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From the ECS State Policy Database
Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities


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State Status/Date Level Summary
CASigned into law 09/2012Postsec.Student Athlete Bill of Rights
S.B. 1525
From bill summary: Enacts the Student Athlete Bill of Rights, pursuant to which, commencing with the 2013–14 academic year, intercollegiate ...

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MASigned into law 08/2012Postsec.Establishes the Afterschool and Out-of-School Time Coordinating Council
S.B. 2111
Establishes the afterschool and out-of-school time coordinating council, consisting of 15 members. Outlines members, terms, meeting frequenc...

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CASigned into law 08/2012P-12Training on Signs and Symptoms of Concussions
A.B. 1451
Amends provisions regarding the California High School Coaching Education and Training Program; provides that "training" include a basic und...

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HISigned into law 07/2012P-12Concussions
H.B. 2273
Directs the department of education and the Hawaii High School Athletic Association to develop a concussion educational program that include...

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NHSigned into law 06/2012P-12Concussion Management
S.B. 402
Requires school districts to develop policies for the management of concussion and head injury in student sports and limits a school distric...

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LASigned into law 06/2012P-12Soccer Camps and Soccer Showcase Opportunities
S.B. 507
Permits otherwise eligible student athletes to participate in any soccer camp or any other soccer showcase opportunity, including training a...

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LASigned into law 06/2012P-12Eligibility of Students from Military Families to Participate in Interscholastic Athletic Activities
H.B. 631
Prohibits an otherwise eligible student from being determined ineligible for participation in an extracurricular interscholastic athletic ac...

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SCSigned into law 06/2012P-12Interscholastic Activity Availability to Students
S.B. 149
Permits home school students, or students attending a Governor's school or charter school to participate in interscholastic activities in th...

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PASigned into law 05/2012P-12
Postsec.
Standards for Preventing Sudden Cardiac Arrest and Death in Student Athletes
H.B. 1610
Requires the Department of Health and the Department of Education to post on their websites guidelines and materials to inform and education...

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ALSigned into law 05/2012P-12
Postsec.
Sports Official Workers' Compensation and Civil Liability
H.B. 497
Defines "sports official" and qualifies sports officials as independent contractors. Exempts sports officials at an interscholastic or inter...

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MESigned into law 05/2012P-12Model Policy Regarding Management of Head Injuries in School Activities and Athletics
S.P. 654
The bill directs the Commissioner of Education to propose a model policy for public schools and private schools enrolling more than 60% of t...

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ALSigned into law 05/2012P-12Concussions
H.B. 308
Requires each local board of education to develop guidelines and other pertinent information regarding medical evaluation of concussions or ...

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TNSigned into law 05/2012P-12Extracurricular Activities -- Parental Notification
H.B. 2548
Requires schools to notify parents, by way of student handbooks or policy guidebooks, of school-associated extracurricular activities. Gives...

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OKSigned into law 05/2012Postsec.Athlete Agents
H.B. 2967
Modifies the Uniform Athlete Agents Act. Requires that eligible references not include someone with whom the applicant resides; lowers the r...

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FLSigned into law 04/2012P-12High School Athletics
H.B. 1403
Authorizes high schools, including charter schools, virtual schools, and home education cooperatives, to become members of the Florida High ...

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FLSigned into law 04/2012P-12Concussions and Head Injuries
H.B. 291
Requires independent sanctioning authorities for youth athletic teams and the Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) to (1) adopt ...

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KYSigned into law 04/2012P-12Student Concussions and Medical Exams
H.B. 281
Requires coaches to complete training on recognizing and treating concussions and head injuries. Requires the state board or its agency to d...

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KYSigned into law 04/2012P-12Task Force to Study Interscholastic Athletics at the Middle School Level
H.C.R. 155
Directs the Legislative Research Commission to establish a task force to study interscholastic athletics at the middle school level, and ass...

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MDSigned into law 04/2012P-12Athlete Heat Acclimatization Guidelines
H.B. 1080
Requires the State Department of Education, in collaboration with specified organizations and health care providers, to develop a model poli...

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WISigned into law 04/2012P-12Use of Law enforcement or Juvenile Court Records for Discipline
S.B. 315
Prohibits use of law enforcement or juvenile court records to expel or suspend a pupil or as the sole basis for taking any other disciplinar...

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TNSigned into law 03/2012P-12First Aid & Concussions
H.J.R. 23
Urges coaches of youth sports teams to take classes in first aid relative to the prevention, recognition, and treatment of concussions.
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IDSigned into law 03/2012P-12Creating a Process to Ensure all Schools can Participate in State Functions Such as Playoffs
S.B. 1301
Directs the state department of education to define and implement a process outlining secondary school accreditation requirements for the pu...

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WASigned into law 03/2012P-12Washington Interscholastic Activities Association Penalties
S.B. 6383
Authorizes the Washington interscholastic activities association or other voluntary nonprofit entity to impose penalties for rules violation...

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NMSigned into law 02/2012P-12Home School Student Participation in Extracurricular Activities
H.B. 129
Redefines the home school student activities program unit for funding purposes. Expands the definition from athletic activities to co-curric...

