Florida Senate - 2015                        COMMITTEE AMENDMENT
       Bill No. SB 1480
       
       
       
       
       
       
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                  04/15/2015           .                                
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       The Committee on Education Pre-K - 12 (Benacquisto) recommended
       the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment (with title amendment)
    2  
    3         Delete everything after the enacting clause
    4  and insert:
    5         Section 1. Section 1006.20, Florida Statutes, is amended to
    6  read:
    7         1006.20 Athletics in public K-12 schools.—
    8         (1) GOVERNING NONPROFIT ASSOCIATION ORGANIZATION.—The
    9  Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) is designated
   10  as the governing nonprofit association for purposes of
   11  membership in the National Federation of State High School
   12  Associations organization of athletics in Florida public
   13  schools. Following completion of each operational audit
   14  conducted pursuant to s. 1006.19, the Commissioner of Education
   15  shall review the FHSAA’s performance in governing
   16  interscholastic athletics in compliance with this part,
   17  including the guiding principles for student eligibility for
   18  extracurricular activities. If, at any time, the FHSAA fails to
   19  meet the provisions of this part section, the commissioner, with
   20  the approval of the State Board of Education, shall designate
   21  another a nonprofit association organization to govern
   22  interscholastic athletics in this state and serve as Florida’s
   23  voting member association of the National Federation of State
   24  High School Associations athletics with the approval of the
   25  State Board of Education. The FHSAA is not a state agency as
   26  defined in s. 120.52 but is. The FHSAA shall be subject to ss.
   27  1006.15-1006.19. Any special event fees, sanctioning fees,
   28  including third-party sanctioning fees, or contest receipts
   29  collected annually by the FHSAA may not exceed its actual costs
   30  to perform the function or duty that is the subject of or
   31  justification for the fee the provisions of s. 1006.19. The
   32  FHSAA shall offer spectators seeking admission to athletic
   33  competitions the option of purchasing a single-day pass or a
   34  multiple-day pass that is at a cost below that which one would
   35  pay on a per-event basis for the same number of contests A
   36  private school that wishes to engage in high school athletic
   37  competition with a public high school may become a member of the
   38  FHSAA. Any high school in the state, including private schools,
   39  traditional public schools, charter schools, virtual schools,
   40  and home education cooperatives, may become a member of the
   41  FHSAA and participate in the activities of the FHSAA. However,
   42  Membership in the FHSAA is not mandatory for any school. FHSAA
   43  shall allow a school the option of joining the association as a
   44  full-time member or on a per sport basis and may not prohibit or
   45  discourage any school from simultaneously maintaining membership
   46  in FHSAA and another athletic association. The FHSAA may not
   47  deny or discourage interscholastic competition between its
   48  member schools and nonmember non-FHSAA member Florida schools,
   49  including members of another athletic association governing
   50  organization, and may not take any retributory or discriminatory
   51  action against any of its member schools that participate in
   52  interscholastic competition with nonmember non-FHSAA member
   53  Florida schools. The FHSAA may not unreasonably withhold its
   54  approval of an application to become an affiliate member of the
   55  National Federation of State High School Associations submitted
   56  by any other association organization that governs
   57  interscholastic athletic competition in this state which meets
   58  the requirements of this section. The commissioner may identify
   59  other associations that govern interscholastic athletic
   60  competition in compliance with this section The bylaws of the
   61  FHSAA are the rules by which high school athletic programs in
   62  its member schools, and the students who participate in them,
   63  are governed, unless otherwise specifically provided by statute.
   64  For the purposes of this section, “high school” includes grades
   65  6 through 12.
   66         (2) STUDENT ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS; RECRUITING ADOPTION
   67  OF BYLAWS, POLICIES; ELIGIBILITY DISPUTE RESOLUTION, OR
   68  GUIDELINES.—The FHSAA shall:
   69         (a) The FHSAA shall adopt bylaws that, unless specifically
   70  provided by statute, Establish eligibility requirements for all
   71  students who participate in high school athletic competition in
   72  its member schools. A The bylaws governing residence and
   73  transfer shall allow the student is to be eligible in the school
   74  in which he or she first enrolls each school year or the school
   75  in which the student makes himself or herself a candidate for an
   76  athletic team by engaging in a practice before prior to
   77  enrolling in the school. A student who transfers The bylaws
   78  shall also allow the student to be eligible in the school to
   79  which the student has transferred during the school year is
   80  eligible in the school to which he or she transfers if the
   81  transfer is made by a deadline established by the FHSAA, which
   82  may not be prior to the date authorized for the beginning of
   83  practice for the sport. These transfers shall be allowed
   84  pursuant to the district school board policies in the case of
   85  transfer to a public school or pursuant to the private school
   86  policies in the case of transfer to a private school. The
   87  student shall be eligible in that school so long as he or she
   88  remains enrolled in that school. Subsequent eligibility shall be
   89  determined and enforced through the FHSAA’s bylaws. Requirements
   90  governing eligibility and transfer between member schools shall
   91  be applied similarly to public school students and private
   92  school students.
   93         (b) The FHSAA shall adopt bylaws that specifically Prohibit
   94  the recruiting of students for athletic purposes and. The bylaws
   95  shall prescribe penalties and an appeals process for athletic
   96  recruiting violations. If it is determined that a school has
   97  recruited a student in violation of FHSAA bylaws, the FHSAA may
   98  require the school to participate in a higher classification for
   99  the sport in which the recruited student competes for a minimum
  100  of one classification cycle, in addition to any other
  101  appropriate fine and sanction imposed on the school, its
  102  coaches, or adult representatives who commit violate recruiting
  103  violations rules. A student may not be declared ineligible based
  104  on a recruiting violation only if of recruiting rules unless the
  105  student or parent has committed an act specified in s.
  106  1006.15(4)(b)1.b. or the FHSAA has imposed sanctions against the
  107  individuals or member school engaging in recruiting and the
  108  student or the parent has committed an act specified in s.
  109  1006.15(4)(b)1.c. The FHSAA may not limit the competition of a
  110  student athlete prospectively for a rule violation by his or her
  111  school, the school’s coach, or the student athlete’s adult
  112  representative. The FHSAA may not punish a student athlete for
  113  an eligibility or recruiting violation perpetrated by a
  114  teammate, coach, or administrator. A contest may not be
  115  forfeited for an inadvertent eligibility violation unless the
  116  coach or a school administrator should have known of the
  117  violation. Contests may not be forfeited for other eligibility
  118  violations or recruiting violations in excess of the number of
  119  contests from which the coaches and adult representatives
  120  responsible for the violations are prospectively suspended. The
  121  mass distribution of untargeted mailings, electronic mailings,
  122  or printed guides or booklets by or on behalf of a member school
  123  which include detailed information regarding the member school’s
  124  interscholastic athletic programs may not be considered
  125  violations of the FHSAA’s policies falsified any enrollment or
  126  eligibility document or accepted any benefit or any promise of
  127  benefit if such benefit is not generally available to the
  128  school’s students or family members or is based in any way on
  129  athletic interest, potential, or performance.
