OKAY I LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING
TO ORDER. GOOD AFTERNOON,
EVERYONE. THIS IS A JOINT
HEARING OF THE ASSEMBLY AND THE
SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEES
TOGETHER WITH THE ASSEMBLY ARTS,
ENTERTAINMENT, SPORTS AND
TOURISM COMMITTEE. UM WE ARE
EXPECTING. MORE MEMBERS TO
ARRIVE, BUT I'D LIKE TO WELCOME
EVERYONE THAT IS HERE. NOW THIS
IS AN INFORMATIONAL HEARING. UH
AND UPDATE FROM THE CALIFORNIA
SCHOLASTIC FEDERATION, OR C I F
UM I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE C I
F FOR ALL OF YOUR YOUR WORK,
AND, UH ESTABLISHING AND.
ENFORCING STANDARDS TO PROMOTE
THE WELL BEING OF ALL OF OUR
STUDENT ATHLETES AND OUR HIGH
SCHOOLS. UM, IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. I JUST WANT TO GIVE
A QUICK OVERVIEW OF TODAY'S
AGENDA. WE'RE GOING TO BE
HEARING FROM, UM. THE
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CF TO
GIVE AN OVERVIEW IN THE FIRST
PANEL. THE SECOND PANEL IS GOING
TO FOCUS ON ISSUES OF GENDER
EQUITY AND INCLUSIVITY. THE
THIRD PANEL IS GOING TO FOCUS ON
HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES RELATED
TO OUR STUDENT ATHLETES.
INCLUDING HEAT ON THIS
CONCUSSIONS, SUDDEN CARDIAC
ARREST AND COVID 19. AND LAST,
BUT NOT LEAST, UH, WE'RE GOING
TO INVITE BACK. UH
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE C I F TO
TALK ABOUT. SOME EMERGING
ISSUES, INCLUDING ONE OF MY
FAVORITE SPORTSMANSHIP AND FAN
BEHAVIOR. SO UM CHAIR NEWMAN.
SIR. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW
WORDS? IT WOULD BE IT, MAN. IT
WOULD BE STRANGE IF I DIDN'T.
GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYBODY. IT IS
MY PLEASURE AS THE NEWLY
APPOINTED CHAIR OF THE SENATE
COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION. WELCOME
TO CALIFORNIA INTERSCHOLASTIC
FEDERATION. TODAY'S HEARINGS. I
LOOK FORWARD TO LEARNING ABOUT
THE GOOD WORK THAT CALIFORNIA
ECOLOGICAL IT WAS CLASSIC
FEDERATION PROVIDES WHO ARE
YOUNG, HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES
PARTICULARLY INTERESTED TO HEAR
ABOUT CECE EFFORTS RELATED TO
EQUITY AND INCLUSIVITY. I'LL
TURN IT BACK TO CHAIR
MURATSUCHI. THANK YOU, SIR. AND
I'D LIKE TO WELCOME THE CHAIR OF
THE ASSEMBLY ARTS. ENTERTAINMENT
SPORTS AND TOURISM COMMITTEE, MS
QUIRK-SILVA CHAIR OF SILVA
QUIRK-SILVA. WOULD YOU LIKE TO
SAY A FEW WORDS? JUST LOOKING
FORWARD TO THE PRESENTATION.
I'LL HAVE COMMENTS OUT FOR THE
WORDS. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND WELCOME
TO ALL THE ASSEMBLY MEMBERS AND
SENATORS WHO HAVE JOINED US. UM
WOULD ANY OF YOU LIKE TO SAY UH
, ANY WELCOMING REMARKS YOU
DON'T HAVE TO. BUT IF YOU'D LIKE
TO I'LL JUST SAY THAT I'M
LOOKING FORWARD TO BEING A PART
OF THIS SESSION AND WORKING WITH
ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU.
WONDERFUL. THANK YOU WITH THAT.
I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE UP OUR
FIRST PANEL. DOCTOR RON
NECESSITY, THE C I F EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR AND MR BRIAN SEYMOUR CF
ASSOCIATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. TO
GIVE US AN OVERVIEW OF THE LESS
THAN A REPORT THAT WILL BE
PRESENTED TO US TODAY. WELCOME,
GENTLEMEN.
THANK YOU. FOR I THINK YOU HAVE
THE BUTTON. YOU JUST NEED TO
PULL IT TO YOUR MOUTH. THANK YOU
FOR HAVING US HERE TODAY TO
SPEAK BEFORE ALL OF YOU AND, UH
YOU KNOW, YOU THANKED US FOR OUR
WORK. AND WE THANK YOU FOR ALL
THAT YOU DO AND BEING A PARTNER
WITH US, ESPECIALLY IN THESE
RECENT YEARS DURING COVID WHEN
IT WAS OBVIOUSLY VERY MUCH A
STRUGGLE FOR OUR STUDENT
ATHLETES AS THEY WERE MOVING
THROUGH, AND THE COOPERATION
THAT WE HAD WITH THIS BODY WITH
THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC HEALTH AND WITH THE
GOVERNOR'S OFFICE, WE WERE ABLE
TO BRING BACK HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS
IN A SAFE MANNER AS POSSIBLE
DURING THOSE TIMES, AND IT WAS
IMPORTANT BECAUSE THERE WERE A
LOT OF HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS THAT
SPORTS AND CALIFORNIA ARE FREE
FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, AND
THERE WERE MANY THAT COULD
CONTINUE PLAYING SPORTS BECAUSE
THEY WERE PLAYING CLUB SPORTS,
AND THAT WASN'T THE CASE FOR ALL
OF OUR FAMILIES, SO I WANTED TO
START BY JUST HOPING THOSE TIMES
ARE VERY MUCH BEHIND US, BUT
SAYING THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING
WE'RE ABLE TO DO TO GET OUR
STUDENT ATHLETES BACK OUT THERE
PLAYING THE GAMES THAT THEY
LOVE. SO WHAT I WANT TO DO IS
JUST START AND GIVE YOU A BRIEF
OVERVIEW OF ORGANIZATION AND
THEN I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER
TO MR SEYMOUR TO TALK ABOUT SOME
OF OUR EDUCATIONAL ISSUES WITH
WITH COACHING. THE C I S A
VOLUNTARY MEMBERSHIP
ORGANIZATION FOR NINE GRADES
NINE THROUGH 12. WE HAVE OVER
1600 MEMBER SCHOOLS. 1609 HIGH
SCHOOLS REMEMBERS TO BE EXACT.