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NJSigned into law 01/2012P-12Cheerleaders Head Injury Safety
A 4008
Requires DOE to include cheerleaders in the student-athlete head injury safety program.
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2010/Bills/PL11/168_.PD...

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NDSigned into law 11/2011Postsec.Team Logo and Nickname
S.B. 2370
Allows the University of North Dakota to complete the directive of the State Board of Higher Education and to meet the terms of the 2007 set...

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PASigned into law 11/2011P-12Safety in Youth Sports Act
S.B. 200
Establishes standards for managing concussions and traumatic brain injuries to student athletes. Requires the Departments of Education and ...

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CASigned into law 09/2011P-12California Interscholastic Federation
S.B. 107
From bill summary: Extends provisions governing the operation of the California Interscholastic Federation to January 2017 (these were due t...

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DESigned into law 08/2011P-12Management of Concussions
S.B. 111
Requires the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association (DIAA) to adopt regulations regarding the appropriate recognition and management ...

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ILSigned into law 07/2011P-12Concussions
H.B. 200
Directs each school board to adopt a policy on student athlete concussions and head injuries that is in compliance with the protocols, polic...

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RISigned into law 07/2011P-12Concussions
H.B. 5440 and S.B. 0291 A
Adds an annual refresher course to the initial course requirement for coaches and volunteers, and encourages districts to have
school nurse...

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CTSigned into law 07/2011Postsec.Full Disclosure to Student Athletes
H.B. 5415
Provides that, beginning January 1, 2012, any institution with an intercollegiate athletic program that recruits student athletes by solicit...

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MESigned into law 07/2011P-12Private School Students May Participate in Public School Extracurricular Activities
H.P. 662
Provides that a student enrolled in an equivalent instruction program in a private school that enrolls fewer than 30 students is eligible to...

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MOSigned into law 07/2011P-12Concussions
H.B. 300
Establishes the High School Sports Brain Injury Prevention Act which requires school boards to work with the Missouri State High School Acti...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011P-12Participation in Athletics
H.B. 153 - Participation in Athletics
Provides a student may not be denied the opportunity to participate in interscholastic athletics solely because the student's parents do not...

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OHSigned into law 06/2011Postsec.Prohibition of Denying Benefits to a Religious Student Group
H.B. 153 - Prohibition of Denying Benefits to a Religious Student Group
Prohibits a state institution of higher education from taking any action or enforcing any policy that would deny a religious student group a...

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LASigned into law 06/2011P-12Concussions by Student Athletes
S.B. 189
Relates to concussions and head injuries suffered by student athletes, education requirements, removal of athletes from competition upon sus...

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DESigned into law 06/2011P-12Use of Academic Excellence Units to Fund Athletic Trainers
S.B. 69
Allows the use of academic excellence units for funding for licensed athletic trainers in schools that are members of the Delaware Interscho...

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LASigned into law 06/2011P-12Comprehensive Sports Injury Management Program
H.B. 364
Creates a comprehensive sports injury management program related to the health and safety of students who participate in school-sanctioned a...

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LASigned into law 06/2011P-12Student Participation in Athletic Programs
H.B. 31
Revises academic standards for student participation in interscholastic athletics. Requires the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Educ...

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TXSigned into law 06/2011P-12Football Helmet Safety
H.B. 675
Prohibits a district from using football helmets that are 16 years old or older in its football program. Requires districts to ensure that e...

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TXSigned into law 06/2011P-12University Interscholastic League
H.B. 1286
Prohibits the legislative council of the University Interscholastic League (http://www.uiltexas.org/) from taking final action on a new or a...

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NCSigned into law 06/2011P-12Gfeller-Waller Concussion Awareness Act
H.B. 792
Provides that the required rules governing interscholastic athletic activities adopted by the State Board of Education must provide:

1. Tha...

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TNSigned into law 06/2011Postsec.Athlete Agents (Higher Education)
S.B. 1671
Changes various requirements for registration of athlete agents, providing notice of athlete agent activities to higher education institutio...

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ALSigned into law 06/2011P-12Concussions
H.B. 108
Requires the governing body of each sport or recreational organization to develop guidelines and other pertinent information to inform paren...

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FLSigned into law 06/2011P-12Certain Private School Students May Participate in Public School Athletics
H.B. 797
Allows a student attending a private middle school or high school to participate in interscholastic or intrascholastic sports at a public sc...

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AKSigned into law 05/2011P-12Concussions
H.B. 15
Relating to prevention and evaluation of and liability for concussions in student athletes. Sec. 14.30.142 is amended to read: The governing...

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NVSigned into law 05/2011P-12Concussions
A.B. 455
Requires the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association and the board of trustees of each school district to adopt policies concerning th...

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MDSigned into law 05/2011P-12Requires Policies and Programs on the Risk of Concussions and Head Injuries
H.B. 858
Requires the state Department of Education, in collaboration with specified entities, to develop policies and to implement a program to prov...

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INSigned into law 05/2011P-12Concussions
S.B. 93
Requires the department of education, in consultation with specified persons, to disseminate guidelines, information sheets, and forms to sc...

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MDSigned into law 05/2011P-12State Board to Report to Legislature on Academic Standards Required for Participation in Athletics
H.B. 364
Requires the state board of education, in consultation with county boards of education, to report to the General Assembly on or before Decem...