  130         (c) The FHSAA shall adopt bylaws that Require all students
  131  participating in interscholastic athletic competition or who are
  132  candidates for an interscholastic athletic team to
  133  satisfactorily pass a medical evaluation each year before prior
  134  to participating in interscholastic athletic competition or
  135  engaging in any practice, tryout, workout, or other physical
  136  activity associated with the student’s candidacy for an
  137  interscholastic athletic team. Such medical evaluation may be
  138  administered only by a practitioner licensed under chapter 458,
  139  chapter 459, chapter 460, or s. 464.012, and in good standing
  140  with the practitioner’s regulatory board. The FHSAA bylaws shall
  141  establish requirements for eliciting a student’s medical history
  142  and performing the medical evaluation required under this
  143  paragraph, which shall include a physical assessment of the
  144  student’s physical capabilities to participate in
  145  interscholastic athletic competition as contained in a uniform
  146  preparticipation physical evaluation and history form. The
  147  evaluation form shall incorporate the recommendations of the
  148  American Heart Association for participation in cardiovascular
  149  screening and shall provide a place for the signature of the
  150  practitioner performing the evaluation with an attestation that
  151  each examination procedure listed on the form was performed by
  152  the practitioner or by someone under the direct supervision of
  153  the practitioner. The form shall also contain a place for the
  154  practitioner to indicate if a referral to another practitioner
  155  was made in lieu of completion of a certain examination
  156  procedure. The form shall provide a place for the practitioner
  157  to whom the student was referred to complete the remaining
  158  sections and attest to that portion of the examination. The
  159  preparticipation physical evaluation form shall advise students
  160  to complete a cardiovascular assessment and shall include
  161  information concerning alternative cardiovascular evaluation and
  162  diagnostic tests. Results of such medical evaluation must be
  163  provided to the school. A No student is not shall be eligible to
  164  participate in any interscholastic athletic competition or
  165  engage in any practice, tryout, workout, or other physical
  166  activity associated with the student’s candidacy for an
  167  interscholastic athletic team until the results of the medical
  168  evaluation are have been received and approved by the school.
  169         (d) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (c), allow
  170  a student to may participate in interscholastic athletic
  171  competition or be a candidate for an interscholastic athletic
  172  team if the parent of the student objects in writing to the
  173  student undergoing a medical evaluation because such evaluation
  174  is contrary to his or her religious tenets or practices.
  175  However, in such case, there shall be no liability on the part
  176  of any person or entity in a position to otherwise rely on the
  177  results of such medical evaluation for any damages resulting
  178  from the student’s injury or death arising directly from the
  179  student’s participation in interscholastic athletics where an
  180  undisclosed medical condition that would have been revealed in
  181  the medical evaluation is a proximate cause of the injury or
  182  death.
  183         (e) The FHSAA shall adopt bylaws that Regulate persons who
  184  conduct investigations on behalf of the FHSAA. The bylaws shall
  185  include provisions that require An investigator must to:
  186         1. Undergo level 2 background screening under s. 435.04,
  187  establishing that the investigator has not committed any
  188  disqualifying offense listed in s. 435.04, unless the
  189  investigator can provide proof of compliance with level 2
  190  screening standards submitted within the previous 5 years to
  191  meet any professional licensure requirements, provided:
  192         a. The investigator has not had a break in service from a
  193  position that requires level 2 screening for more than 90 days;
  194  and
  195         b. The investigator submits, under penalty of perjury, an
  196  affidavit verifying that the investigator has not committed any
  197  disqualifying offense listed in s. 435.04 and is in full
  198  compliance with this paragraph.
  199         2. Be appointed as an investigator by the FHSAA executive
  200  director.
  201         3. Carry a photo identification card that shows the FHSAA
  202  name and, logo, and the investigator’s official title.
  203         4. Adhere to the following guidelines:
  204         a. Investigate only those alleged violations assigned by
  205  the FHSAA executive director or the board of directors.
  206         b. Conduct interviews on Monday through Friday between the
  207  hours of 9 a.m. and 7 p.m. only, unless previously agreed to by
  208  the interviewee.
  209         c. Allow the parent of any student being interviewed to be
  210  present during the interview.
  211         d. Search residences or other private areas only with the
  212  permission of the FHSAA executive director and the written
  213  consent of the student’s parent and only with a parent or a
  214  representative of the parent present.
  215         (f) The FHSAA shall adopt bylaws that Establish sanctions
  216  for coaches who have committed major violations of the FHSAA’s
  217  bylaws and policies.
  218         1. Major violations include, but are not limited to,
  219  knowingly allowing an ineligible student to participate in a
  220  contest representing a member school in an interscholastic
  221  contest or committing a violation of the FHSAA’s recruiting or
  222  sports ethics sportsmanship policies.
  223         2. Sanctions placed upon an individual coach may include,
  224  but are not limited to, prohibiting or suspending the coach from
  225  coaching, participating in, or attending any athletic activity
  226  sponsored, recognized, or sanctioned by the FHSAA and the member
  227  school for which the coach committed the violation. If a coach
  228  is sanctioned by the FHSAA and the coach transfers to another
  229  member school, those sanctions remain in full force and effect
  230  during the term of the sanction.
  231         3. If a member school is assessed a financial penalty as a
  232  result of a coach committing a major violation, the coach shall
  233  reimburse the member school before being allowed to coach,
  234  participate in, or attend any athletic activity sponsored,
  235  recognized, or sanctioned by the FHSAA and a member school.
  236         4. The FHSAA shall establish a due process procedure for
  237  coaches sanctioned under this paragraph, consistent with the
  238  appeals procedures set forth in subsection (7).
  239         (g) Provide a process for the resolution of student
  240  eligibility disputes. The FHSAA shall provide an opportunity to
  241  resolve eligibility issues through an informal conference
  242  procedure. The FHSAA must provide written notice to the student
  243  athlete, parent, and member school stating specific findings of
  244  fact that support a determination of ineligibility. The student
  245  athlete must request an informal conference if he or she intends
  246  to contest the charges. The informal conference must be held
  247  within 10 days after receipt of the student athlete’s request.
  248  If the eligibility dispute is not resolved at the informal
  249  conference, the FHSAA shall provide a process for the timely and
  250  cost-effective resolution of an eligibility dispute using a
  251  neutral third party, including the use of retired or former
  252  judges, mediation, or arbitration. The neutral third party shall
  253  be selected by the parent of the student athlete from a list
  254  maintained by the FHSAA. A final determination regarding the
  255  eligibility dispute must be issued no later than 30 days after
  256  the informal conference. The FHSAA shall adopt bylaws
  257  establishing the process for resolving eligibility disputes must
  258  and standards by which FHSAA determinations of eligibility are
  259  made. Such bylaws shall provide that:
  260         1. Ineligibility must be established by clear and
  261  convincing evidence.;
  262         2. Student athletes, parents, and schools must have notice
  263  of the initiation of any investigation or other inquiry into
  264  eligibility and may present, to the investigator and to the
  265  individual or body making the eligibility determination, any
  266  information or evidence that is credible, persuasive, and of a
  267  kind reasonably prudent persons rely upon in the conduct of
  268  serious affairs.;
  269         3. An investigator may not determine matters of eligibility
  270  but must submit information and evidence to the individual or
  271  body designated by the FHSAA executive director or a person
  272  designated by the executive director or by the board of
  273  directors for an unbiased and objective determination of
  274  eligibility.; and
  275         4. A determination of ineligibility must be made in
  276  writing, setting forth the findings of fact and specific
  277  violation upon which the decision is based.
