Daily bulletin [2021 : November 16]

11/16/21,4:44 PM The Daily Bulletin: 2021-11-16 | Legislative Reporting Service SCHOOL OF GOVERN? GOVERNMENT The Daily Bulletin: 2021-11-16 PUBLIC/HOUSE BILLS H 91 (2021) ACCOUNTABILITY AND FAIR PLAY IN ATHLETICS. (NEW) Filed Feb 16 20 2\, AN ACT TO RESTRUCTURE OVERSIGHT OF PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETICS TO ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY AND FAIR PLAY. Conference report deletes the contents of the 7th edition, except for the provisions of Part 111. of the act, and now provides the following. Part I. Enacts new Article 29E to GS Chapter 1 1 5C. directing the State Board of Education (State Board) to adopt rules governing high school interscholastic athletic activities (athletic activities) by public school units. Requires the rules to include the following, with detailed criteria for each: student participation rules, student health and safety rules, penalty rules, appeals rules, administrative rules, gameplay rules, fees, administering organization rules, and reporting rules. Authorizes the State Board to delegate the authority to establish all or a portion of the penally rules, administrative rules, gameplay rules, and fees to an administering organization, defined as a nonprofit organization that has entered into and is in compliance with a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the State Board to administer and enforce the adopted rules and requirements of the Article for athletic activities. Requires the administering organization rules adopted by the State Board to include four specific components, including State Board authority to invalidate any rules or regulation adopted by the administering organization by majority vote, a requirement for the administering organization to be audited annually and hold open meetings, and a requirement for the administering organization to enter into written agreements with each participating school, defined as any high school that elects to offer interscholastic athletics activities. Details the State Board's authority to enter into an MOU with one or more nonprofit administering organizations for a term of four years to administer and enforce the Article's requirements and the State Board's rules. Exempts the administering organization from compliance with the Administrative Procedure Act, GS Chapter 1 50B. if the State Board delegates rulemaking authority pursuant to the Article. Authorizes the State Auditor to conduct audits of administering organizations, as the Auditor deems necessary. Directs the State Board to assign administration responsibilities to the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) and establish sufficient administrative fees if the Board is unable to enter into an MOU. Requires all public school units with participating schools to conduct athletic activities in compliance with the rules adopted by the State Board and as administered and enforced by either an administering organization in compliance with an MOU or DPI. Prohibits public school units from being regulated by any other entities for regular and postseason athletics. Directs participating schools to purchase catastrophic insurance for high school interscholastic athletic activities as provided in Part 2, Article 31 A, GS Chapter 58, as enacted by Part III of the act (maintained from the previous edition). Authorizes the State Board to submit temporary rules for high school interscholastic athletic activities to the Rules Review Commission for 180 days after the date the act becomes law, and excuses the State Board from submitting a written statement of its findings of need with its submission of such temporary rules during this period. Explicitly requires compliance with the rulemaking procedures set forth in Article 2A. GS Chapter I SOB. Directs the State Board to negotiate an initial MOU to be in effect for four years, renewable for a term of four years. Authorizes the State Board to designate governance of high school interscholastic activities to DPI if an MOU has not been entered by March 15, 2022. Applies to public school units beginning with the 2022-23 school year. Requires that rules adopted by the State Board as provided in new Article 29E, GS Chapter 1 15C, as enacted, apply to public school units no earlier than July 1 . 2022. Part II. https://lrs.sog.unc.edU/lrs-subscr-view/dailybulletin/2021-11-16# 1/3