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VTSigned into law 05/2011P-12Concussions
S.B. 100 - Sec. 39
This section defines and establishes the importance of avoiding and treating student concussions. Requires the development of statewide guid...

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MDSigned into law 05/2011P-12Concussions and Head Injury Awareness
S.B. 771
Requires the state Department of Education, in collaboration with specified entities, to develop policies and implement a program to provide...

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AZSigned into law 04/2011P-12Concussions
S.B. 1521
Requires school district governing boards to implement policies and procedures regarding concussions and head injuries of students participa...

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IASigned into law 04/2011P-12Protecting Against Concussions and Brain Injuries
S.F. 367
Concerned with protecting students from concussions and other brain injuries. http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/linc/84/external/govbills/SF3...

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ARSigned into law 04/2011P-12Athletic Trainers
H.B. 1743
Requires districts to develop procedures concerning student physical activity in its public schools that includes recognition and management...

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ARSigned into law 04/2011P-12Anti-Hazing Policy
S.B. 897
Clarifies that prohibition against hazing includes the initiation into or affiliation with sports programs and other extracurricular activit...

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NDSigned into law 04/2011P-12Concussions
S.B. 2281
Requires that all schools that sponsor or sanction athletic activities must adopt a concussion management program and outlines specific requ...

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UTSigned into law 03/2011P-12Access to School Facilities by Student Clubs
H.B. 218
Extends "limited open forum" (i.e., clubs for student expression) provisions to charter schools. Replaces references to "school building use...

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UTSigned into law 03/2011P-12Charter School Student Participation in Extracurricular Activities
S.B. 235
Provides that a charter school student is eligible to participate in an extracurricular activity at a public school other than the student's...

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NDSigned into law 03/2011Postsec.University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux Nickname and Logo
H.B. 1263
Bill text: University of North Dakota fighting Sioux nickname and logo.
The intercollegiate athletic teams sponsored by the university of No...

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UTSigned into law 03/2011P-12Student Sports Concussions
H.B. 204
Creates the "Protection of Athletes with Head Injuries Act". Includes public or private school in the definition of "amateur sports organiza...

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SDSigned into law 03/2011P-12Concussions
S.B. 149
Establishes policies for youth athletes with concussions resulting from participation in youth athletic activities. The South Dakota High
Sc...

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SDSigned into law 03/2011P-12Student Activities
S.B. 65
An Act to allow nonpublic schools accredited by certain accrediting agencies other than the Department of Education to become members of the...

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WYSigned into law 03/2011P-12School Athletics Safety
S.F. 38
Requires the State Superintendent of Public Instruction to develop a model protocol and to assist school districts in developing protocols f...

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KYSigned into law 03/2011P-12Staff Member to Accompany Students on Non-Athletic School Trips
H.B. 427 - School Trips
Requires a certified or classified staff member to accompany students on non-athletic school-sponsored or school-endorsed trips. Permits loc...

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CASigned into law 09/2010P-12
Community College
Authority of Physician's Assistant
S.B. 1069
From bill analysis: Authorizes a physician's assistant to:
(1) Certify that teacher certification or renewal candidates are free from any c...

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CASigned into law 07/2010P-12California Interscholastic Federation and the California Public Records Act
A.B. 352
Amends Section 33353 of the Education Code. Adds legislative intent that the California Interscholastic Federation (a voluntary organization...

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ILSigned into law 07/2010P-12
Postsec.
Illinois Athlete Agents Act
S.B. 2542
Creates the Illinois Athlete Agents Act. Requires licensure of agents for student-athletes with the department of financial and professional...

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TNSigned into law 06/2010P-12Random Drug Testing
S.B. 2621
Authorizes local education agencies (LEAs) to perform random drug testing on students who participate in extracurricular activities. Require...

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LASigned into law 06/2010P-12Home-schooled Students and Interscholastic Athletics
H.B. 303
Allows home-schooled students to participate in high school interscholastic athletics. Provides definitions, eligibility requirements, and ...

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RISigned into law 06/2010P-12School and Youth Programs Concussion act
H.B. 7036, S.B. 2034
Requires the department of education and the department of health to work with the Rhode Island interscholastic league to inform coaches, yo...

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RISigned into law 06/2010P-12Guidelines for Educating Coaches and Players About Concussions
H.B. 7036
This act would require school districts to work with the Rhode Island interscholastic league to develop guidelines for educating coaches and...

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OKSigned into law 05/2010P-12Guidelines for Concussions and Head Injuries
S.B. 1700
Directs school district boards to develop guidelines and other pertinent information and forms to inform and educate coaches, youth athletes...

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CTSigned into law 05/2010P-12Student Athletes - Concussions and Head Injuries
S.B. 456
Requires coaches of intramural and interscholastic athletics to complete annual training regarding the recognition of and dangers associated...

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SCVetoed 05/2010P-12State Certified Athletic Trainers Foundation
S.B. 481
Creates the State certified athletic trainers foundation to encourage and assist local school districts and schools in ensuring that a certi...