  278         5.Any proceedings concerning student athlete eligibility
  279  must be held in the county in which the student athlete resides
  280  and may be conducted by telephone, videoconference, or other
  281  electronic means.
  282         6.A student athlete may not be declared ineligible to
  283  participate in athletic competition until a final decision is
  284  issued by the neutral third party unless the determination of
  285  ineligibility is based on s. 1006.15(4)(b)1.a., e., or f. It is
  286  the responsibility of the member school to assess the facts
  287  underlying the eligibility dispute and any potential penalties
  288  that may result from a determination of ineligibility in
  289  deciding whether to allow the student athlete to continue to
  290  participate before a final eligibility determination.
  291         (h)In lieu of bylaws adopted under paragraph (g), the
  292  FHSAA may adopt bylaws providing as a minimum the procedural
  293  safeguards of ss. 120.569 and 120.57, making appropriate
  294  provision for appointment of unbiased and qualified hearing
  295  officers.
  296         (i)The FHSAA bylaws may not limit the competition of
  297  student athletes prospectively for rule violations of their
  298  school or its coaches or their adult representatives. The FHSAA
  299  bylaws may not unfairly punish student athletes for eligibility
  300  or recruiting violations perpetrated by a teammate, coach, or
  301  administrator. Contests may not be forfeited for inadvertent
  302  eligibility violations unless the coach or a school
  303  administrator should have known of the violation. Contests may
  304  not be forfeited for other eligibility violations or recruiting
  305  violations in excess of the number of contests that the coaches
  306  and adult representatives responsible for the violations are
  307  prospectively suspended.
  308         (h)(j)The FHSAA shall Adopt guidelines to educate athletic
  309  coaches, officials, administrators, and student athletes and
  310  their parents about of the nature and risk of concussion and
  311  head injury.
  312         (i)(k)The FHSAA shall adopt bylaws or policies that
  313  Require the parent of a student who is participating in
  314  interscholastic athletic competition or who is a candidate for
  315  an interscholastic athletic team to sign and return an informed
  316  consent that explains the nature and risk of concussion and head
  317  injury, including the risk of continuing to play after
  318  concussion or head injury, each year before participating in
  319  interscholastic athletic competition or engaging in any
  320  practice, tryout, workout, or other physical activity associated
  321  with the student’s candidacy for an interscholastic athletic
  322  team.
  323         (j)(l)The FHSAA shall adopt bylaws or policies that
  324  Require each student athlete who is suspected of sustaining a
  325  concussion or head injury in a practice or competition to be
  326  immediately removed from the activity. A student athlete who has
  327  been removed from an activity may not return to practice or
  328  competition until the student submits to the school a written
  329  medical clearance to return stating that the student athlete no
  330  longer exhibits signs, symptoms, or behaviors consistent with a
  331  concussion or other head injury. Medical clearance must be
  332  authorized by the appropriate health care practitioner trained
  333  in the diagnosis, evaluation, and management of concussions as
  334  defined by the Sports Medicine Advisory Committee of the Florida
  335  High School Athletic Association.
  336         (k)(m)Establish The FHSAA shall adopt bylaws for the
  337  establishment and duties of a sports medicine advisory committee
  338  composed of the following members:
  339         1. Eight physicians licensed under chapter 458 or chapter
  340  459, with at least one member licensed under chapter 459.
  341         2. One chiropractor licensed under chapter 460.
  342         3. One podiatrist licensed under chapter 461.
  343         4. One dentist licensed under chapter 466.
  344         5. Three athletic trainers licensed under part XIII of
  345  chapter 468.
  346         6. One member who is a current or retired head coach of a
  347  high school in the state.
  348         (l)Adopt guidelines, provide resources, and develop a
  349  training course to promote sports ethics in interscholastic
  350  athletics and require each member school to:
  351         1.Establish policies that promote sports ethics in its
  352  interscholastic athletic programs.
  353         2.Educate, on a continuing basis, student athletes,
  354  athletic coaches, and administrators regarding these policies.
  355         3.Annually administer the sports ethics training course to
  356  student athletes, athletic coaches, and administrators.
  357         4.Annually certify compliance with this paragraph by a
  358  deadline established by the FHSAA.
  359  
  360  In developing the sports ethics training course, the FHSAA may
  361  provide for multiple modes of delivery, including in-person
  362  seminars or videoconferencing, webinars, or other electronic
  363  means.
  364         (3) GOVERNING STRUCTURE OF THE FHSAA.—
  365         (a) The FHSAA shall operate as a representative democracy
  366  in which the sovereign authority is within its member schools
  367  and the parents of students participating in interscholastic
  368  athletics within those schools. Except as provided in this
  369  section, the FHSAA shall govern its affairs through its bylaws.
  370         (b) Each member school, on its annual application for
  371  membership, shall name its official representative to the FHSAA.
  372  This representative must be either the school principal or his
  373  or her designee. That designee must either be an assistant
  374  principal or athletic director housed within that same school.
  375         (c) The governing board of the FHSAA shall consist of 16
  376  members composed proportionately of representatives from
  377  traditional public schools, public schools of choice, private
  378  schools, home education cooperatives, and parents of student
  379  athletes who are enrolled in such schools or programs. The
  380  governing board must also be constituted in a manner that
  381  provides for equitable representation among the various regions
  382  of the state where the association’s member schools are located.
  383  Any additional policymaking body established by the FHSAA must
  384  provide for proportionate representation of schools, programs,
  385  parents, and regions of the state as described in this paragraph
  386  FHSAA’s membership shall be divided along existing county lines
  387  into four contiguous and compact administrative regions, each
  388  containing an equal or nearly equal number of member schools to
  389  ensure equitable representation on the FHSAA’s board of
  390  directors, representative assembly, and appeals committees.
  391         (d)The FHSAA shall annually require each member of the
  392  governing board or other policymaking body to attend nonprofit
  393  governance training, which must include government in the
  394  sunshine, conflicts of interest, ethics, and student athlete
  395  centered decisionmaking consistent with the guiding principles
  396  for participation in extracurricular activities under s.
  397  1006.15.
  398         (4)BOARD OF DIRECTORS.—
  399         (a)The executive authority of the FHSAA shall be vested in
  400  its board of directors. Any entity that appoints members to the
  401  board of directors shall examine the ethnic and demographic
  402  composition of the board when selecting candidates for
  403  appointment and shall, to the greatest extent possible, make
  404  appointments that reflect state demographic and population
  405  trends. The board of directors shall be composed of 16 persons,
  406  as follows:
  407         1.Four public member school representatives, one elected
  408  from among its public school representative members within each
  409  of the four administrative regions.