1200 OF THOSE OR PUBLIC
INSTITUTIONS, 400 PRIVATE
INSTITUTIONS. WE HAVE ONE POINT
OVER 1.88 MILLION STUDENTS IN
OUR HIGH SCHOOLS, OF WHICH
760,000 PLUS PLAY HIGH SCHOOL
SPORTS ABOUT 40% OF OUR STUDENTS
ARE INVOLVED TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA
OF COMPARISON, THE N C. A ACROSS
THE ENTIRE COUNTRY IN DIVISION
+12 AND THREE HAVE 1100 MEMBER
INSTITUTIONS AND 450,000 STUDENT
ATHLETES. SO THE SIZE AND SCOPE
OF CALIFORNIA IS WHY WE'RE
ORGANIZED THE WAY IT IS, AND I'M
GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
THAT LATER. WE ALSO HAVE 70 OVER
70,000 COACHES IN OUR STATE.
WHAT'S CONCERNING TO US TODAY IS
THAT OVER 70% OF THOSE COACHES
ARE NOW OFF CAMPUS, GREAT PEOPLE
WHO GIVE TIME AND EFFORT ON
BEHALF OF OUR STUDENT ATHLETES.
BUT I KNOW WHEN I WAS IN HIGH
SCHOOL I PLAYED A LONG TIME AGO
PLAYED FOR COACHES THAT ALSO
WERE MY TEACHERS THAT I HAD
ACCESS TO DURING THE DAY IS
MENTORS. AND SO THAT'S ONE THING
THAT WE TALKED TO OUR SCHOOLS
ABOUT IS HOW ARE THEY BRINGING
THEIR COACHES OR OFF CAMPUS ON
BOARD AND TALKING ABOUT THE
CULTURE OF HIGH SCHOOL SUPPORTS
BECAUSE IT IS A VERY DIFFERENT
CULTURE THAN WHAT WE SEE AND
MAYBE OTHER YOUTH SPORTS
ORGANIZATIONS AND WE WANT TO
MAINTAIN THAT IN YOUR PACKET.
UM, I JUST WANT TO CALL YOUR
ATTENTION TO IT AND YOU CAN FEEL
FREE TO PROVE IT LATER, WE GAVE
A MAP OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
AND OUR GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS FOR
EACH OF OUR 10 SECTIONS ARE
STATE OFFICES LOCATED HERE IN
SACRAMENTO. AND WE HAVE 10
GEOGRAPHIC SECTIONS THAT RANGE
FROM THE NORTH ALL THE WAY UP TO
THE OREGON BORDER TO OUR SAN
DIEGO SECTION THAT DOWN TO THE
MEXICAN BORDER. WE HAVE OUR
AUTHORITY AND EDUCATION CODE
EDUCATION CODE. 33353 DESCRIBES
US AS A VOLUNTARY ORGANIZATION
WITH RESPONSIBILITY FOR
ADMINISTERING INTERSCHOLASTIC
ATHLETIC ACTIVITIES IN SECONDARY
SCHOOLS. AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE
TO. WE ALWAYS TRIED A LITTLE
LIGHTLY THERE BECAUSE WHILE WE
HAVE THAT AUTHORITY, WE ALSO
WORK WITH OUR SCHOOLS, OUR
SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND THE C D WHO
WERE ORGANIZED UNDER AND SO WE
WANT TO MAKE SURE NO MATTER WHAT
WE DO WITH ALL OF OUR RULES AND
REGULATIONS THAT ARE PASSED BY
REMEMBERS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
WE ALSO RESPECT THE LAYERS OF
AUTHORITY AND THAT OUR SCHOOLS
AND OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND OUR
SUPERINTENDENTS HAVE AUTHORITY
OVER. ISSUES LIKE STUDENT
DISCIPLINE, ETCETERA, AND SO
THAT'S IT'S A FINE LINE THAT WE
WAY AND WE'RE VERY LUCKY THAT WE
HAVE A LOT OF SUPPORTIVE GROUPS
THAT WORK WITH US TO HELP US
ACHIEVE THAT. UM BUT WE DON'T
HAVE AUTHORITY IN SOME AREAS
THAT THE SAME AS OUR SCHOOL
DISTRICTS HAVE, ESPECIALLY
RELATED TO ATHLETE BEHAVIOR AND
COACHES, WHO ARE THE EMPLOYEES
OF THE SCHOOLS OR SCHOOL
DISTRICTS AND NOT THE C I F UM,
THE SAME CODE IS WHY WE'RE HERE
TODAY. THE SAME CODE REQUIRES US
TO FILE REPORTS EVERY SEVEN
YEARS WITH THE STATE LEGISLATURE
AND THESE COMMITTEES AND THEN TO
REPORT IT AS WE'RE DOING TODAY.