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AZSigned into law 05/2010P-12Recess Provisions
H.B. 2725--Multiple Provisions
Requires school district governing boards and charter schools to conduct a public meeting to consider the adoption of a policy to provide at...

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ALSigned into law 04/2010P-12Recognition of Bass Fishing as School Sport
H.J.R. 30
Requests that Alabama High School Athletic Association consider authorizing bass fishing as a recognized school sport in the state....

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KYSigned into law 04/2010P-12Interscholastic Athletics
H.B. 327
Requires the state board of education or any agency designated by the state board to manage interscholastic athletics to promulgate administ...

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UTSigned into law 03/2010P-12
Postsec.
Money-Saving Measures
H.B. 166
Section 1: Directs the state board, by December 31, 2010, to review mandates provided for in administrative rule, to determine whether some ...

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UTSigned into law 03/2010P-12Private and Homeschool Student Participation in Extracurricular Activities
S.B. 66
Provides that a minor enrolled in a private school or a home school is eligible to participate in extracurricular activities at a public sch...

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VASigned into law 03/2010P-12Dealing with Concussions
S.B. 652
Requires the Board of Education to develop and distribute to local school divisions guidelines for policies dealing with concussions in stud...

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MDAdopted 03/2010P-12Athletics - Participation of Students with Disabilities
COMAR 13A.06.03.04
Ensures that students with disabilities have an opportunity to try out for and if selected participate in athletic programs, provide reasona...

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UTAdopted 01/2010P-12Bullying and Hazing Policies and Training
R277-613
Defines "bullying", "cyberbullying", and "hazing". Requires school districts and charter schools to implement bullying and hazing policies d...

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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...

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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 wre...

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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 determi...

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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 sp...

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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...

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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 assoc...

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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 associat...

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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...

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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, ri...

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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...

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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 stu...

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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 perio...

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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 u...

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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/...

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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 med...

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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 ce...

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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 pr...

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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 adminis...

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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 ...

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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 at...

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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 ...

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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://nmleg...

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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 activ...

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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 o...

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UTAdopted 12/2008P-12Student Participation in Extracurricular or Co-curricular School Activities
R277-438
Provides consistent statewide procedures and criteria for homeschool, online school and private school students' participation in public sch...

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UTAdopted 10/2008P-12Charter, Online Student Participation in Extracurricular Activities
R277-494
Adds rule requiring local school boards to allow charter school and online student participation in extracurricular school activities. Estab...

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DESigned into law 06/2008P-12Interscholastic Athletic Association Board of Directors
H.B. 416
Enables the Governor to assure terms of the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association (DIAA) Board of Directors are staggered by appoint...

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OKAdopted 06/2008P-12Co-Curricular and Extracurricular Programs
OAC 210:35-17-2
Amends rules to require all state accredited schools to follow Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association (OSSAA) guidelines related t...

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MNSigned into law 05/2008P-12Background Checks for Coaches
S.B. 2369
Requires all K-12 athletic coaches undergo criminal history background checks. Requires the school hiring authority to notify parents and gu...

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NJAdopted 07/2007P-12Programs to Support Student Services
NJAC 6A:16-1.3 and 4.1; NJAC 6A:16-4.4
Amends rules regarding programs to support student development. Relates to voluntary policies for the random testing of student alcohol or o...

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HISigned into law 07/2007P-12Uniform Athlete Agents Act
H.B. 275
Enacts the Uniform Athlete Agents Act to protect student athletes and educational institutions from potential harm caused by unscrupulous at...

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ORSigned into law 06/2007P-12Steroids, Performance-Enhancing Substances
S.B. 517
Prohibits school district employees, contractors and volunteers from selling, marketing, distributing, endorsing or suggesting steroid or pe...

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FLSigned into law 06/2007P-12Drug Testing for School Athletes
H.B. 463
Relates to public records of drug test findings in high school athletics; exempts from public records requirements findings of drug test adm...

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NVSigned into law 06/2007Postsec.
Community College
Scholarship Eligibility for Children of Military Personnel
S.B. 5A
Provides an exception from the 2-year residency requirement for students who have a parent or legal guardian on active duty serving in the A...

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FLSigned into law 06/2007P-12School Athletics Drug Testing Program
H.B. 461
Relates to high school athletics drug testing; requires the state High School Athletic Association to facilitate a drug testing program to r...

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GASigned into law 05/2007P-12
Postsec.
Joint Study Committee on Continuing Education and Collegiate Sports Programs for Students with Disabilities
H.R. 322
Creates a Joint Study Committee on Continuing Education and Collegiate Sports Programs for Students with Disabilities. Directs the committee...

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NVSigned into law 05/2007P-12Governing Cheerleading Activities
A.B. 386
Requires the state board to adopt regulations governing the activities of cheerleaders and other members of a spirit squad at public schools...

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NVSigned into law 05/2007P-12Decisions of the Interscholastic Activities Association
A.B. 391
Makes decisions of the Interscholastic Activities Association and certain of its designees final and binding. Provides that a decision of th...

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KYSigned into law 04/2007P-12Exemption from High School Athletics Age Requirement
H.B. 380
Exempts a student who qualifies for exception children services and had an individual education program developed, was retained in the prima...

