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The 2010 Florida Statutes(including Special Session A)

Title XLVIII
K-20 EDUCATION CODE

Chapter 1006
SUPPORT FOR LEARNING

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F.S. 1006.70

1006.70 Sponsorship of athletic activities similar to those for which scholarships offered; rulemaking.—

(1) If a district school board sponsors an athletic activity or sport that is similar to a sport for which a ¹community college or state university offers an athletic scholarship, it must sponsor the athletic activity or sport for which a scholarship is offered. This section does not affect academic requirements for participation or prevent the districts or ¹community colleges from sponsoring activities in addition to those for which scholarships are provided.

(2) If a ¹community college sponsors an athletic activity or sport that is similar to a sport for which a state university offers an athletic scholarship, it must sponsor the athletic activity or sport for which a scholarship is offered.

(3) Two athletic activities or sports that are similar may be offered simultaneously.

(4) If the level of participation is insufficient to warrant continuation of an athletic activity or sport, the school may offer an alternative athletic activity or sport.

(5) The State Board of Education shall adopt rules to administer this section, including rules that determine which athletic activities are similar to sports for which public postsecondary educational institutions offer scholarships.

History.—s. 340, ch. 2002-387.

¹Note.—Section 21, ch. 2010-70, directs the Division of Statutory Revision to prepare a reviser’s bill to substitute the term “Florida College System institution” for the terms “Florida college,” “community college,” and “junior college” where those terms appear in the Florida K-20 Education Code.