OUR GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE I THINK
IS UNIQUE IN THAT WE'RE A
GRASSROOTS APPROACH. OUR RULES
COME FROM OUR 1609 MEMBER
SCHOOLS. UM THEY'RE THE ONES
THAT YOU KNOW TO GIVE YOU A GOOD
EXAMPLE. WE JUST RECENTLY
SANCTIONED THE SPORT OF GIRLS
FLAG FOOTBALL IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. THAT STARTED WITH
ONE PERSON IN ONE LEAGUE IN ONE
OF OUR SECTIONS AND IS NOW A
STATE BYLAWS, STATE SANCTIONED
SUPPORT, AND THAT'S WHERE WE
LOVE OUR ORGANIZATION TO WORK.
IT'S ALWAYS BETTER WHEN OUR
MEMBERSHIP SUGGESTS THE RULES
THAT THEY WANT TO ABIDE BY AND
VOTE VOTE ON THEM AS A
MEMBERSHIP VERSUS A TOP DOWN
WHERE WE'RE BEING FORCED TO
IMPOSE WHAT WE THINK IS RIGHT ON
OUR MEMBERSHIP. IT REALLY HAS TO
BE SOMETHING THAT THEY VOTE ON.
UM AS YOU SAID BEFORE, WERE MADE
UP OF SCHOOL COMMUNITIES AND
SCHOOL DISTRICTS WE HAVE OVER
200, BUT I THINK EXACTLY 226
LEAGUES RANGING FROM 4 TO 5
SCHOOLS IN THE LEAD UP TO 16
SCHOOLS IN THE LEAGUE THROUGHOUT
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. WE HAVE
, AS I SAID 10 SECTION OFFICES,
EACH WITH THEIR OWN BOARD. AND
WE HAD THE TENTS IN THE SECTION
. EXCUSE ME, THE STATE C I F
OFFICE WITH OUR OWN BOARD OR
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE AND ARE
FEDERATED COUNCIL, WHICH ARE
GOVERNING BODIES. WE COMMUNICATE
REGULARLY AND OFTEN WITH OUR
MEMBERSHIP. UM OBVIOUSLY, OUR
PHONES ARE OPEN ANYTIME TO THE
MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC PARENTS
SCHOOL COMMUNITIES DURING
BUSINESS HOURS. WE ALSO
COMMUNICATE VIA OUR WEBSITE. ALL
THE VARIOUS RESOURCES THAT WE
HAVE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE.
UM WE PROVIDE PRESENTATION.
EXCUSE ME. WE ALSO HAVE VARIOUS
SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS THAT THAT
WE PUT OUT INFORMATION. UM WE
LOVE PUTTING OUT THE INFORMATION
DON'T ALWAYS LOVE THE
INFORMATION WE RECEIVE AND
RETURN FROM COMMENTS.
PRESENTATION WE MAKE
PRESENTATIONS FOR THE FOLLOWING
PARTNERS. WE WORK CLOSELY WITH
THE ASSOCIATION OF CALIFORNIA
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS OR ACCESS
THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL BOARDS
ASSOCIATION, CSB A. THE
CALIFORNIA STATE ATHLETIC
DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION AND THE
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION FOR
HEALTH, PHYSICAL EDUCATION,
RECREATION AND DANCE. WE HAVE 11
ALLIED MEMBERS, INCLUDING THESE
GROUPS THAT ARE ALSO MEMBERS. UM
WHAT ARE CALLED ALLIED MEMBERS
AT OUR STATE FEDERATED COUNCIL,
EACH WITH A VOTE AT OUR STATE
FEDERATED COUNCIL. WE PUT OUT A
CF NEWSLETTER SEVERAL TIMES PER
YEAR AND THEN WE ALSO PUT OUT
NEWSLETTERS DIRECTED
SPECIFICALLY TO PARENTS, COACHES
, PRINCIPLES AND ATHLETIC
DIRECTORS. AS FAR AS ECONOMIC
VIABILITY AND HOW THE C I F IS
FUNDED. UH WE STRIVE AS MUCH AS
POSSIBLE TO KEEP OUR MEMBERSHIP
DUES LOW. WE CURRENTLY CHARGE
OUR SCHOOLS 88 CENTS PER STUDENT
. IF YOU COMPARE THAT WITH WHAT
ONE PARENT PAYS FOR ONE CHILD TO
PLAY CLUB SPORTS IN CALIFORNIA,
WHICH CAN RANGE ANYWHERE FROM
3000 TO $10,000 PER SEASON. I
THINK IT'S A VERY FAIR RATE THAT
WE CHARGE AND WE'VE DONE SO OVER
THE YEARS WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO
KEEP THOSE DUES VERY LOW. BACK
IN THE 4001 SCHOOL YEAR, IT WAS
63 CENTS A STUDENT. IT'S NOW 88
CENTS AND THE INCREASE OF 25
CENTS ACCOUNTED FOR JUST
INCREASES WE'VE SEEN IN OUR OWN
LEGAL COSTS AND LIABILITY
INSURANCE, SO OUR MEMBERSHIP
DUES HAVE NOT OF 22 CENTS A
STUDENT HAVE NOT BEEN RAISED AND
WELL OVER 20 YEARS. THE 66 CENTS
IS WHAT THEY PAY FOR LEGAL AND
LIABILITY INSURANCE. OUR PRIMARY
SOURCES OF INCOME OR A
CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS THAT WE RUN.