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MNSigned into law 03/2007P-12Eligibility for Extracurricular Activities Following Treatment
S.B. 1499
Ensures a student's ability to participate in league-sponsored activities after completing licensed treatment programs for alcohol or substa...

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UTSigned into law 03/2007P-12School Club Regulation Modifications
H.B. 236
Modifies regulation of public school curricular and noncurricular clubs; provides requirements and procedures for the authorization of curri...

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MSAdopted 11/2006P-12Class AA Educator License
Uncodified
Proposes rules to establish a Class AA Educator License. Specifies Athletic Administrator for the degree Master of Science in Interscholasti...

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CASigned into law 09/2006P-12Oversight of Physical Education and Athletics
S.B. 562
Extends the operation of existing laws that provides the State Department of Education the authority to exercise general supervision over co...

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NCSigned into law 07/2006P-12Proper Use of Activity Buses
H.B. 1155
Directs each local board of education operating activity buses to adopt a policy for the proper use of buses for travel to athletic events d...

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WVRule Adoption 07/2006P-12Athletics Participation Rules & Eligibility
Title 127, Series 2
Amends rules relating to student eligibility to participate in interscholastic athletics overseen by the West Virginia Secondary School Acti...

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WVRule Adoption 07/2006P-12Athletic Contest Rules
Title 127, Series 3
Amends rules governing the conduct of athletic contests overseen by the West Virginia Secondary School Activities Commission. http://www.wvs...

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MISigned into law 07/2006P-12Steroid Use
H.B. 4118
Require public schools to ensure that their athletic eligibility policies make the use of steroids a violation that would affect a student's...

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KYAdopted 06/2006P-12Designation of Agent to Manage High School Athletics
702 KAR 7:065
Establishes rules designating an agent for high school athletics. Addresses the financial planning and review processes for the agent. Incor...

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MESigned into law 06/2006P-12Performance-enhancing Substances by Athletes
S.B. 749; LD 1952
Requires the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a performance-enhancing substance list, to publish
the list on its public...

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TNSigned into law 05/2006P-12Anabolic Steroid Prevention
S.J.R. 746
Encourages every school participating in interscholastic sports to request their students to sign a pledge not to unlawfully use anabolic st...

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GASigned into law 05/2006P-12High School Athletics Overview Committee
H.B. 1316
Creates the High School Athletics Overview Committee; provides for reports and expenditure of funds. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2005...

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GASigned into law 05/2006P-12Student Codes of Conduct
S.B. 413 Section 4 - 7
Defines 'clubs and organizations' and 'competitive interscholastic activity'. Requires local boards to include information regarding school...

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FLSigned into law 05/2006P-12Student Athlete Recruiting Policies
H.B. 7119
Relates to student athlete recruiting; requires the High School Athletic Association to hold certain bylaws in abeyance; provides for creati...

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OKSigned into law 04/2006P-12Student Transfers for Children of Teachers
H.B. 2363
Modifies extramural athletic competition eligibility requirements. Allows the transfer of students whose parents or legal guardians are teac...

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GASigned into law 04/2006P-12Student Athlete Eligibility
H.B. 1241
Provides that no high school that receives funding under the Quality Basic Education Act shall participate in or sponsor interscholastic spo...

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IAAdopted 03/2006P-12Extracurricular Activities
IAC 281-36.1(280), 36.4(3), 36.14(2), 36.14(7), 36.15(2) through36.15(5), 281-36.16(280)
Implements statutory language and to make enforcement of the athletic rules more uniform for all students participating in extracurricular a...

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SDVeto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 02/2006P-12Student Eligibilty Restrictions
H.B. 1147
Amends 13-32-9. Any person adjudicated, convicted, the subject of an informal adjustment or court approved juvenile diversion program, or th...

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NJIssued 12/2005P-12Steroid Use
Executive Order No. 72
Executive order No. 72 addresses many of the Governor's Task Force on Steroid Use and Prevention. Directs the Department of Education to wor...

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CASigned into law 10/2005P-12High School Athletes and Use of Steroids
S.B. 37
Prohibited substances. The bill would prohibit specified dietary supplements from being used by a pupil participating in interscholastic hi...

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CASigned into law 09/2005P-12Athletes' Bill of Rights
H.B. 322
Existing federal law, known as Title IX, prohibits a person, on the basis of sex, from being excluded from
participation in, being denied th...

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ORSigned into law 08/2005P-12Sports Lottery Account
H.B. 3466
Modifes Oregon State Lottery funding of sports programs at institutions of higher education; Deletes "the net proceeds of games provided for...

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ORSigned into law 07/2005Postsec.Athletic Agents
H.B. 3179
From Staff Measure Summary (Fiscal Note): A person desiring to conduct business as an athlete agent in the State of Oregon is required to ob...

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ILSigned into law 06/2005P-12Steroid Abuse Prevention Education
S.B. 64
Requires a school district to provide steroid abuse prevention education to students who participate in interscholastic athletic programs. h...

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TXSigned into law 06/2005P-12Anabolic Steroids
H.B. 3563
Requires the University Interscholastic League (UIL) to develop an educational program for students engaged in extracurricular athletic acti...

