| 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. |