No. CS/CS/SB 178
Filed under Education.
Athletics in Public K-12 Schools; Requiring the Florida High School Athletic Association to adopt bylaws authorizing a head coach to support the welfare of a student by using personal funds to provide certain effects to the student; requiring the head coach to report such use of personal funds to the association; providing that such use of personal funds is presumed not to be an impermissible benefit, etc.
Plain English Summary
AI-GENERATEDHead coaches may now use personal funds to provide food, transportation, and recovery services to students they coach, provided they obtain written parental consent.
The Florida High School Athletic Association must adopt bylaws authorizing this practice, limiting it to one coach per team, and requiring reporting of all such expenditures.
Spending is capped at $15,000 per athletic team per year, and the use of funds is presumed not to be an impermissible benefit unless unreported, not in good faith, or used for recruiting.
The bill also updates cross-references in related statutes to reflect the renumbering of existing FHSAA bylaw provisions.
AIRequires the FHSAA to create rules allowing head coaches to use personal money to provide specific welfare items to students.
AIMandates that parents give written consent before a coach provides welfare items and that the coach reports the spending to the FHSAA.
AIEstablishes that a coach's use of personal funds is legally presumed to be a permissible benefit unless specific conditions are met.
AILimits the total amount of personal funds a head coach can use for student welfare to $15,000 per athletic team per year.
AIUpdates citations in medical evaluation, electrocardiogram, and background screening statutes to reflect the renumbering of FHSAA bylaw paragraphs.