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TXSigned into law 06/2005P-12Athletic Competitions That Impact Testing Dates
S.B. 658
From bill analysis: Prohibits University Interscholastic League (UIL) area, regional, or state competitions from being held the week of, or ...

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GASigned into law 05/2005P-12Statewide Preparticipation Physical Examination Form
S.B. 272
Requires the state board to develop a school interscholastic extracurricular athletic policy that provides for the use of a single, comprehe...

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GASigned into law 05/2005P-12Athletic Trainers
H.B. 217
Relates to athletic trainers; amend Chapter 5 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to athletic trainers, so as to...

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INSigned into law 04/2005P-12Cheerleading Safety
S.B. 301
Requires the state board of education to develop standards and guidelines concerning cheerleading safety in schools. http://www.in.gov/apps/...

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AZSigned into law 04/2005P-12Governing Boards
H.B. 2368
Repeals provision granting a school district and its employees immunity from civil liability for the consequences of the good faith adoption...

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ARSigned into law 04/2005P-12Definition of Interschool Athletic Program
S.B. 1044 (section 19)
Deletes from definition of interschool athletic program any athletic program which is subject to regulation by the Arkansas Activities Assoc...

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ARSigned into law 04/2005P-12Arkansas Supreme Court Decision
H.B. 2646
Conforms the Arkansas Code to comply with the Arkansas Supreme Court decision in the Lake View case. Requires any school district that was a...

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ARSigned into law 04/2005P-12Interschool Athletic Programs
H.B. 2916
Includes salaries or supplemental pay for staff for organized physical activity courses as provided under Act 660 of 2005 in the definitions...

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NMSigned into law 04/2005P-12Extracurricular Activities
S.B. 789
Relates to program units for extracurricular activities for home school and charter school students....

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MTSigned into law 03/2005Postsec.Authority To Hire Coaches For Longer Duration
S.B. 171
Authorizes presidents of the university system to hire coaches for longer duration.

http://data.opi.state.mt.us/bills/2005/billhtml/SB0171....

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VASigned into law 03/2005P-12
Postsec.
Athletic Ineligibility
H.B. 2832
Provides that the Virginia High School League must establish rules requiring that, upon disclosure, a public school student athlete who uses...

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SDSigned into law 03/2005P-12Interscholastic Student Activities
H.B. 1093
Any seventh or eighth grade student who attends a nonpublic elementary or middle school that is not affiliated with a nonpublic high school ...

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CAVetoed 09/2004P-12Equity in Athletics Bill of Rights
A.B. 2240
Enacts the Equity in Athletics Bill of Rights and enumerates the rights available to a pupil relating to gender equity in athletics. Require...

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CAVetoed 09/2004P-12Steroids and Performance-Enhancing Dietary Supplements
S.B. 1630
Requires the Department of Health Services to develop a list of performance enhancing dietary supplements. Requires school districts to proh...

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CAVetoed 09/2004P-12Racial Mascots Act
A.B. 858
Establishes the Racial Mascots Act. Prohibits public schools from using the term Redskins as a school or athletic team name, mascot, or nick...

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HISigned into law 07/2004P-12Education Reform
H.B. 2002
The education reform in this Act shall be known as the "Reinventing Education Act of 2004." The provisions include (1) establishing a weight...

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LASigned into law 07/2004P-12Field Trips
S.B. 57
Requires every local board to establish criteria and limits for individuals, organizations and entities planning, organizing or promoting st...

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LASigned into law 07/2004P-12Standard School Health Forms
S.B. 826
Requires the secretary of the health and hospitals department to create an advisory board to establish a standard health form for schools, i...

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LASigned into law 06/2004P-12Legislative Auditor
H.B. 490
Notwithstanding any provision of present law to the contrary, any entity which establishes scholastic rules which are the basis for the stat...

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FLSigned into law 06/2004P-12Assault on Sports Official
S.B. 678
Relates to assault on a sports official; provides enhanced penalties for offense of assault, battery, aggravated assault, or aggravated batt...

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CTSigned into law 06/2004P-12Evaluating Athletic Coaches
S.B. 535
Requires local and regional boards of education that employ athletic coaches to require the coaches' immediate supervisor to evaluate them o...

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SCSigned into law 06/2004Postsec.Athlete Agents and Student Athletes
S.B. 759
Relates to athlete agents and student athletes; provides for definitions, applications, registration, and renewal of registration for athlet...

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DERule Adoption 05/2004P-12Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association (DIAA)
14 DAC 1025, 1049 -- 1056
Amends, repeals and replaces, and updates regulations pertaining to the following: Interscholastic Athletic Association (DIAA); DIAA Definit...

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GAVetoed 05/2004P-12Athletic Trainers
H.B. 1394
Provides that students, teachers, or other persons who serve as athletic trainers for a public or private elementary school or high school i...

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HIVeto override 05/2004P-12Reinventing Education Act of 2004
S.B. 3238
Establishes a weighted student formula; provides additional information technology; empowers principals through a Hawaii principals academy ...

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COSigned into law 03/2004P-12Activities At School
H.B. 1363
Permits students to participate in activities in another district if activity is not offered within a student's school district. http://www....

