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| 10 | 10 | | F L O R I D A H O U S E O F R E P R E S E N T A T I V E S |
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| 14 | 14 | | A bill to be entitled 1 |
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| 15 | 15 | | An act relating to Florida High School Athletic 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | Association student eligibility requirements; amending 3 |
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| 17 | 17 | | s. 1006.20, F.S.; requiring the Florida High School 4 |
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| 18 | 18 | | Athletic Association to adopt bylaws prohibiting a 5 |
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| 19 | 19 | | student who is sentenced as an adult for specified 6 |
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| 20 | 20 | | offenses from participating in certain competitions; 7 |
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| 21 | 21 | | providing applicability; providing an effective date. 8 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the St ate of Florida: 10 |
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| 25 | 25 | | Section 1. Paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of section 12 |
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| 26 | 26 | | 1006.20, Florida Statutes, is amended to read: 13 |
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| 27 | 27 | | 1006.20 Athletics in public K -12 schools.— 14 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (2) ADOPTION OF BYLAWS, POLICIES, OR GUIDELINES. — 15 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (a) The FHSAA shall adopt bylaws th at, unless specifically 16 |
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| 30 | 30 | | provided otherwise by statute, establish eligibility 17 |
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| 31 | 31 | | requirements for all students who participate in high school 18 |
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| 32 | 32 | | athletic competition in its member schools. Such bylaws must 19 |
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| 33 | | - | prohibit a student who has been sentenced as an adult for any 20 |
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| 34 | | - | offense prohibited under chapter 782, relating to homicide; s. 21 |
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| 35 | | - | 794.011, relating to sexual battery; or s. 800.04, relating to 22 |
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| 36 | | - | lewd or lascivious offenses from participating in high school 23 |
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| 37 | | - | athletic competition in its member schools. Such prohibition 24 |
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| 38 | | - | applies to a student regardless of the disposition of his or her 25 |
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| 33 | + | prohibit a student who has been sentenced as an adult for a 20 |
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| 34 | + | homicide, sexual battery, or lewd or lascivious offense from 21 |
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| 35 | + | participating in high school athletic competition in its member 22 |
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| 36 | + | schools. Such prohibition applies to a student regardless of the 23 |
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| 37 | + | disposition of his or her case, including adjudication of guilt , 24 |
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| 38 | + | withholding of adjudication, or sentencing as a youthful 25 |
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| 51 | | - | case, including adjudication of guilt, withholding of 26 |
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| 52 | | - | adjudication, or sentencing as a youthful offender. The bylaws 27 |
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| 53 | | - | governing residence and transfer must allow the student to be 28 |
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| 54 | | - | immediately eligible in the school in which he or she first 29 |
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| 55 | | - | enrolls each school year or the school in which the student 30 |
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| 56 | | - | makes himself or herself a candidate for an athletic team by 31 |
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| 57 | | - | engaging in a practice before enrolling in the school. The 32 |
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| 58 | | - | bylaws must also allow the stu dent to be immediately eligible in 33 |
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| 59 | | - | the school to which the student has transferred. The student 34 |
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| 60 | | - | remains eligible in that school so long as he or she remains 35 |
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| 61 | | - | enrolled in that school. Subsequent eligibility must be 36 |
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| 62 | | - | determined and enforced through the FHSAA's bylaws. Requirements 37 |
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| 63 | | - | governing eligibility and transfer between member schools must 38 |
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| 64 | | - | be applied similarly to public school students and private 39 |
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| 65 | | - | school students. The commissioner may direct the FHSAA to revise 40 |
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| 66 | | - | its bylaws at any time. 41 |
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| 67 | | - | 1. Any changes to the FHSAA's bylaws must be ratified by 42 |
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| 68 | | - | the State Board of Education. 43 |
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| 69 | | - | 2. A bylaw adopted by the FHSAA board of directors may not 44 |
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| 70 | | - | take effect until it is ratified by the State Board of 45 |
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| 71 | | - | Education. 46 |
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| 72 | | - | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 47 |
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| 51 | + | offender. The bylaws governing residence and transfer must allow 26 |
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| 52 | + | the student to be immediately eligible in the school in which he 27 |
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| 53 | + | or she first enrolls each school year or the school in which the 28 |
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| 54 | + | student makes himself or herself a candidate for an athletic 29 |
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| 55 | + | team by engaging in a practice before enrolling in the school. 30 |
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| 56 | + | The bylaws must also allow the student to be immediately 31 |
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| 57 | + | eligible in the school to which the student has transferred. The 32 |
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| 58 | + | student remains eligible in that school so long as he or she 33 |
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| 59 | + | remains enrolled in that school. Subsequent eligibility must be 34 |
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| 60 | + | determined and enforced through the FHSAA's bylaws. Requirements 35 |
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| 61 | + | governing eligibility and transfer between member schools must 36 |
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| 62 | + | be applied similarly to public school students and private 37 |
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| 63 | + | school students. The commissioner may direct the FHSAA to revise 38 |
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| 64 | + | its bylaws at any time. 39 |
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| 65 | + | 1. Any changes to the FHSAA's bylaws must be ratified by 40 |
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| 66 | + | the State Board of Education. 41 |
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| 67 | + | 2. A bylaw adopted by the FHSAA board of directors may not 42 |
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| 68 | + | take effect until it is ratified by the State Board of 43 |
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| 69 | + | Education. 44 |
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| 70 | + | Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024. 45 |
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