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From the ECS State Policy Database
2009 State Policies / Activities

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The following summary includes policies enacted in 2009. This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format. To view the documents, click on the blue triangle next to the topic of interest. To view all, press the button located at the top labeled "Expand All."

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- Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities
CAVetoed 10/2009P-12Cleaning of Wrestling Equipment
S.B. 212
Authorizes the governing board of each school district maintaining a high school to provide for the annual cleaning and sterilization of wrestling equipment as specified by the superintendent of public instruction and the state board of education. Provides the...

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CAVetoed 10/2009P-12Review for Approval of Athletic Facilities for Gender Equitability
A.B. 685
Requires the state department of education to include, as part of its review of an application for new construction plan approval, a determination of whether a project that includes athletics-related facilities provides the opportunity for gender equitable acc...

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CASigned into law 10/2009P-12Certificate to Supervise or Coach Student Activity
A.B. 1025
Requires a noncertified candidate, prior to assuming a paid or volunteer position to supervise, direct, or coach a pupil activity program sponsored by, or affiliated with, a school district, to obtain a specified clearance certificate from the Commission on Te...

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CAVetoed 10/2009Postsec.
Community College
Postsecondary Auxiliary Organizations
S.B. 218
The California Public Records Act requires state and local agencies to make their records available for public inspection and to make copies available upon request and payment of a fee unless those records are exempt from disclosure. The act defines the terms ...

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OHAdopted 10/2009P-12Coaching Requirements
OAC 3301-27-01
Repeals provision requiring nonlicensed individual, prior to directing, coaching or superivising a pupil-activity program, to obtain a state board-issued pupil activity permit. Adds provision requiring any licensed or nonlicensed individual who will direct, su...

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CASigned into law 08/2009P-12Foster Student Eligibility for Extracurricular Activities
A.B. 81
Requires that a foster child who changes residences pursuant to a court order or decision of a child welfare worker be immediately deemed to meet all residency requirements for participation in interscholastic sports or other extracurricular activities. http:/...

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ILSigned into law 08/2009P-12Interscholastic Association Defamation Act
S.B. 1556
Creates the Interscholastic Association Defamation Act. Defines association as the Illinois High School Association. Provides that any association which has as one or more of its purposes the promoting, sponsoring, regulating, or in any manner providing for in...

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ILSigned into law 08/2009P-12Cancer Prevention
S.B. 1665
Requires that the Comprehensive Health Education Program include information about cancer, including types of cancer, signs and symptoms, risk factors, the importance of early prevention and detection, and information on where to go for help. Requires an inter...

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ILSigned into law 08/2009P-12Performance-enhancing Substance Testing
H.B. 272
Repeals provision effective July 2011. Requires the Illinois High School Association to prohibit a student from participating in an association-sponsored or -sanctioned athletic competition unless:
(1) The student agrees not to use any performance-enhancing su...

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ORSigned into law 08/2009P-12Sexual misconduct
H.B. 2476
Creates a sentencing enhancement for sexual abuse in the second degree when the offender is a specified age or older and is a minor victim's athletic coach; increases biennial appropriations from the General Fund to the Department of Corrections and Public Def...

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OHSigned into law 07/2009P-12Excused Absences for Extracurricular Activities
H.B. 1 - Section 3321.041
Defines "extracurricular activity". Requires districts to provide students with up to four days of excused absence per school year for a student absence for the sole purpose of traveling out of state to participate in an enrichment activity approved by the loc...

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NJSigned into law 06/2009P-12Adapted Athletic Programs
A.B. 930
Directs the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association to establish adapted athletic programs.
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2008/Bills/A1000/930_I1.HTM...

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NYAdopted 06/2009P-12Physical Education, Coaches and Athletic Eligibility
Title 8 NYCRR 135.4
Specifies that students in grades 5-6 who are in a middle school must participate in the physical education program a minimum of three periods per calendar week during one semester of each school year and two periods during the other semester, or a comparable ...

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ORSigned into law 06/2009P-12Student Concussions
S.B. 348
Requires coaches of school athletic teams to receive annual training on how to recognize symptoms of a concussion and how to seek proper medical treatment for a person suspected of having a concussion; prohibits a coach from allowing a member of a school athle...

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ORSigned into law 06/2009Postsec.Athletics
H.B. 3118
Requires public institutions of higher education to interview a qualified minority candidate when hiring a head coach or athletic director unless the institution was unable to identify a qualified minority candidate willing to interview for the position. Chapt...

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FLSigned into law 05/2009P-12Certification of public school athletic coaches
H.B. 1539
Relates to certification of public school athletic coaches; provides that completion of sports safety course shall meet certain inservice certification requirements, including teaching the principles of cardiopulmonary resuscitation; requires the sports safety...

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OKSigned into law 05/2009Postsec.Agents May Not Contact Student Athletes
H.B. 1095
Amends Uniform Athlete Agents Act. Prohibits an athlete agent from any contact with a student-athlete who is not eligible to enter into a professional-sports-services contract. For the purposes of this subsection, "contact" shall not include general promotion...

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WASigned into law 05/2009P-12Sexual Discrimination
S.B. 5967
Prohibits a city, town, county, or district from discriminating against any person on the basis of sex in the operation, conduct, or administration of community athletics programs for youth and adults; prohibits a third party receiving a lease or permit for a ...

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ARSigned into law 04/2009P-12Task Force on Athletic Training
H.B. 2129
Creates the Legislative Task Force on Athletic Training in Public Schools to study health care issues concerning secondary school student athletes, evaluate the current athletic training curriculum and recommend changes to the athletic training curriculum, mon...

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NMSigned into law 04/2009P-12Homeschooled Student Participation in District Athletics
H.B. 704
Increases the number of school district athletic activities in which a home school student may participate to three activities.
http://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/09%20Regular/final/HB0704.pdf...

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NMSigned into law 04/2009P-12School Athletics Programs
H.B. 432
Enacts the School Athletics Equity Act which provides that each public school shall operate its athletics program in a manner that does not discriminate against students or staff on the basis of gender; provides for collection of data concerning school athleti...

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WASigned into law 04/2009P-12Student Athletics
H.B. 1824
Requires the adoption of policies for the management of concussion and head injury in youth sports; Directs each school district's board of directors to work in consort with the Washington interscholastic activities association to develop guidelines and other ...

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KYSigned into law 03/2009P-12Sports Safety
H.B. 383
Requires the Kentucky High School Athletics Association, with assistance from the department of education, to staff and coordinate a study of sports safety to be completed no later than October 1, 2009. Identifies areas for the study to review. Sets forth memb...

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MSSigned into law 03/2009P-12Children First Act of 2009
S.B. 2628
Prohibits public school students in 7th-12th grades who fail to maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.0 from participating in extracurricular activities. Authorizes and directs the state board to define failing schools and school districts under certain standards. Re...

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+ Students--Employment
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