Amends TCA Title 49; Title 62, Chapter 50 and Title 68.

TRAINING OF COACHES<br /> <br /> Present law provides that each LEA and public charter school that provides a school youth athletic activity must implement as a safety standard that all coaches, whether employed by the LEA or public charter school or a volunteer, must do the following:<br /> <br /> (1) Annually complete the concussion recognition and head injury safety education course program required under provisions for youth sport-related injuries;<br /> <br /> (2) Annually complete the sudden cardiac arrest education program required under the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Act;<br /> <br /> (3) Receive training in CPR and the use of automated external defibrillators; and<br /> <br /> (4) Comply with all applicable background check and fingerprinting requirements under provisions for employment and assignment of personnel; and<br /> <br /> This bill adds that all coaches must annually complete training in physical conditioning and training equipment use.<br /> <br /> EMERGENCY PLANS<br /> <br /> Present law also provides that each LEA and public charter school that provides a school youth athletic activity must implement as a safety standard that the following plans and policies must be implemented for school youth athletic activities:<br /> <br /> (A) An allergy and anaphylaxis emergency response plan;<br /> <br /> (B) An emergency action plan that facilitates and organizes the actions of coaches and athletes in an emergency; and<br /> <br /> (C) A severe weather policy that requires all coaches who oversee or participate in outdoor training, practice, or competition to annually complete certain courses and receive certain training.<br /> <br /> This bill revises (B) to also require the emergency action plan to be rehearsed.<br /> <br /> HIGH-RISK YOUTH ACTIVITIES<br /> <br /> Present law encourages private schools that provide a school youth athletic activity, and community-based youth athletic activities, to comply with the safety standards applicable to LEAs and public charter schools. This bill removes this provision and provides, instead, the following:<br /> <br /> (1) Beginning with the 2023-2024 school year, an LEA or public charter school that provides a school youth athletic activity that is also a high-risk youth athletic activity in which youth aged 14 or younger are eligible to participate must apply the safety standards to all individuals actively involved in training or coaching the high-risk youth athletic activity at the LEA or public charter school;<br /> <br /> (2) Beginning with the 2023-2024 school year, a private school is required to apply the safety standards to all individuals actively involved in organizing, training, or coaching a high-risk youth athletic activity that is provided by the private school, if youth aged 14 or younger are eligible to participate in the high-risk youth athletic activity; and the high-risk youth athletic activity is conducted on property that is owned, managed, or maintained by this state or a political subdivision of this state;<br /> <br /> (3) Private schools are encouraged to comply with the safety standards for school youth athletic activities that are not subject to the requirements of (2);<br /> <br /> (4) A city, county, business, or nonprofit organization that organizes a community-based youth athletic activity must apply the safety standards to all individuals actively involved in organizing, training, or coaching such high-risk youth athletic activity, if youth aged 14 or younger are eligible to participate in the high-risk youth athletic activity; and the high-risk youth athletic activity is conducted on property that is owned, leased, managed, or maintained by this state or a political subdivision of this state;<br /> <br /> (5) Cities, counties, businesses, and nonprofit organizations that organize a community-based youth athletic activity are encouraged to comply with the safety standards for community-based youth athletic activities that are not subject to the requirements of (4); and<br /> <br /> (6) The provisions in (1)-(5) do not exempt a provider of a school youth athletic activity or community-based youth athletic activity from the requirements of provisions concerning youth sport-related injuries or the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Prevention Act.<br /> <br /> This bill defines "high-risk youth activity" as an organized sport in which there is a significant possibility for a minor who is participating in the sport to sustain a serious physical injury, including, but not limited to, the sports of football, basketball, baseball, volleyball, soccer, hockey, cheerleading, and lacrosse.<br /> <br /> ON APRIL 5, 2023, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND RESET SENATE BILL 773, AS AMENDED.<br /> <br /> AMENDMENT #1 revises the provision of this bill that requires each LEA and public charter school that provides a school youth athletic activity to implement as a safety standard that all coaches, whether employed by the LEA or public charter school or a volunteer, annually complete training in physical conditioning and training equipment use. This amendment provides, instead, that each LEA and public charter school must encourage such coaches to complete such training to the extent such training is readily available.<br /> <br /> ON APRIL 17, 2023, THE HOUSE SUBSTITUTED SENATE BILL 773 FOR HOUSE BILL 457, ADOPTED AMENDMENT #2, AND PASSED SENATE BILL 773, AS AMENDED.<br /> <br /> AMENDMENT #2 revises this bill to delete any reference to "high-risk youth athletic activity" and instead applies the provisions of the bill to any school youth athletic activity and to community-based youth athletic activities when the activity is organized by a city, county, business, or nonprofit organization. <br /> <br /> This amendment deletes the requirement that all coaches annually complete training in physical conditioning and training equipment use, instead requiring each LEA and public charter school to encourage all coaches, whether employed by the LEA or a volunteer, to annually complete such training to the extent such training is readily available. <br /> <br /> This amendment further requires that those individuals involved in organizing school youth athletic activities must implement the safety standards.<br /> <br /> ON APRIL 20, 2023, THE SENATE SUBSTITUTED HOUSE BILL 457 FOR SENATE BILL 773, ADOPTED AMENDMENT #3, AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 457, AS AMENDED.<br /> <br /> AMENDMENT #3 encourages, instead of requires, cities, counties, businesses, and nonprofit organizations that organize a community-based youth athletic activity to comply with the safety standards outlined in this bill. This amendment also provides that such entities shall ensure that at least one individual who is actively involved in organizing, training, or coaching the community-based youth athletic activity has completed, and is in compliance with, the safety standards applicable to coaches and volunteers outlined in this bill, and that at least one individual who has completed, and is in compliance with, the safety standards applicable to coaches and volunteers outlined in this bill is present at each practice and competition of a community-based youth athletic activity, if:<br /> <br /> (1) Youth 14 or younger are eligible to participate in the community-based youth athletic activity; and<br /> <br /> (2) The community-based youth athletic activity is conducted on property that is owned, managed, or maintained by this state or a political subdivision.<br />