Bill Text: CA AB1327 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended

California Assembly Bill 1327

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Bill Title: Interscholastic athletics: California Interscholastic Federation: racial discrimination, harassment, or hazing.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-10-07 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 366, Statutes of 2023. [AB1327 Detail]

Download: California-2023-AB1327-Amended.html

Amended IN Assembly May 01, 2023

Amended IN Assembly April 17, 2023

Amended IN Assembly March 22, 2023

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 1327

Introduced by Assembly Member Weber
(Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Muratsuchi)
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Quirk-Silva and Luz Rivas)
(Coauthor: Senator Min)

February 16, 2023

An act to amend Section 33353 of the Education Code, relating to interscholastic athletics.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1327, as amended, Weber. Interscholastic athletics: California Interscholastic Federation: racial discrimination or harassment.

Existing law describes the California Interscholastic Federation as a voluntary organization that consists of school and school-related personnel with responsibility for administering interscholastic athletic activities in secondary schools, and sets forth the Legislature’s intent regarding the California Interscholastic Federation’s implementation of certain policies. Existing law requires the California Interscholastic Federation, on or before January 1, 2023, and on or before January 1 every 7 years thereafter, to report to the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature and the Governor on its evaluation and accountability activities undertaken pursuant to specified provisions. Upon receiving a report from the California Interscholastic Federation, existing law requires the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature to hold a joint hearing, and requires the California Interscholastic Federation to testify on information in the report, as provided.

This bill would require the California Interscholastic Federation ~~to instead report every 3 years to the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature and the Governor, as provided. During~~ to, during years in which the California Interscholastic Federation is not required to submit a report, ~~the bill would require the California Interscholastic Federation,~~ and at the request of the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature, to make itself available for hearings regarding the information that is covered by the report. The bill would ~~also~~ require the ~~California Interscholastic Federation~~ State Department of Education, on or before January 1, 2025, to develop, in consultation with ~~certain community organizations,~~ relevant stakeholders, a standardized incident form to track racial discrimination or harassment that occurs at high school sporting games or sporting events, and annually ~~post those results~~ report the information from completed incident forms on their internet ~~website.~~ website, as provided. The bill would require a school district, county office of education, or charter school that participates in the California Interscholastic Federation to, on or before April 1, 2025, post the standardized incident form on their internet website and upon request by the department, submit information related to any completed standardized incident forms received by that local educational agency.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NOYES Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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 (Division 10 (commencing with Section 7920.000) 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 appropriate policy committees of the Legislature and the Governor on its evaluation and accountability activities undertaken pursuant to this section on or before January 1, 2023, and on or before January 1 every ~~three~~ seven years thereafter. 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, including, but not limited to, racial discrimination or harassment.

(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 submit a 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).

(3) (A) Upon receiving a report from the California Interscholastic Federation pursuant to paragraph (1), the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature shall hold a joint hearing at which the California Interscholastic Federation shall testify and members of the public shall be encouraged to testify on information in the report, including, but not limited to, the information required in paragraph (1).

(B) During years in which the California Interscholastic Federation is not required to submit a report to the Legislature and the Governor pursuant to paragraph (1), it shall, at the request of the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature, make itself available for ~~hearing~~ hearings regarding the information in paragraph (1).

(c) ~~The California Interscholastic Federation~~ (1) (A) On or before January 1, 2025, the department shall develop, in consultation with ~~community organizations that represent the interests of ethnic groups and communities of color,~~ relevant stakeholders, a standardized incident form to track racial discrimination or harassment that occurs at high school sporting games or sporting events, and annually ~~post those results~~ report the information from completed incident forms as statewide totals on their internet website.

(B) The standardized incident form shall include a category for the basis of the complaint and shall include information on how to report a hate incident or hate crime through the Civil Rights Department’s CA vs. Hate Resource Line and Network.
(2) (A) On or before April 1, 2025, a local educational agency that participates in the California Interscholastic Federation shall post on their internet website the standardized incident form developed by the department pursuant to paragraph (1) and shall include information on how to submit a completed incident form to the local educational agency.
(B) A local educational agency that participates in the California Interscholastic Federation shall, upon request by the department, submit information related to any completed standardized incident forms received by the local educational agency.
(d) For purposes of this section, “local educational agency” means a school district, county office of education, or charter school.