EACH OF THESE REPRESENTS A
LITTLE MORE OR LESS THAN A THIRD
OF OUR INCOME. SO OUR
CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS THAT WE RUN
OUR CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS AND
OUR MEMBERSHIP DUES AS I JUST
DESCRIBED. I'M GOING TO TURN IT
OVER NOW. I WASN'T SURE
QUESTIONS. I'M SURE THEY THE END
OF THE ENTIRE PANEL. GREAT. GOOD
AFTERNOON. I WOULD LIKE TO TALK
TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT OUR
COACHING EDUCATION PROGRAM, UM
IN SOME HEALTH AND SAFETY AND
SPORTSMANSHIP ITEMS IN THIS NEXT
SEGMENT. UM BECAUSE OUR
ORGANIZATION BELIEVES STRONGLY
IN THE VALUE OF EDUCATION ALSO
WANTS TO VALUE THE EDUCATION FOR
OUR COACHES. AND AS DR MACHETE
SAID EARLIER, WE HAVE 72% OF OUR
COACHES STATEWIDE THAT ARE
COMING FROM A DIFFERENT LINE OF
WORK PRIOR TO THREE O'CLOCK ON
OUR CAMPUSES, SO IT'S INVALUABLE
THAT ARE EVERY COACH WHETHER
THEY'RE PAID AND OR VOLUNTEERED
ACROSS THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
GOES THROUGH A COACH IS, UH,
COURSE THAT TEACHES THEM A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH FILL THE
PHILOSOPHIES OF EDUCATION IN
ATHLETICS, SPORT PEDAGOGY HOW
STUDENTS LEARN UH, PSYCHOLOGY OF
COACHING AND HOW TO BECOME A
TRANSFORMATIONAL COACH RATHER
THAN A TRANSACTIONAL COACH. WE
ALSO WORK WITH THE COACHES ON
THEIR PHYSIOLOGY, THE PRINCIPLES
OF TRAINING AND FITNESS AND
NUTRITION FOR OUR STUDENT
ATHLETES AND THEN ALSO IN
MANAGEMENT, UNDERSTANDING THE
RISKS IN A AND THE LIABILITIES
THAT ARE OUT THERE THAT ARE
COACHING ASSUMES RESPONSIBILITY
FOR WHEN DEALING WITH THEIR
STUDENT ATHLETES. UH IN REGARDS
TO HEALTH AND SAFETY, ONE OF THE
BIGGEST PIECES THAT YOU'LL HEAR
LITTLE LITTLE LATER ON TODAY,
BUT IN JUST IN IN IN THE SHORT
TERM, UM THERE'S CERTIFICATES
REQUIRED FOR ALL COACHES ACROSS
THE STATE AGAIN, WHETHER THEY'RE
PAID AND OR OR VOLUNTEERED.
EVERY SINGLE COACH HAS CPR FIRST
AID IN A D TRAINING. EVERY TWO
YEARS. IN ADDITION TO THAT THEY
ALSO HAVE SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST
, HEAT, ACCLIMATIZATION TRAINING
AND, OF COURSE, CONCUSSION
TRAINING. SO ALL OF OUR COACHES
AGAIN, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER OR
NOT THEY'RE PAID, COACH OR
VOLUNTEER COACH ALL HAVE TO GO
THROUGH THOSE STANDARDS IN ORDER
TO BE ON THE FIELD ON THE POOL
DECK OR ON THE COURT WITH ALL OF
OUR STUDENT ATHLETES THROUGHOUT
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. UM
SPORTSMANSHIP. SPORTSMANSHIP IS
A BIG PIECE OF WHAT WE DO AT THE
STATE CF IN OUR 10 MEMBER
SECTIONS, ONE OF THE RESOURCES
THAT WE HAVE WORKED ON, UH THIS
YEAR IN PUTTING IT OUT IS WE'VE
DEVELOPED AN ENTIRE UM, WEBSITE
DESIGNED EXCLUSIVELY OR WEB
PAGES DESIGNED EXCLUSIVELY TO BE
THE CHANGE. THAT'S OUR TAG FOR
THIS PARTICULAR YEAR. UH WE HAVE
SEEN AS AS WELL AS YOU PROBABLY
HAVE SEEN JUST IN SOCIETY, SOME
THINGS THAT ARE CONCERNING AND
SO WE'VE MADE IT A POINT WITH
OUR MEMBER SCHOOLS TO LOOK AT
THOSE ISSUES AND TO REALLY DIVE
INTO THOSE, UM, AND MAKE SURE
THAT OUR STUDENT ATHLETES AND
COACHES ARE TREATING ONE ANOTHER
WITH RESPECT AND CHARACTER
THROUGHOUT ALL ALL OF OUR
ATHLETIC VENUES. UM ONE OF THE
THINGS THAT WE ARE PURSUING ONE
OF OUR MANTRA XYZ PURSUING
VICTORY WITH WITH WITH HONOR AND
WHERE WE PROMOTE SPORTSMANSHIP
AND GOOD CHARACTER, AND SIX OF
THOSE TRAITS ARE TRUSTWORTHINESS
AND RESPECT. GOOD CITIZENSHIP,
CARING RESPONSIBILITY AND
FAIRNESS. THOSE ARE
FOUNDATIONAL. WORDS THAT WE HAVE
HAVE LIVED BY FOR QUITE SOME
TIME WITH THE CF. UM SOME OF THE
RESOURCES THAT WE'RE GOING TO
SEE A LITTLE BIT LATER ON TODAY,
BUT ONE OF THE ONE I WANT TO
POINT OUT TO YOU IS IN ADDITION
TO SOME OF THE PSAS THAT WE'VE
PUT OUT EXPRESSING THE NEED FOR
OUR STUDENT ATHLETES OR COACHES
, ADMINISTRATORS AND MORE
IMPORTANTLY, OUR SPECTATORS TO
TREAT ONE ANOTHER. WITH RESPECT
. WE HAVE A NEW TRAINING SESSION
. UH SERIES FOR OUR COACHES AND
OFFICIALS. ADMINISTRATORS AND
SPECTATORS IT'S PREVENTING AND
INTERRUPTING DISCRIMINATORY
BEHAVIORS. VERY SIMPLE. UH UM,
TRAINING SYSTEM THAT CAN GO THAT
CAN GO THROUGH TAKES THEM ABOUT
15 TO 20 MINUTES TO DO THIS AND
ALSO PROVIDES OUR SCHOOLS WITH
THE NUMBER OF RESOURCES THAT
THEY CAN IMPLEMENT ON THEIR OWN
CAMPUS TO COMBAT SOME OF THE
ISSUES THAT WE'RE SEEING. OKAY?