  410         2.Four nonpublic member school representatives, one
  411  elected from among its nonpublic school representative members
  412  within each of the four administrative regions.
  413         3.Three representatives appointed by the commissioner, one
  414  appointed from the two northernmost administrative regions and
  415  one appointed from the two southernmost administrative regions.
  416  The third representative shall be appointed to balance the board
  417  for diversity or state population trends, or both.
  418         4.Two district school superintendents, one elected from
  419  the two northernmost administrative regions by the members in
  420  those regions and one elected from the two southernmost
  421  administrative regions by the members in those regions.
  422         5.Two district school board members, one elected from the
  423  two northernmost administrative regions by the members in those
  424  regions and one elected from the two southernmost administrative
  425  regions by the members in those regions.
  426         6.The commissioner or his or her designee from the
  427  department executive staff.
  428         (b)A quorum of the board of directors shall consist of
  429  nine members.
  430         (c)The board of directors shall elect a president and a
  431  vice president from among its members. These officers shall also
  432  serve as officers of the FHSAA.
  433         (d)Members of the board of directors shall serve terms of
  434  3 years and are eligible to succeed themselves only once. A
  435  member of the board of directors, other than the commissioner or
  436  his or her designee, may serve a maximum of 6 consecutive years.
  437  The FHSAA’s bylaws shall establish a rotation of terms to ensure
  438  that a majority of the members’ terms do not expire
  439  concurrently.
  440         (e)The authority and duties of the board of directors,
  441  acting as a body and in accordance with the FHSAA’s bylaws, are
  442  as follows:
  443         1.To act as the incorporated FHSAA’s board of directors
  444  and to fulfill its obligations as required by the FHSAA’s
  445  charter and articles of incorporation.
  446         2.To establish such guidelines, regulations, policies, and
  447  procedures as are authorized by the bylaws.
  448         3.To employ an FHSAA executive director, who shall have
  449  the authority to waive the bylaws of the FHSAA in order to
  450  comply with statutory changes.
  451         4.To levy annual dues and other fees and to set the
  452  percentage of contest receipts to be collected by the FHSAA.
  453         5.To approve the budget of the FHSAA.
  454         6.To organize and conduct statewide interscholastic
  455  competitions, which may or may not lead to state championships,
  456  and to establish the terms and conditions for these
  457  competitions.
  458         7.To act as an administrative board in the interpretation
  459  of, and final decision on, all questions and appeals arising
  460  from the directing of interscholastic athletics of member
  461  schools.
  462         (5)REPRESENTATIVE ASSEMBLY.—
  463         (a)The legislative authority of the FHSAA is vested in its
  464  representative assembly.
  465         (b)The representative assembly shall be composed of the
  466  following:
  467         1.An equal number of member school representatives from
  468  each of the four administrative regions.
  469         2.Four district school superintendents, one elected from
  470  each of the four administrative regions by the district school
  471  superintendents in their respective administrative regions.
  472         3.Four district school board members, one elected from
  473  each of the four administrative regions by the district school
  474  board members in their respective administrative regions.
  475         4.The commissioner or his or her designee from the
  476  department executive staff.
  477         (c)The FHSAA’s bylaws shall establish the number of member
  478  school representatives to serve in the representative assembly
  479  from each of the four administrative regions and shall establish
  480  the method for their selection.
  481         (d)No member of the board of directors other than the
  482  commissioner or his or her designee can serve in the
  483  representative assembly.
  484         (e)The representative assembly shall elect a chairperson
  485  and a vice chairperson from among its members.
  486         (f)Elected members of the representative assembly shall
  487  serve terms of 2 years and are eligible to succeed themselves
  488  for two additional terms. An elected member, other than the
  489  commissioner or his or her designee, may serve a maximum of 6
  490  consecutive years in the representative assembly.
  491         (g)A quorum of the representative assembly consists of one
  492  more than half of its members.
  493         (h)The authority of the representative assembly is limited
  494  to its sole duty, which is to consider, adopt, or reject any
  495  proposed amendments to the FHSAA’s bylaws.
  496         (i)The representative assembly shall meet as a body
  497  annually. A two-thirds majority of the votes cast by members
  498  present is required for passage of any proposal.
  499         (6)PUBLIC LIAISON ADVISORY COMMITTEE.—
  500         (a)The FHSAA shall establish, sustain, fund, and provide
  501  staff support to a public liaison advisory committee composed of
  502  the following:
  503         1.The commissioner or his or her designee.
  504         2.A member public school principal.
  505         3.A member private school principal.
  506         4.A member school principal who is a member of a racial
  507  minority.
  508         5.An active athletic director.
  509         6.An active coach, who is employed full time by a member
  510  school.
  511         7.A student athlete.
  512         8.A district school superintendent.
  513         9.A district school board member.
  514         10.A member of the Florida House of Representatives.
  515         11.A member of the Florida Senate.
  516         12.A parent of a high school student.
  517         13.A member of a home education association.
  518         14.A representative of the business community.
  519         15.A representative of the news media.
  520         (b)No member of the board of directors, committee on
  521  appeals, or representative assembly is eligible to serve on the
  522  public liaison advisory committee.
  523         (c)The public liaison advisory committee shall elect a
  524  chairperson and vice chairperson from among its members.
  525         (d)The authority and duties of the public liaison advisory
  526  committee are as follows:
  527         1.To act as a conduit through which the general public may
  528  have input into the decisionmaking process of the FHSAA and to
  529  assist the FHSAA in the development of procedures regarding the
  530  receipt of public input and disposition of complaints related to
  531  high school athletic and competition programs.
  532         2.To conduct public hearings annually in each of the four
  533  administrative regions during which interested parties may
  534  address issues regarding the effectiveness of the rules,
  535  operation, and management of the FHSAA.
  536         3.To conduct an annual evaluation of the FHSAA as a whole
  537  and present a report of its findings, conclusion, and
  538  recommendations to the board of directors, to the commissioner,
  539  and to the respective education committees of the Florida Senate
  540  and the Florida House of Representatives. The recommendations
  541  must delineate policies and procedures that will improve the
  542  implementation and oversight of high school athletic programs by
  543  the FHSAA.
  544         (e)The public liaison advisory committee shall meet four
  545  times annually. Additional meetings may be called by the
  546  committee chairperson, the FHSAA president, or the FHSAA
  547  executive director.
  548         (7)APPEALS.—
  549         (a)The FHSAA shall establish a procedure of due process
  550  which ensures each student the opportunity to appeal an
  551  unfavorable ruling with regard to his or her eligibility to
  552  compete. The initial appeal shall be made to a committee on
  553  appeals within the administrative region in which the student
  554  lives. The FHSAA’s bylaws shall establish the number, size, and
  555  composition of each committee on appeals.
  556         (b)No member of the board of directors is eligible to
  557  serve on a committee on appeals.
  558         (c)Members of a committee on appeals shall serve terms of
  559  3 years and are eligible to succeed themselves only once. A
  560  member of a committee on appeals may serve a maximum of 6
  561  consecutive years. The FHSAA’s bylaws shall establish a rotation
  562  of terms to ensure that a majority of the members’ terms do not
  563  expire concurrently.
