California Assembly Bill AB2095 Amended / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 2095AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 13, 2012 INTRODUCED BY  Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, and Internet Media  (   Assembly Members Campos (Chair), Olsen (Vice Chair), Achadjian, Butler, Carter, Gatto, Mendoza, Monning, and Silva   )   Assembly Member  Campos  FEBRUARY 23, 2012 An act to  amend   add  Section  33353 of   101.13 to  the  Education   Streets and Highways  Code, relating to  physical education   transportation  . LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2095, as amended,  Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, and Internet Media   Campos  .  Physical education: California Interscholastic Federation: report.   State Highway Route 101: City of San Jose: signs recognizing Little Saigon.   Existing law provides that the Department of Transportation has full possession and control of the state highway system and associated property. Existing law authorizes the department to place signs on state highways directing motorists to culturally unique and historically significant communities within the geographic boundaries of a city, county, or city and county under certain conditions.   This bill would require the department, upon receipt of nonstate funds sufficient to cover the cost, to erect up to 4 signs or markers on Route 101 in the City of San Jose to provide recognition of the historical importance of the Little Saigon corridor.  Existing law describes the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF), as a voluntary organization that consists of school and school-related personnel with responsibility for administering interscholastic athletic activities in secondary schools, and provides the intent of the Legislature regarding the CIF's implementation of certain policies. Existing law requires the CIF to report to the Legislature and the Governor on its evaluation and accountability activities undertaken pursuant to specified provisions on or before January 1, 2016.   This bill would also require that an electronic copy of the report be transmitted to the Assembly Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism and Internet Media, the Assembly Committee on Education, and the Senate Committee on Education.  Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no   yes  . State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:  SECTION 1.   Section 101.13 is added to the   Streets and Highways Code   , to read:   101.13. (a) The department, subject to subdivision (b), shall, through the erection of highway signs or appropriate markers on Route 101, provide recognition of the historical importance of the Little Saigon corridor in the City of San Jose on Story Road between Route 101 and Senter Road. A sign or marker shall be placed along each Story Road exit from Route 101, with no more than four signs or markers to be erected by the department. This recognition project may be complemented by local designation efforts and other similar actions. (b) The department shall determine the cost of appropriate signs or markers to implement this section, consistent with the signing requirements for the state highway system, and upon receiving donations from nonstate sources sufficient to cover the cost, shall erect those signs or markers.   SECTION 1.   Section 33353 of the Education Code is amended to read: 33353. (a) The California Interscholastic Federation is a voluntary organization that consists of school and school-related personnel with responsibility for administering interscholastic athletic activities in secondary schools. It is the intent of the Legislature that the California Interscholastic Federation, in consultation with the department, implement the following policies: (1) Give the governing boards of school districts specific authority to select their athletic league representatives. (2) Require that all league, section, and state meetings affiliated with the California Interscholastic Federation be subject to the notice and hearing requirements of the Ralph M. Brown Act (Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code). (3) Establish a neutral final appeals body to hear complaints related to interscholastic athletic policies. (4) Provide information to parents and pupils regarding the state and federal complaint procedures for discrimination complaints arising out of interscholastic athletic activities. (5) Comply with the California Public Records Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 6250) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code), and in doing so, as a third-party recipient of pupil and school personnel information, be afforded the same public records disclosure exemptions as are afforded to school districts, in order to protect the confidentiality of pupil and school personnel records and information. (b) (1) The California Interscholastic Federation shall report to the Legislature and the Governor on its evaluation and accountability activities undertaken pursuant to this section on or before January 1, 2016. An electronic copy of the report shall also be transmitted to the Assembly Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism and Internet Media, the Assembly Committee on Education, and the Senate Committee on Education. This report shall include, but not be limited to, the goals and objectives of the California Interscholastic Federation with regard to, and the status of, all of the following: (A) The governing structure of the California Interscholastic Federation, and the effectiveness of that governance structure in providing leadership for interscholastic athletics in secondary schools. (B) Methods to facilitate communication with agencies, organizations, and public entities whose functions and interests interface with the California Interscholastic Federation. (C) The quality of coaching and officiating, including, but not limited to, professional development for coaches and athletic administrators, and parent education programs. (D) Gender equity in interscholastic athletics, including, but not limited to, the number of male and female pupils participating in interscholastic athletics in secondary schools, and action taken by the California Interscholastic Federation in order to ensure compliance with Title IX of the federal Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1681 et seq.). (E) Health and safety of pupils, coaches, officials, and spectators. (F) The economic viability of interscholastic athletics in secondary schools, including, but not limited to, the promotion and marketing of interscholastic athletics. (G) New and continuing programs available to pupil athletes. (H) Awareness and understanding of emerging issues related to interscholastic athletics in secondary schools. (2) It is the intent of the Legislature that the California Interscholastic Federation accomplish all of the following: (A) During years in which the California Interscholastic Federation is not required to report to the Legislature and the Governor pursuant to paragraph (1), it shall hold a public comment period relating to that report at three regularly scheduled federation council meetings per year. (B) Annually allow public comment on the policies and practices of the California Interscholastic Federation at a regularly scheduled federation council meeting. (C) Require sections of the California Interscholastic Federation to allow public comment on the policies and practices of the California Interscholastic Federation and its sections, and the report required pursuant to paragraph (1), at each regularly scheduled section meeting. (D) Engage in a comprehensive outreach effort to promote the public hearings described in subparagraphs (A) and (C). (c) This section shall become inoperative on January 1, 2017, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2017, deletes or extends that date.