WELL, THANK YOU, GENTLEMEN. ANY
QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE? OR
OUR FIRST PANEL HAS IS A CHAIR
QUIRK-SILVA. THANK YOU. GREAT
PRESENTATION. I WANTED TO FIND
OUT MORE ABOUT THIS 70% OF OFF
CAMPUS IN ESSENCE EMPLOYEES AS
YOU MENTIONED THAT USED TO BE,
UH, STAFF MEMBER WOULD THEN BE
THE FOOTBALL COACH. AND NOW WE
HAVE WHAT LOOKS TO BE LIKE THE
VAST MAJORITY OF COACHES NOW NOT
ON CAMPUS. IS THAT, UH,
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS
SITUATION OR WHY HAVE YOU SEEN
THIS TREND INCREASED SO MUCH.
WELL I THINK IT'S FIRST OF ALL
THE COACHES ARE CONTRACT WITH
EACH OF OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS,
THEIR EMPLOYEES OF THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT SO THAT WOULD BE
DEPENDENT UPON THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT EMPLOYER EMPLOYEE
RELATIONSHIP, BUT I THINK THE
TREND STARTED YEARS AGO. THIS
ISN'T SOMETHING NEW. IT'S BEEN
SLOWLY CREEPING TOWARDS THAT
NUMBER. AND IT'S JUST THERE'S A
LOT OF TIME. UM YOU KNOW, WE
USED TO HAVE WHERE YOU WOULD
COACH A TYPICAL HIGH SCHOOL
TEACHER WOULD COACH TWO OR THREE
TEAMS DURING THE YEAR BECAUSE
ONCE FOOTBALL SEASON WAS OVER
FOOTBALL SEASON WAS OVER. ONCE
BASKETBALL SEASON WAS OVER WAS
OVER. NOW THEY LEAVE THEIR HIGH
SCHOOL BASKETBALL TEAM AND THEY
GO PLAY A CLUB BASKETBALL FOR
ANOTHER SIX MONTHS. AND SO A LOT
OF THESE COACHES YOU'RE
COMPELLED. POSSIBLY THEY ALSO
COACHED THE SAME SO TO DO THAT,
IN ADDITION TO TEACHING FULL
TIME I KNOW FIRSTHAND THE
CHALLENGES. MY DAUGHTER IS A
THIRD YEAR HIGH SCHOOL BIOLOGY
TEACHER AND COACH IS THE VARSITY
VOLLEYBALL TEAM, THE ASSISTANT
SWIM COACH AND ASSISTANT
ATHLETIC DIRECTOR. YOU KNOW, SHE
HASN'T LEARNED TO SAY NO. YET AS
A NEW TEACHER, SHE'LL LEARN, UM
, BUT JUST THE TIME THAT I SEE
HER GO THROUGH. UM, BUT, YOU
KNOW, SHE ALSO COMES FROM A
FAMILY OF TEACHERS. HER MOM WAS
A COLLEGIATE ATHLETE AND COACH,
AND SO SHE'S TOLD HER. HEY, YOU
GREW UP IN A PLAYPEN. WITH A NET
DRAPED OVER IT, SO YOU DIDN'T
GET HIT BY VOLLEYBALL'S SO THAT
HER MOM COULD KEEP COACHING. AND
SO, SHE SAID, THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE
EXPECTED TO DO AS WELL,
ESPECIALLY FOR OUR FEMALE
COACHES BECAUSE WE NEED OUR
FEMALE STUDENT ATHLETES TO SEE
THAT THAT CAN BE ME. AND I WANT
TO GO INTO A CAREER WHERE I CAN
HAVE THAT IMPACT ON YOUNG
PEOPLE. BUT I THINK A LOT OF IT
COMES DOWN TO THE SCHOOLS AND
WHO THEY CHOOSE TO HIRE. THERE'S
A LOT OF PRESSURE ON HIGH SCHOOL
PRINCIPALS TODAY ON TEST SCORES,
AND THEY WANT THEM. THEY'RE
TRYING TO GET TEACHERS WHO CAN
DO THAT WERE BEFORE YOU COULD
KIND OF YOU. YOU WENT INTO THE
CLASSROOM AND YOU ALSO WERE
LEARNING, BUT YOU ALSO
CONTRIBUTED AS A COACH AS WELL.
THANK YOU. AND THEN ONE MORE
QUICK, SEPARATE QUESTION AND
RELATIONSHIP YOU MENTIONED, UM
THE STATS OF HOW WIDESPREAD UM
OUR STUDENT ATHLETES ARE ACROSS
CALIFORNIA, UM, NOT ONLY
PARTICIPATING ON CAMPUS, BUT YOU
ALSO SAID THAT IT'S FREE. I JUST
WANTED TO KIND OF UH, COMMENT ON
THAT, BECAUSE, UH, WE DO HAVE
MANY UNDERSERVED STUDENTS THAT
WHETHER IT'S THE PHYSICAL EXAM.
