HOUSE BILL 161

50th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2012

INTRODUCED BY

Dennis J. Roch and Howie Morales

FOR THE LEGISLATIVE EDUCATION STUDY COMMITTEE

AN ACT

RELATING TO EDUCATION; AMENDING THE SCHOOL ATHLETICS EQUITY ACT TO ELIMINATE CERTAIN REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADES SEVEN AND EIGHT; CLARIFYING OTHER REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO:

     SECTION 1. Section 22-31-2 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2009, Chapter 178, Section 2) is amended to read:

     "22-31-2. APPLICABILITY--NONDISCRIMINATION.--Except as provided in Subsections C, D and E of Section 22-31-3 NMSA 1978, the School Athletics Equity Act applies to each public school that has an athletics program for grades seven through twelve. Each public school shall operate its program in a manner that does not discriminate against students or staff on the basis of gender."

     SECTION 2. Section 22-31-3 NMSA 1978 (being Laws 2009, Chapter 178, Section 3) is amended to read:

     "22-31-3. DATA REPORTING.--The department shall collect annual data from public schools on their athletics programs. Each public school shall collect and submit the prior-year data required in this section in a format required by the department. The data submitted shall include:

          A. by August 31, 2011, the following information pertaining to enrollment:

                (1) the total enrollment in each public school as an average of enrollment at the [eightieth and one hundred twentieth days of the school year] second and third reporting dates;

                (2) student enrollment by gender;

                (3) total number of students participating in athletics;

                (4) athletics participation by gender; and

                (5) the number of boys' teams and girls' teams by sport and by competition level;

          B. by August 31, 2011, the following information pertaining to athletic directors and coaches [and other school personnel]:

                (1) the [name] names and [gender] genders of each public school's athletic director and other athletic program staff;

                (2) the [name] names of each team's coaches [and other team personnel], with their gender, job title and employment status, such as full-time, part-time, contract or [seasonal] volunteer, specified;

                (3) the coach-to-athlete [and staff-to-athlete] ratio for each team; and

                (4) the stipend or other compensation for coaching paid to coaches of boys' teams and to coaches of girls' teams for each public school;

          C. by August 31, 2012, an accounting of the funding sources that are used to support the school's athletics programs in grades nine through twelve and to which [teams] programs those funds are allocated; funding sources include state funding, federal funding, fundraising or booster clubs, game and concession receipts, gate receipts, cash or in-kind donations, grants and any other source;

          D. by August 31, 2012, the following information regarding expenses for athletics programs in grades nine through twelve, including:

                (1) any capital outlay expenditures for each public school's athletics programs; and

                (2) the expenditures for each public school's athletics programs, [and

                (3) the expenditures for individual teams] including travel expenses such as transportation, meal allowances and overnight accommodations; equipment; uniforms; facilities; facilities improvements; publicity expenses; awards; banquets; insurance; and any other expenses incurred by each [team] athletic program; and

          E. by August 31, 2012, a statement of benefits and services to each [team] athletic program in grades nine through twelve, including:

                (1) replacement schedules for [equipment] uniforms [and supplies];

                (2) practice and game schedules; and

                (3) [access to] locker rooms, weight rooms and practice, competitive and training facilities [and

                (4) assistance in obtaining scholarships]."

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