date. |