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UTRule Adoption 03/2004P-12Athletic Coaching Certification
R277-517
Includes athletic coaches in the Computer Aided Credentials of Teachers in Utah System. Provides for informing parents of coaching staff qua...

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ARSigned into law 01/2004P-12Funding Interschool Athletics and Scholastic Activities
H.B. 1008
Track the amount of state funds that may be used to support interschool athletic programs in public schools. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/f...

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CASigned into law 10/2003Postsec.Sex Equity in Education: Athletics
A.B. 833
Expresses various findings and declarations of the Legislature with respect to gender equity in athletics. Provides standards to determine i...

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MESigned into law 06/2003P-12Drug Survey and Drug Prevention Programs
H.P. 333 (LD 425)
Requires the director of the office of substance abuse to review procedures for collecting youth drug and alcohol use information, including...

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FLSigned into law 06/2003P-12Florida High School Activities Association
S.B. 2156
Relating to the Florida High School Activities Association; renames the association as the Florida High School Athletic Association; revises...

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GASigned into law 06/2003Postsec.College Athletic Recruitment Rules
H.B. 95
Provides cause of action against certain persons in favor of certain colleges and universities and student athletes for violations of colleg...

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OKSigned into law 06/2003P-12
Postsec.
Uniform Athlete Agents Act
H.B. 1465
Relates to schools; creates the Uniform Athlete Agents Act; provides service agent for service of process on nonresident athlete agents; req...

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NESigned into law 06/2003P-12Compensation for Football Players
L.B. 688
Any person who competes in the sport of football for the University of Nebraska-Lincoln may be granted a stipend, the amount of which
shall...

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ORSigned into law 05/2003P-12Interscholastic Activities
S.B. 388
Requires voluntary organization that administers interscholastic activities to submit to the State Board of Education any rules or changes t...

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COBecame law without governor's signature 04/2003P-12School Transfer Rules
H.B. 1083
Repeals of the requirement that transfer rules shall not prohibit a student's participation in extracurricular activities if the student enr...

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MTSigned into law 04/2003P-12
Postsec.
Uniform Athlete Agents Act
S.B. 306
Relates to uniform athlete agents and student athlete agents.
http://data.opi.state.mt.us/bills/2003/billhtml/SB0306.htm...

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VASigned into law 03/2003P-12School Board Policies/Equal Access
H.B. 1518
Prohibits local school boards providing access and opportunity to use school facilities or to distribute literature from denying equal acces...

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SDSigned into law 02/2003P-12Home School Students
H.B. 1068
Permits home school students to participate in high school interscholastic activities. If the school board or governing body of an accredit...

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PASigned into law 12/2002P-12Athletes, Athlete Agents
H.B. 2411
Amends the Athletes and Sports Code. Revises provisions relating to athlete agents. Makes provisions regarding student athletes....

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MASigned into law 10/2002P-12State and Local Policies on Student Overnight or Early Morning Travel
H.B. 4937
Requires every local board to establish a policy concerning student travel that is planned to occur between the hours of midnight and 6 A.M....

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CASigned into law 09/2002Postsec.State Report on the Compliance with Federal Title IX Rules
A.B. 2295
Requires the State Department of Education and the Postsecondary Education Commission to contract with an independent evaluator for the prep...

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CASigned into law 09/2002P-12Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Prevention Curricula
A.B. 2668
Requires the California Healthy Kids Resource Center, in consultation with the state department of education, and contingent upon receipt of...

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FLSigned into law 08/2002P-12Education Code Re-Write: Florida High School Activities Association and Student Athletes' Physicals
S.B. 20E
According to legislative summary, "The bill requires the board of directors of the Florida High School Activities Association (FHSAA) to exa...

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DESigned into law 07/2002P-12Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association
H.B. 475
Creates a Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association to implement rules and regulations governing interscholastic sports in secondary and...

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NJSigned into law 06/2002P-12Athletic Codes of Conduct
A.B. 446
Permits the establishment of athletic codes of conduct; requires sports violence management counseling prior to resuming attendance; require...

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GASigned into law 05/2002P-12Eligibility of Students in Home Study Programs
H.B. 1590
Provides that students enrolled in home study programs are to be eligible to participate in any extracurricular program offered in the publi...

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HISigned into law 05/2002P-12Compensation of Coaches and Assistant Athletic Directors
S.B. 2926
Includes assistant athletic directors in language relating to compensation of coaches. Allows coaches and assistant athletic directors to wa...

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LASigned into law 05/2002P-12Naming of Athletic Field Houses
H.B. 138A
Authorizes the parish school board in certain parishes to name an athletic field house in honor of a former parish president and football di...

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NHSigned into law 05/2002P-12Activities for Homeschooled Students
H.B. 631
Provides that home schooled pupils shall have access to curricular courses or cocurricular programs offered by the school district in which ...

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ALSigned into law 04/2002P-12
Postsec.
Alabama Sports Festival
H.B. 146
Appropriates a certain amount from the Education Trust Fund to the Alabama Sports Festival in Montgomery, Alabama for the support and mainte...

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AZSigned into law 04/2002P-12Emergency Aid
S.B. 1190
Relates to emergency aid; provides that a health care provider licensed or certified pursuant to title 32 who agrees with any person or scho...