  564         (d)The authority and duties of a committee on appeals
  565  shall be to consider requests by member schools seeking
  566  exceptions to bylaws and regulations, to hear undue hardship
  567  eligibility cases filed by member schools on behalf of student
  568  athletes, and to hear appeals filed by member schools or student
  569  athletes.
  570         (e)A student athlete or member school that receives an
  571  unfavorable ruling from a committee on appeals shall be entitled
  572  to appeal that decision to the board of directors at its next
  573  regularly scheduled meeting or called meeting. The board of
  574  directors shall have the authority to uphold, reverse, or amend
  575  the decision of the committee on appeals. In all such cases, the
  576  decision of the board of directors shall be final.
  577         (f)The FHSAA shall expedite the appeals process on
  578  determinations of ineligibility so that disposition of the
  579  appeal can be made before the end of the applicable sports
  580  season, if possible.
  581         (g)In any appeal from a decision on eligibility made by
  582  the executive director or a designee, a school or student
  583  athlete filing the appeal must be permitted to present
  584  information and evidence that was not available at the time of
  585  the initial determination or if the determination was not made
  586  by an unbiased, objective individual using a process allowing
  587  full due process rights to be heard and to present evidence. If
  588  evidence is presented on appeal, a de novo decision must be made
  589  by the committee or board hearing the appeal, or the
  590  determination may be suspended and the matter remanded for a new
  591  determination based on all the evidence. If a de novo decision
  592  is made on appeal, the decision must be made in writing, setting
  593  forth the findings of fact and specific violation upon which the
  594  decision is based. If a de novo decision is not required, the
  595  decision appealed must be set aside if the decision on
  596  ineligibility was not based on clear and convincing evidence.
  597  Any further appeal shall be considered on a record that includes
  598  all evidence presented.
  599         (8)AMENDMENT OF BYLAWS.—Each member school representative,
  600  the board of directors acting as a whole or as members acting
  601  individually, any advisory committee acting as a whole to be
  602  established by the FHSAA, and the FHSAA’s executive director are
  603  empowered to propose amendments to the bylaws. Any other
  604  individual may propose an amendment by securing the sponsorship
  605  of any of the aforementioned individuals or bodies. All proposed
  606  amendments must be submitted directly to the representative
  607  assembly for its consideration. The representative assembly,
  608  while empowered to adopt, reject, or revise proposed amendments,
  609  may not, in and of itself, as a body be allowed to propose any
  610  amendment for its own consideration.
  611         Section 2. Subsections (2) through (8) of section 1006.15,
  612  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
  613         1006.15 Student standards for eligibility to participate
  614  participation in interscholastic and intrascholastic
  615  extracurricular student activities; regulation.—
  616         (2) District school board and nonprofit association
  617  policies governing student eligibility for extracurricular
  618  activities shall be guided by the following principles:
  619         (a)Interscholastic Extracurricular student activities are
  620  an important complement to the academic curriculum and provide
  621  students with incentives to succeed academically.
  622         (b) Participation in a comprehensive extracurricular and
  623  academic program contributes to student development of the
  624  social and intellectual skills necessary to become a well
  625  rounded adult.
  626         (c)Extracurricular activities promote teamwork and
  627  collaboration, expose students to individuals from diverse
  628  backgrounds, and enhance parental engagement in the school.
  629         (d)Policies governing student eligibility for
  630  extracurricular activities should not impede parental school
  631  choice.
  632         (e)A student’s school attendance zone or choice of
  633  educational program should not be a barrier to participation in
  634  extracurricular activities that are not offered by the student’s
  635  school or program.
  636         (3) As used in this part section, the term:
  637         (a) “Extracurricular activity” means a any school
  638  authorized or education-related activity occurring during or
  639  outside the regular instructional school day.
  640         (b)“Home education cooperative” means a parent-directed
  641  group of individual home education students which provides
  642  opportunities for interscholastic competition to those students.
  643         (c)“Impermissible benefit” means a benefit or promise of
  644  benefit that is based in any way on athletic interest,
  645  potential, or performance, that is a benefit not generally
  646  available to the school’s students or their family members, and
  647  that induces a student athlete to participate in the athletic
  648  programs of a member school. The term does not include
  649  transportation arrangements.
  650         (d)“Nonprofit association” means the nonprofit association
  651  that governs interscholastic athletic competition in this state
  652  pursuant to s. 1006.20.
  653         (e)“Public school student” means a student who is
  654  attending a traditional public school, charter school, magnet
  655  school, alternative school, developmental research laboratory
  656  school, other public school of choice, or public virtual school.
  657         (f)“Recruiting” means an effort by a school employee or
  658  athletic department staff member to pressure, urge, or entice a
  659  student to attend that school for the purpose of participating
  660  in interscholastic athletics.
  661         (g)“Unaffiliated private school” means a private school
  662  that has an enrollment of 125 or fewer students in grades 6
  663  through 12 and that is not a member of the nonprofit
  664  association.
  665         (4)(3)(a) A student is To be eligible to participate in
  666  interscholastic extracurricular student activities if the, a
  667  student must:
  668         1. Maintains Maintain a grade point average of 2.0 or above
  669  on a 4.0 scale, or its equivalent, in the previous semester or a
  670  cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or above on a 4.0 scale,
  671  or its equivalent, in the courses required by s. 1002.3105(5) or
  672  s. 1003.4282.
  673         2. Executes Execute and fulfills fulfill the requirements
  674  of an academic performance contract between the student, the
  675  district school board or private school, the appropriate
  676  governing association, and the student’s parents, if the
  677  student’s cumulative grade point average falls below 2.0, or its
  678  equivalent, on a 4.0 scale in the courses required by s.
  679  1002.3105(5) or s. 1003.4282. At a minimum, the contract must
  680  require that the student attend summer school, or its graded
  681  equivalent, between grades 9 and 10 or grades 10 and 11, as
  682  necessary.
  683         3. Has Have a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or
  684  above on a 4.0 scale, or its equivalent, in the courses required
  685  by s. 1002.3105(5) or s. 1003.4282 during his or her junior or
  686  senior year.
  687         4. Maintains Maintain satisfactory conduct as prescribed by
  688  the district school board’s or private school’s code, including
  689  adherence to appropriate dress and other codes of student
  690  conduct policies described in s. 1006.07(2). If a student is
  691  convicted of, or is found to have committed, a felony or a
  692  delinquent act that would have been a felony if committed by an
  693  adult, regardless of whether adjudication is withheld, the
  694  student’s participation in interscholastic extracurricular
  695  activities is contingent upon established and published district
  696  school board or private school policy.
  697         5.Is a home education student who meets the requirements
  698  of the home education program pursuant to s. 1002.41, including
  699  requirements relating to annual educational evaluations. The
  700  evaluation processes or requirements placed on home education
  701  student participants may not exceed those that apply under s.
  702  1002.41 to home education students generally.