THEY HAVE TO HAVE FROM A MEDICAL
PROFESSION. WHETHER IT'S THE
UNIFORM, WHETHER SOMETIMES
THERE'S TRAVEL INVOLVED THERE
ARE COSTS AND I KNOW THAT SOME
STUDENTS ACTUALLY DON'T GO OUT
FOR SPORTS BECAUSE OF THE
AFFORDABILITY, AND I KNOW THAT
IT'S MUCH CHEAPER THAN THE IF
YOU WANT TO, SAY THE. THE CLUB
SPORTS BUT IN AND I GET IT I
MEAN, I WAS A CAME FROM A LARGE
FAMILY AND MANY YEARS AGO WAS AN
ATHLETE MYSELF, BUT IT IS A
STRUGGLE. STILL, FOR MANY
FAMILIES TO KIND OF, UH, SUPPORT
THOSE ATHLETES, ESPECIALLY IF
THERE'S MORE THAN ONE ATHLETE IN
THE FAMILY. ABSOLUTELY TRUE, AND
WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM
STUDENTS WHO ARE BEING CHARGED,
FOR EXAMPLE FOR SCHOOL UNIFORMS
BECAUSE I SHOULDN'T TAKE PLACE.
IT'S AN EDUCATIONALLY RELATED
ACTIVITY, AND IT SHOULD BE FREE.
NOW WE ALL KNOW THAT THAT
DOESN'T ALWAYS HAPPEN IN
PRACTICE, BUT YOU KNOW, WE WOULD
ABSOLUTELY SHARE THAT
INFORMATION WITH OUR SCHOOLS AND
SCHOOL DISTRICTS. JUST TO
QUICKLY FOLLOW UP ON THAT
BEFORE. TURN OVER THE CHAIR,
NEWMAN. SO IF ANY OF OUR
FAMILIES SEE YOU KNOW, HAVE A
COMPLAINT. UH WHO SHOULD THEY GO
TO? SHOULD THEY GO TO THEIR
THEIR SCHOOL SITE? UH,
ADMINISTRATOR OR TO THE CF OR OR
BOTH, SO WE ALWAYS KIND OF DEAL
WITH THE PRINCIPLE OF
SUBSIDIARITY DEAL WITH THE AT
THE AT THE LEVEL WHERE IT'S MOST
APPROPRIATE. SO THAT COULD BE IF
YOU'RE A MEMBER OF THE FRESHMAN
BASEBALL TEAM. TALK TO YOUR
FRESHMAN COACH FIRST, NOW THAT
IF THE COMPLAINT IS ABOUT THE
FRESHMAN COACH THEN OBVIOUSLY
YOU MAY WANT TO GO DIRECTLY TO
YOUR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR. BUT IT
ALWAYS IS THE SCHOOL SITE AND
THEN EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS OR
UNIVERSAL COMPLAINT FORM. UM SO
THAT PARENTS HAVE ACCESS TO THAT
AS WELL AT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT
LEVEL. ALRIGHT, CHAIR NEWMAN.
THANK YOU CHAIR AND THANK YOU
BOTH FOR BEING HERE TODAY, SO I
WANT TO FIRST QUESTION MAYBE FOR
MR SEYMOUR. MAYBE DOCUMENT CITY.
YOU KNOW, THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF
COVERAGE IN THE NEWS RECENTLY OF
ATHLETIC RELATED INJURIES, IN
SOME CASES, DEATH AND THERE'S
BEEN AN EFFORT ACROSS LAST
COUPLE YEARS IN CALIFORNIA TO
ESTABLISH A SEPARATE LICENSING
PROCEDURES, CERTIFIED ATHLETIC
TRAINERS RIGHT AND SAID CLEARLY
THE MERITS THEY'RE FAIRLY
OBVIOUS, BUT LICENSING
CALIFORNIA'S COMPLICATED WHAT
ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THAT? MY
UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THAT YOU
DON'T RELY ON CERTIFIED ATHLETIC
TRAINERS. WE RELY ON THE
COACHES. TO PERFORM THAT
FUNCTION. IS THAT CORRECT? IT IS
UP TO AND YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR
ABOUT THIS A LITTLE LATER FROM
DR CHANG, UM, THERE'S IN FACT,
THERE'S ALSO A CURRENT BILL THAT
IS GOING TO BE HAS BEEN
FORWARDED AGAIN TO TALK ABOUT
THE LICENSOR OF ATHLETIC
TRAINERS. I BELIEVE WE'RE THE
ONLY STATE THAT I HAD STATES. IT
DOESN'T LICENSE ATHLETIC
TRAINERS AND THEY'RE A VITAL
RESOURCE FOR OUR MEMBERSHIP. UM
I BELIEVE IN CORRECT ME. I'M
WRONG, SEYMOUR. I THINK 20%
ROUGHLY 20% OF OUR SCHOOLS HAVE
ACCESS TO A FULL TIME. ATHLETIC
TRAINER AND LESS THAN HALF HAVE
ACCESS TO ANY ATHLETIC TRAINER
SERVICES. WE JUST HAD OUR SPORTS
MEDICINE ADVISORY COMMITTEE
WHERE A GROUP OF THAT THAT
OVERSEES ATHLETIC TRAINERS AND
GETS THEM INTO THEIR SCHOOLS IS
ALMOST TO THE POINT WHERE
THEY'RE GONNA HAVE TO REMOVE
THEIR MANDATE BECAUSE THEY CAN'T
FIND THE ATHLETIC TRAINERS
BECAUSE THEY AREN'T COMING TO
CALIFORNIA BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT
LICENSED. SO THE MORE WE CAN DO
TO SUPPORT THAT THE C I F 100%
SUPPORTS THAT BECAUSE I THINK
IT'S SOMETHING WHERE WE HAVE ALL
THESE WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO HEAR
FROM DR CHANG REGARDING ALL OUR
HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES. WOULD
BE BEST SERVED ON CAMPUS WITH
THE APPROPRIATE PERSON THERE TO
HELP THEM. YET IT DOES SOMETIMES
FALL TO OUR COACHES BECAUSE
THEY'RE GOING TO DO WHATEVER
THEY CAN TO KEEP THEIR STUDENTS
AS HEALTHY AND SAFE AS POSSIBLE,
BUT THEY DEFINITELY DON'T HAVE
THE SAME TRAINING AS AN ATHLETIC
TRAINER. WOULD I APPRECIATE YOU?