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HISigned into law 04/2002P-12Hawaii State Student Council
H.B. 1878
Establishes the Hawaii State Student Council with student representatives from each departmental school district; requires the council to de...

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IASigned into law 04/2002P-12Various Modifications
S.B. 2259
Allows nonresident pupil's participation in extracurricular activities pursuant to a court-ordered decree or order of custody. Modifies tuit...

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KYSigned into law 04/2002P-12Formation of Future Educators Clubs
H.J.R. 188
Urges local school districts, postsecondary education institutions, the Kentucky Department of Education, and other education entities to pr...

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KYSigned into law 04/2002P-12Study Group Established for High School Basketball Tournaments
H.B. 593
Establishes a study group composed of educators, private citizens, and two legislators to review the current format and scheduling of the bo...

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KYSigned into law 04/2002P-12Nonpublic School Representation on Athletics Oversight Board
S.B. 210
State Board of Education must require an agency or organization designated to manage interscholastic athletics to adopt bylaws establishing ...

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KYSigned into law 04/2002P-12Medical Examinations for High School Athletes
S.B. 142
Local boards of education must require an annual medical examination performed by a physician, physician assistant, advanced registered nurs...

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MSBecame law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 04/2002P-12Co-operative Extension Service
S.B. 3158
Making an appropriation for the support and maintenance of the Co-Operative Extension Service....

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IDSigned into law 03/2002P-12
H.B. 535
Relates to dually enrolled students to clarify what constitutes demonstration of academic proficiency to establish eligibility for a non-pub...

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NYSigned into law 11/2001P-12Two-Way Transportation Requirement
S.B. 5805
Relates to the return transportation of students from extracurricular activities; requires that transportation back shall be provided for a ...

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CAChaptered by Secretary of State 10/2001P-12Physical education in elementary and secondary schools
S.B. 354
Chapter No.888, Extends existing law which requires the State Department of Education to exercise its general supervision over the course of...

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CASigned into law 09/2001P-12Safety in high school interscholastic athletics
A.B. 760
Provides grants to fund pilot projects that enter into partnerships to support safety in high school interscholastic athletics. Authorizes t...

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CASigned into law 09/2001P-12Discrimination in extracurricular
S.B. 225
Relates to discrimination in extracurricular activities conducted by an education institution that receives, or benefits from, State financi...

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ORSigned into law 06/2001P-12Sports Coaches
H.B. 2781
Relates to youth sports coaches and supervisors; requires youth sports providers to create and adopt a list of crimes that would preclude in...

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ORSigned into law 06/2001P-12Appeals of Decisions by State High School Athletic Associations
S.B. 220
Allows appeal of decisions made by organizations that administer interscholastic activities. Appeals go before the state board, which may h...

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ORSigned into law 06/2001P-12Physical Exams for Sports Participants
S.B. 160
Directs school districts to require students in grades 7 through 12 who participate in sports to receive physical examination....

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TXSigned into law 06/2001Postsec.Women's Athletic Development Fund
S.B. 903
Relates to the establishment and use of a women's athletic development fund and a study of women's athletic development practices at institu...

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HISigned into law 05/2001P-12Compensation for Coaches
S.B. 1362
Requires coaches coaching for the Department of Education to be paid on a stipend bases; requires coaches receive stipend increases commensu...

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ARSigned into law 04/2001P-12Equity in competition in high school activities
H.B. 2346
, Provides equity in competition in high school activities....

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AZSigned into law 04/2001P-127th & 8th Grade Clubs
S.B. 1384
Provides for equal access for grades seven and eight pupils to noncurriculum related clubs; relates to religious content, political content,...

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IDSigned into law 03/2001Postsec.Rules for Sports Agents
S.B. 1063
Provides for the uniform registration, and background check of sports agents seeking to represent student athletes who are or may be eligibl...

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NMSigned into law 03/2001P-12Academic Competitions
S.B. 25
Amends the Public School Code to require that public schools in each conference shall provide academic competitions similar to their athleti...

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PASigned into law 11/2000P-12Interscholastic Athletic Accountability
S.B. 1403
Establishes Pennsylvania Athletic Oversight Council; provides for interscholastic accountability; provides for transportation, education emp...

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CAVetoed 09/2000P-12Safety in School Athletics
A.B. 2803
Appropriates a specified sum to the State Department of Education for the purpose of providing grants to fund 3 pilot projects that enter in...

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CASigned into law 09/2000P-12California Interscholastic Federation
S.B. 1618
Relates to existing law which describes the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) as a voluntary organization consisting of school and...

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GASigned into law 03/2000Postsec.Athlete Agents
H.B. 1323
Relates to the regulation of the profession of athlete agents; provides for additional grounds for refusing to register or for disciplining ...

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GASigned into law 03/2000P-12Athletic Opportunities - Equity
H.B. 1308
Relates to other educational programs under the Quality Basic Education Act; prohibits discrimination based on gender in elementary and seco...

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UTSigned into law 03/2000P-12Ethical Conduct Standards for Activities
H.B. 156
Relates to educators; modifies the Public Officers and Employees Ethics Act as related to activities for students organized by an educator; ...

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