  703         (b)1.A student may be declared ineligible to participate
  704  in interscholastic athletics only if:
  705         a.The student fails to achieve compliance with paragraph
  706  (a);
  707         b.The student or parent falsifies an enrollment or
  708  eligibility document;
  709         c.The student or parent accepts an impermissible benefit;
  710         d.The student commits a flagrant act of unsportsmanlike
  711  conduct toward a contest official, opponent, or other person
  712  attending an athletic contest or violates substance abuse
  713  policies established by the nonprofit association;
  714         e.The student has exhausted 4 years of athletic
  715  eligibility, graduated from high school, or attained the maximum
  716  age established by the nonprofit association, whichever occurs
  717  first;
  718         f.The student does not pass a medical evaluation pursuant
  719  to s. 1006.20(2)(c), except as otherwise provided in s.
  720  1006.20(2)(d); or
  721         g.The student forfeits his or her amateur status, as
  722  defined by the nonprofit association.
  723         2.A student may not be declared ineligible to participate
  724  in interscholastic athletics based upon a violation of the
  725  FHSAA’s recruitment policy or otherwise because the student
  726  participated on a nonschool team or nonschool team affiliated
  727  with the school in which the student ultimately enrolls; or the
  728  student participated in nonschool athletic activities sponsored
  729  by a member school of the nonprofit association if, after
  730  participating, the student registers for, enrolls in, or applies
  731  to attend the sponsoring school. As used in this subparagraph,
  732  the terms “nonschool team” and “nonschool athletic activities”
  733  include, but are not limited to, club teams, travel teams, grade
  734  school teams, recreational league teams, personal instruction
  735  sessions, summer camp teams, and summer camp nonschool athletic
  736  programs.
  737         (c)1.(b)A Any student who is exempt from attending a full
  738  school day based on rules adopted by the district school board
  739  for double session schools or programs, experimental schools, or
  740  schools operating under emergency conditions must maintain the
  741  grade point average required by this section and pass each class
  742  for which he or she is enrolled.
  743         2.A student who transfers from a home education program to
  744  a public or private school before or during the first semester
  745  of the school year is academically eligible to participate in
  746  extracurricular activities during the first semester if the
  747  student has a successful evaluation from the previous school
  748  year pursuant to subparagraph (a)5.
  749         3.A public school or private school student who transfers
  750  into a home education program after being declared ineligible
  751  for participation in extracurricular activities pursuant to
  752  subparagraph (b)1. is ineligible to participate in such
  753  activities as a home education student until the student has
  754  successfully completed one semester in a home education program
  755  pursuant to s. 1002.41.
  756         4.A public school student who transfers to a private
  757  school or another public school, or a private school student who
  758  transfers to a public school or another private school, after
  759  being declared ineligible to participate in extracurricular
  760  activities pursuant to subparagraph (b)1. is ineligible to
  761  participate in such activities until the student has
  762  successfully completed one semester at the school to which he or
  763  she transfers and meets the requirements of paragraph (a).
  764         (d)(c)A public school student, a student attending an
  765  unaffiliated private school, or a An individual home education
  766  student is eligible to participate in an extracurricular
  767  activity that is not offered by the student’s school or home
  768  education program. Participation may occur at any the public
  769  school in the school district in which the student resides to
  770  which the student would be assigned according to district school
  771  board attendance area policies or a public school in another
  772  school district which the student could choose to attend
  773  pursuant to an district or interdistrict controlled open
  774  enrollment policy. A home education student provisions, or may
  775  also develop an agreement to participate at a private school, in
  776  the interscholastic or extracurricular activities of that
  777  school. In order to participate under this paragraph, a student
  778  must meet, provided the following conditions are met:
  779         1.The home education student must meet the requirements of
  780  the home education program pursuant to s. 1002.41.
  781         2.During the period of participation at a school, the home
  782  education student must demonstrate educational progress as
  783  required in paragraph (b) in all subjects taken in the home
  784  education program by a method of evaluation agreed upon by the
  785  parent and the school principal which may include: review of the
  786  student’s work by a certified teacher chosen by the parent;
  787  grades earned through correspondence; grades earned in courses
  788  taken at a Florida College System institution, university, or
  789  trade school; standardized test scores above the 35th
  790  percentile; or any other method designated in s. 1002.41.
  791         3.The home education student must meet the same residency
  792  requirements as other students in the school at which he or she
  793  participates.
  794         1.4. The home education student must meet the same
  795  standards of acceptance, behavior, and performance as required
  796  of other students in extracurricular activities.
  797         2.5. The student must register with the school his or her
  798  intent to participate in interscholastic extracurricular
  799  activities as a representative of the school before the
  800  beginning date of the nonathletic activity or season for the
  801  athletic activity in which he or she wishes to participate. A
  802  home education student must be able to participate in curricular
  803  activities if that is a requirement for an extracurricular
  804  activity.
  805         3.A student who is enrolled in an unaffiliated private
  806  school, a home education program, a full-time public virtual
  807  school, or any public school that does not offer any
  808  interscholastic athletic programs may only participate in
  809  interscholastic athletics at the public school in which the
  810  student is first registered.
  811         4.The student’s parent is responsible for transporting the
  812  student to and from the school at which the student
  813  participates. The school the student attends, the school at
  814  which the student participates in the extracurricular activity,
  815  the district school board, and the nonprofit association are
  816  exempt from civil liability arising from any injury to the
  817  student which occurs during such transportation.
  818         6.A student who transfers from a home education program to
  819  a publicschool before or during the first grading period of the
  820  school year is academically eligible to participate in
  821  interscholastic extracurricular activities during the first
  822  grading period provided the student has a successful evaluation
  823  from the previous school year, pursuant to subparagraph 2.
  824         7.Any public school or private school student who has been
  825  unable to maintain academic eligibility for participation in
  826  interscholastic extracurricular activities is ineligible to
  827  participate in such activities as a home education student until
  828  the student has successfully completed one grading period in
  829  home education pursuant to subparagraph 2. to become eligible to
  830  participate as a home education student.
  831         (d)An individual charter school student pursuant to s.
  832  1002.33 is eligible to participate at the public school to which
  833  the student would be assigned according to district school board
  834  attendance area policies or which the student could choose to
  835  attend, pursuant to district or interdistrict controlled open
  836  enrollment provisions, in any interscholastic extracurricular
  837  activity of that school, unless such activity is provided by the
  838  student’s charter school, if the following conditions are met:
  839         1.The charter school student must meet the requirements of
  840  the charter school education program as determined by the
  841  charter school governing board.
  842         2.During the period of participation at a school, the
  843  charter school student must demonstrate educational progress as
  844  required in paragraph (b).
  845         3.The charter school student must meet the same residency
  846  requirements as other students in the school at which he or she
  847  participates.
  848         4.The charter school student must meet the same standards
  849  of acceptance, behavior, and performance that are required of
  850  other students in extracurricular activities.
  851         5.The charter school student must register with the school
  852  his or her intent to participate in interscholastic
  853  extracurricular activities as a representative of the school
  854  before the beginning date of the season for the activity in
  855  which he or she wishes to participate. A charter school student
  856  must be able to participate in curricular activities if that is
  857  a requirement for an extracurricular activity.