I GUESS WE'LL HEAR SOME MORE
ABOUT THAT. SO THANK YOU. I WANT
TO DRILL DOWN QUICKLY A LITTLE
BIT ON THE ECONOMICS OF KIND OF
YOUR YOUR MODEL AND DOCUMENT
MACHETE. YOU MENTIONED THAT THE
COST IS 88 CENTS PER STUDENT.
BUT CAN YOU GIVE US A BETTER
SENSE OF THE TOTALS AND NOT JUST
AROUND MEMBERSHIP BUT AROUND
CORPORATE PARTNERSHIPS AND THE
CONTRIBUTION OF CHAMPIONSHIP
EVENTS? WHAT'S YOUR TOTAL
BUDGET? TOTAL BUDGET IS UPWARDS
OF THAT ALMOST 6.86 POINT $9
MILLION AND ABOUT A THIRD OF
THAT BUDGET COMES FROM EACH OF
THOSE CATEGORIES. SO OUR DUES
FOR EXAMPLE, THEY'RE NOT QUITE.
WE HAVE 1.8 MILLION STUDENTS
THAT CHANGES EVERY YEAR. UM SO
IT 88 CENTS A STUDENT. LET'S
JUST SAY IT WAS A DOLLAR
STUDENT. A LITTLE LESS THAN $2
MILLION COMES FROM OUR DUES. UM
YOU KNOW, 2.42 POINT $5 MILLION
COMES FROM OUR CORPORATE
PARTNERSHIPS, WHICH WE SHARE
WITH ALL 10 OF OUR SECTIONS. AND
THEN ABOUT $3.4 MILLION OF THAT
MONEY COMES FROM OUR, UH, OUR
CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT STRUCTURES.
SURE, LET'S LET'S THE EVENT
STRUCTURE. HOW DOES THAT? WHAT'S
THE MODEL THERE? HOW DOES THAT
BREAK DOWN TO GENERATE SUCH A
LARGE AMOUNT? SO IT DEPENDS ON
THE EVENT WE HAVE. WE HAVE
ROUGHLY 13 CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS
FOR BOYS 13 CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS
FOR GIRLS THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL
YEAR. CERTAIN EVENTS LIKE GOLF
AND TENNIS. THERE IS NO
ADMISSIONS FEE. WE LOSE MONEY,
BUT WE'RE GOING TO STILL PROVIDE
THE EVENTS. UM YOU KNOW WHERE WE
HAVE, FOR EXAMPLE, ARE WRESTLING
INVITATIONAL, WHICH IS THIS
WEEKEND DOWN IN BAKERSFIELD.
IT'S A HUGELY POPULAR EVENT IN
THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD, AND WE
PROBABLY BRING IN SEVERAL
$100,000. CONTRARY TO POPULAR
BELIEF, OUR FOOTBALL
CHAMPIONSHIPS, UM, WE THIS YEAR
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO PROBABLY
LOSE $90,000 TO RUN OUR STATE
FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS. SO
FOOTBALL ISN'T THE DRIVING
FACTOR LIKE EVERYONE MAYBE
ALWAYS THINKS IT IS NOW THE
SCHOOL SITE MAY BE DIFFERENT,
BUT OUR CHAMPIONSHIPS NOT SO
THAT'S DRIVEN BY TICKET REVENUE.
UM WE DO OUR BEST TO KEEP OUR
TICKET PRICES DOWN. BUT YOU ALSO
HAVE TO CHARGE ENOUGH BECAUSE
MOST A LOT OF THE MONEY FROM OUR
BANK GOES BACK TO PAYING FOR
TRAVEL. FOR THE TEAMS INVOLVED.
IT COSTS US PROBABLY. I WANT TO
SAY UPWARDS OF 20 TO $25,000 TO
TRAVEL AN ENTIRE FOOTBALL TEAM
TO A CHAMPIONSHIP. UM SO THOSE
ARE THE EXPENSES INVOLVED. WE
USUALLY SUBSIDIZED TICKET PRICES
IF WE TOOK SO, FOR EXAMPLE, IN
OUR STATE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS
IF WE CHARGE THE TICKET PRICE
THAT WE NEEDED TO BREAK EVEN AT
THAT EVENT, GUARANTEE WE'RE
GONNA BREAK EVEN WE HAVE CHARGED
$23 A TICKET AND WE CHARGE
ROUGHLY $16 A TICKET FOR ADULTS
, AND LASTLY, LET'S TALK ABOUT
THE CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP PIECE
. SO YOU KNOW WHAT? WHAT HOW
DOES THAT MODEL WORKS? LIKE?
WHAT'S A TYPICAL AGREEMENT LOOK
LIKE AND WHAT ARE THE KIND OF
OBLIGATIONS ON BOTH SIDES? SO
THE PRIMARY OBLIGATIONS? ONE
THING WE DON'T DO IS WE DON'T
SHARE ANY DATA OF OUR SCHOOLS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALWAYS SO WE
DON'T WE DON'T SALLY EMAIL LIST.
