Title IX SB 1349 - Notice

SB1349 requires all public secondary schools that offer “competitive athletics” to post of data about the gender make up of their teams and their student participation.

 

By June 30 of each school year starting in 2016, each school must make the following information from the prior school year available on the district’s school athletic website:

 

1) The total enrollment of the school, classified by gender;

2) The number of pupils enrolled at the school who participate in competitive athletics, classified by gender; and

3) The number of boys' and girls' teams, classified by sport and by competition level.

 

The data required shall reflect the total number of players on a team roster on the official first day of competition. The materials used by a school to compile the information shall be retained by the school for at least three years after the information is posted on the Internet.

 

This requirement is found in Education Code section 221.9, which defines "competitive athletics" to mean sports where the activity has coaches, a governing organization and practices, competes during a defined season, and has competition as its primary goal.

 

Section 221.9 does not include a specific exception or any other guidance for schools that do not offer any competitive athletics. Those schools may consider posting a notice simply stating that they do not offer competitive athletics.

 

The legislative history of Education Code section 221.9 indicates that a major purpose of this new law is to make it easier to monitor and enforce Title IX and state requirements for gender equity in public school athletics.