  858         6.A student who transfers from a charter school program to
  859  a traditional public school before or during the first grading
  860  period of the school year is academically eligible to
  861  participate in interscholastic extracurricular activities during
  862  the first grading period if the student has a successful
  863  evaluation from the previous school year, pursuant to
  864  subparagraph 2.
  865         7.Any public school or private school student who has been
  866  unable to maintain academic eligibility for participation in
  867  interscholastic extracurricular activities is ineligible to
  868  participate in such activities as a charter school student until
  869  the student has successfully completed one grading period in a
  870  charter school pursuant to subparagraph 2. to become eligible to
  871  participate as a charter school student.
  872         (e)A student of the Florida Virtual School full-time
  873  program may participate in any interscholastic extracurricular
  874  activity at the public school to which the student would be
  875  assigned according to district school board attendance area
  876  policies or which the student could choose to attend, pursuant
  877  to district or interdistrict controlled open enrollment
  878  policies, if the student:
  879         1.During the period of participation in the
  880  interscholastic extracurricular activity, meets the requirements
  881  in paragraph (a).
  882         2.Meets any additional requirements as determined by the
  883  board of trustees of the Florida Virtual School.
  884         3.Meets the same residency requirements as other students
  885  in the school at which he or she participates.
  886         4.Meets the same standards of acceptance, behavior, and
  887  performance that are required of other students in
  888  extracurricular activities.
  889         5.Registers his or her intent to participate in
  890  interscholastic extracurricular activities with the school
  891  before the beginning date of the season for the activity in
  892  which he or she wishes to participate. A Florida Virtual School
  893  student must be able to participate in curricular activities if
  894  that is a requirement for an extracurricular activity.
  895         (f)A student who transfers from the Florida Virtual School
  896  full-time program to a traditional public school before or
  897  during the first grading period of the school year is
  898  academically eligible to participate in interscholastic
  899  extracurricular activities during the first grading period if
  900  the student has a successful evaluation from the previous school
  901  year pursuant to paragraph (a).
  902         (g)A public school or private school student who has been
  903  unable to maintain academic eligibility for participation in
  904  interscholastic extracurricular activities is ineligible to
  905  participate in such activities as a Florida Virtual School
  906  student until the student successfully completes one grading
  907  period in the Florida Virtual School pursuant to paragraph (a).
  908         (5)(4) The student standards for participation in
  909  interscholastic extracurricular activities must be applied
  910  beginning with the student’s first semester of the 9th grade.
  911  Each student must meet such other requirements for participation
  912  as may be established by the district school board; however,
  913  such requirements must apply on an equal basis to all students
  914  and a district school board may not make establish requirements
  915  for participation in interscholastic extracurricular activities
  916  which make participation in such activities less accessible to a
  917  transfer student or a student enrolled in a public school of
  918  choice, an unaffiliated private school, or a home education
  919  program students than to other students. A district school board
  920  or private school may not establish policies regarding transfer
  921  student eligibility for extracurricular activities which are
  922  more stringent than the policies established by the nonprofit
  923  association Except as set forth in paragraph (3)(c), evaluation
  924  processes or requirements that are placed on home education
  925  student participants may not go beyond those that apply under s.
  926  1002.41 to home education students generally.
  927         (6)(5)An Any organization or entity that regulates or
  928  governs interscholastic extracurricular activities of public
  929  schools:
  930         (a) Shall permit home education associations or home
  931  education cooperatives to join as member schools.
  932         (b) Shall not discriminate against any eligible student
  933  based on an educational choice of public, private, or home
  934  education.
  935         (7)(6) Public schools are prohibited from membership in any
  936  organization or entity that which regulates or governs
  937  interscholastic extracurricular activities and discriminates
  938  against eligible students in public, private, or home education.
  939         (7)Any insurance provided by district school boards for
  940  participants in extracurricular activities shall cover the
  941  participating home education student. If there is an additional
  942  premium for such coverage, the participating home education
  943  student shall pay the premium.
  944         (8)(a)The Florida High School Athletic Association
  945  (FHSAA), in cooperation with each district school board, shall
  946  facilitate a program in which a middle school or high school
  947  student who attends a private school shall be eligible to
  948  participate in an interscholastic or intrascholastic sport at a
  949  public high school, a public middle school, or a 6-12 public
  950  school that is zoned for the physical address at which the
  951  student resides if:
  952         1.The private school in which the student is enrolled is
  953  not a member of the FHSAA and does not offer an interscholastic
  954  or intrascholastic athletic program.
  955         2.The private school student meets the guidelines for the
  956  conduct of the program established by the FHSAA’s board of
  957  directors and the district school board. At a minimum, such
  958  guidelines shall provide:
  959         a.A deadline for each sport by which the private school
  960  student’s parents must register with the public school in
  961  writing their intent for their child to participate at that
  962  school in the sport.
  963         b.Requirements for a private school student to
  964  participate, including, but not limited to, meeting the same
  965  standards of eligibility, acceptance, behavior, educational
  966  progress, and performance which apply to other students
  967  participating in interscholastic or intrascholastic sports at a
  968  public school or FHSAA member private school.
  969         (b)The parents of a private school student participating
  970  in a public school sport under this subsection are responsible
  971  for transporting their child to and from the public school at
  972  which the student participates. The private school the student
  973  attends, the public school at which the student participates in
  974  a sport, the district school board, and the FHSAA are exempt
  975  from civil liability arising from any injury that occurs to the
  976  student during such transportation.
  977         (c)For each academic year, a private school student may
  978  only participate at the public school in which the student is
  979  first registered under sub-subparagraph (a)2.a. or makes himself
  980  or herself a candidate for an athletic team by engaging in a
  981  practice.
  982         (d)The athletic director of each participating FHSAA
  983  member public school shall maintain the student records
  984  necessary for eligibility, compliance, and participation in the
  985  program.
  986         (e)Any non-FHSAA member private school that has a student
  987  who wishes to participate in this program must make all student
  988  records, including, but not limited to, academic, financial,
  989  disciplinary, and attendance records, available upon request of
  990  the FHSAA.
  991         (f)A student must apply to participate in this program
  992  through the FHSAA program application process.
  993         (g)Only students who are enrolled in non-FHSAA member
  994  private schools consisting of 125 students or fewer are eligible
  995  to participate in the program in any given academic year.
  996         Section 3. Section 1006.16, Florida Statutes, is amended to
  997  read:
  998         1006.16 Insuring school students engaged in extracurricular
  999  athletic activities against injury.—A Any district school board,
 1000  school athletic association, or school may formulate, conduct,
 1001  and purchase a plan or method of insuring, or may self-insure,
 1002  participants in extracurricular activities school students
 1003  against injury sustained by reason of such participation
 1004  students engaging and participating in the extracurricular
 1005  athletic activities conducted or sponsored by the district
 1006  school board, association, or school in which such students are
 1007  enrolled. A district school board, school athletic association,
 1008  or school may add a surcharge to the fee charged for admission
 1009  to athletic events as a means of producing revenue to purchase
 1010  such insurance or to provide self-insurance. A Any district
 1011  school board may pay for all or part of such plan or method of
 1012  insurance or self-insurance from available district school board
 1013  funds. Insurance provided by a district school board for
 1014  participants in extracurricular activities must cover home
 1015  education and unaffiliated private school students participating
 1016  in extracurricular activities at a district public school
 1017  pursuant to s. 1006.15 under the same terms and conditions that
 1018  apply to students enrolled in a district public school.
 1019         Section 4. Subsection (1) of section 1006.19, Florida
 1020  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1021         1006.19 Audit of records of nonprofit corporations and
 1022  associations handling interscholastic activities.—
 1023         (1) Each nonprofit association or corporation that operates
 1024  for the purpose of supervising and controlling interscholastic
 1025  activities of public high schools and whose membership is
 1026  composed of duly certified representatives of public high
 1027  schools, and whose rules and regulations are established by
 1028  members thereof, shall have an annual financial audit of its
 1029  accounts and records conducted by an independent certified
 1030  public accountant retained by it and paid from its funds. The
 1031  accountant shall furnish a copy of the audit report to the
 1032  Auditor General within 30 days after completion of the audit. At
 1033  least every 3 years, the Auditor General shall conduct an
 1034  operational audit of the accounts and records of each nonprofit
 1035  association.
 1036         Section 5. Subsections (17) and (18) of section 1002.20,
 1037  Florida Statutes, are amended to read:
 1038         1002.20 K-12 student and parent rights.—Parents of public
 1039  school students must receive accurate and timely information
 1040  regarding their child’s academic progress and must be informed
 1041  of ways they can help their child to succeed in school. K-12
 1042  students and their parents are afforded numerous statutory
 1043  rights including, but not limited to, the following:
 1044         (17) ATHLETICS; PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL.—
 1045         (a) Eligibility.—Eligibility requirements for all students
 1046  participating in high school athletic competition must allow a
 1047  student to be eligible in the school in which he or she first
 1048  enrolls each school year, the school in which the student makes
 1049  himself or herself a candidate for an athletic team by engaging
 1050  in practice before enrolling, or the school to which the student
 1051  has transferred with approval of the district school board, in
 1052  accordance with s. 1006.20 the provisions of s. 1006.20(2)(a).
 1053         (b) Medical evaluation.—Students must satisfactorily pass a
 1054  medical evaluation each year before participating in athletics,
 1055  unless the parent objects in writing based on religious tenets
 1056  or practices, in accordance with s. 1006.20 the provisions of s.
 1057  1006.20(2)(d).
 1058         (18) EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES.—In accordance with the
 1059  provisions of s. 1006.15:
 1060         (a) Eligibility.—Students who meet specified academic and
 1061  conduct requirements are eligible to participate in
 1062  extracurricular activities.
 1063         (b) Participation Home education students.All public
 1064  school students, including those enrolled in public schools of
 1065  choice and virtual education, all home education students, and
 1066  certain private school students may participate in any
 1067  extracurricular activity not offered by a student’s school or
 1068  home education program at any public school in the school
 1069  district in which the student resides or a public school in
 1070  another school district which the student could choose to attend
 1071  pursuant to an interdistrict controlled open enrollment policy
 1072  who meet specified academic and conduct requirements are
 1073  eligible to participate in extracurricular activities at the
 1074  public school to which the student would be assigned or could
 1075  choose to attend according to district school board policies, or
 1076  may develop an agreement to participate at a private school.
 1077         (c)Charter school students.—Charter school students who
 1078  meet specified academic and conduct requirements are eligible to
 1079  participate in extracurricular activities at the public school
 1080  to which the student would be assigned or could choose to attend
 1081  according to district school board policies, unless such
 1082  activity is provided by the student’s charter school.
 1083         (d)Florida Virtual School full-time students.—Florida
 1084  Virtual School full-time students who meet specified academic
 1085  and conduct requirements are eligible to participate in
 1086  extracurricular activities at the public school to which the
 1087  student would be assigned or could choose to attend according to
 1088  district school board policies.
 1089         (c)(e)Discrimination prohibited.—Organizations that
 1090  regulate or govern extracurricular activities of public schools
 1091  shall not discriminate against any eligible student based on an
 1092  educational choice of public, private, or home education.
 1093         Section 6. Subsection (11) of section 1002.33, Florida
 1094  Statutes, is amended to read:
 1095         1002.33 Charter schools.—
 1096         (11) PARTICIPATION IN INTERSCHOLASTIC EXTRACURRICULAR
 1097  ACTIVITIES.—A charter school student is eligible to participate
 1098  in an interscholastic extracurricular activity at another the
 1099  public school to which the student would be otherwise assigned
 1100  to attend pursuant to s. 1006.15 s. 1006.15(3)(d).
 1101         Section 7. this act shall take effect July 1, 2015.
 1102  
 1103  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
 1104  And the title is amended as follows:
 1105         Delete everything before the enacting clause
 1106  and insert:
 1107                        A bill to be entitled                      
 1108         An act relating to extracurricular activities;
 1109         amending s. 1006.20, F.S.; providing for review of the
 1110         FHSAA’s performance of duties; providing requirements
 1111         regarding fees and admission prices; revising
 1112         provisions regarding eligibility and transfer;
 1113         providing procedures for resolving student eligibility
 1114         disputes; requiring the Florida High School Athletic
 1115         Association (FHSAA) to adopt guidelines, provide
 1116         resources, and develop training courses relating to
 1117         sports ethics; providing that member schools must meet
 1118         certain requirements relating to the sports ethics
 1119         guidelines, resources, and training courses provided
 1120         by the FHSAA; revising the governing structure of the
 1121         FHSAA; deleting provisions relating to the FHSAA’s
 1122         board of directors, representative assembly, public
 1123         liaison advisory committee, and appeals committees;
 1124         deleting requirements with respect to amendments to
 1125         the FHSAA’s bylaws; amending s. 1006.15, F.S.;
 1126         establishing guiding principles for extracurricular
 1127         activities; providing definitions; revising academic
 1128         eligibility requirements; specifying grounds for
 1129         student ineligibility for participation in
 1130         interscholastic athletics; specifying conditions under
 1131         which students who are enrolled in public schools,
 1132         certain private schools, or home education programs
 1133         may participate in the extracurricular activities of a
 1134         public school; deleting obsolete provisions; amending
 1135         s. 1006.16, F.S.; revising insurance requirements to
 1136         include students who participate in nonathletic
 1137         extracurricular activities; requiring that insurance
 1138         coverage provided by district school boards for
 1139         participants in extracurricular activities include
 1140         certain students; amending s. 1006.19, F.S.; providing
 1141         a period within which an audit of a nonprofit
 1142         association’s records must be provided to the Auditor
 1143         General; requiring the Auditor General to conduct
 1144         operational audits of the nonprofit association’s
 1145         accounts and records; amending s. 1002.20, F.S.;
 1146         conforming cross-references; revising provisions
 1147         related to participation in extracurricular
 1148         activities; amending ss. 1002.33, F.S.; conforming
 1149         cross-references; providing an effective date.