THAT'S WHAT THEY ALL WANT, BUT
WE'RE NOT. WE'RE JUST NOT GOING
TO SELL PRIVATE INFORMATION THEY
CAN. THEY CAN GO LOOK AT THAT.
OUR WEBSITE SO PRIMARILY
ENTAILS, UM THEY GET TO EITHER
PROVIDE HAVE A SPACE THERE. AT
THE EVENT WHERE, FOR EXAMPLE,
THE U. S MARINES ARE ARE
CHAMPIONSHIPS AND STUDENTS CAN
VISIT THEIR BOOTH. UM WE HAVE
SOME THAT IT'S SIGNAGE ON THE
SIDELINES OF A VOLLEYBALL MATCH
OR IN THE SIGNAGE IN THE END
ZONE OF A FOOTBALL GAME. UM BUT
THOSE IT'S USUALLY THOSE ARE THE
TYPES OF MARKETING ASSETS THEY
GET FOR THEIR SPONSORSHIP
DOLLARS. AN HOUR. THOSE
SPONSORSHIPS SOLD OR THEY DON'T
AT THE SCHOOL LEVEL AT THE C I F
LEVEL SO WE CAN TRY IT, AND WE
WORK WITH A THIRD PARTY
MARKETING AGENCY, SIMILAR TO A
LOT OF COLLEGES WORK WITH
SOMEONE LIKE CLEARFIELD SPORTS.
THOSE ARE THE EXPERTS, UM AND SO
WE WORK WITH THIRD PARTY AGENCY
THAT THAT DOES ALL OF OUR SALES,
BUT WE HAVE THE RIGHT OF
REFUSAL. SO WE TELL THEM YOU'RE
NOT ALLOWED TO SELL. OBVIOUSLY
TOBACCO SPONSORSHIPS. UM WE'RE
NOT GOING TO ALLOW YOU TO BRING
ENERGY DRINKS INTO THE HIGH
SCHOOL SPACE. SO THERE ARE
CERTAIN CATEGORIES THAT THEY ARE
COMPLETELY OFF LIMITS. AND EVEN
IF SOMETHING IS REALLY WITHIN
THE LIMITS, BUT WE DON'T LIKE
IT. WE HAVE FINAL SAY IN WHAT
THEY CAN AND CAN'T SELL. AND
LASTLY, LASTLY, TO WHAT EXTENT
IS THE SCHOOL, HAVE, UH RIGHT OF
FIRST REFUSAL OR VETO POWER OF A
PARTICULAR SPONSORED SCHOOL
SITES ARE COMPLETELY UP TO THEM
. WE ONLY SELL OUR SPONSORSHIP
AGREEMENTS FOR OUR POST SEASON
CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS, SO THAT
DOES NOT INFRINGE UPON A SCHOOL
OR A SCHOOL DISTRICTS RIGHT TO
SELL THEIR OWN SPONSORSHIPS, AND
IT DOESN'T FORCE UPON THEM ARE
SPONSORED. APPRECIATE THAT.
THANK YOU, MR CHAIRMAN. THANK
YOU ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM
COMMITTEE MEMBERS, MR CARILLO?
ALONG THE LINE. SOME SENATOR
NEWMAN'S QUESTION ON THE
MEMBERSHIPS. AH ARE THE
MEMBERSHIPS OF THE 88 CENTS PER
SCHOOL DISTRICT, ORAL POPULATION
OR THE STUDENTS THAT PARTICIPATE
IN THE SPORT TOTAL POPULATION
BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL ELIGIBLE TO
PARTICIPATE, OKAY? AND ON THE
CAUTION AND EDUCATION. I BELIEVE
I HEARD THAT YOU SAID THAT IT
TAKES 15 MINUTES TO 20 MINUTES,
PREVENTING AND INTERRUPTING
DISCRIMINATORY BEHAVIORS. YES
THAT'S CORRECT. IT'S ABOUT A 20
MINUTE, UH, TRAINING VIDEO. AND
DO YOU FIND THAT TO BE EFFECTIVE
IN THAT AMOUNT OF TIME TO
PREVENT YES, IT WE FOUND IT TO
BE A VERY GOOD STARTING POINT IT
REALLY WHEN YOU TAKE IT, IT THEN
MAKES THE USER ASKED SOME
QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR OWN THEIR
OWN PERCEIVED BIASES AND HOW
THEY CAN BE BETTER AT THEIR OWN
SITE. OKAY AND LASTLY, CHESTER
COMMENT I'M A FIRM BELIEVER THAT
GETTING STUDENTS TO BE
PHYSICALLY ACTIVE WITH ARTS AND
SPORTS REALLY IMPROVES THEIR, UM
UM, ABILITY TO LEARN MORE TO BE
MORE SUCCESSFUL IN THEIR YEARS
IN EDUCATION. ARE WE DOING OR
ARE YOU GUYS DOING ANY EFFORTS
TO SKIP US, INCREASING THE
NUMBER OF ATHLETES IN THE SCHOOL
SYSTEMS SO THAT THEY CAN
CONTINUE TO PERFORM BETTER IN
THEIR ACADEMICS? YES THAT'S A
GREAT QUESTION. AND IN EVERY
YEAR IN THE SPRING, OUR SCHOOLS
DO A PARTICIPATION SURVEY WHERE
WE TRACK HOW MANY STUDENT
ATHLETES WE HAVE THAT ARE
PARTICIPATING IN ALL SPORTS
ACROSS THE BOARD, BOTH FROM A
MALE AND FEMALE, AND WE ALSO
TRACK A NUMBER OF OTHER THINGS
SIMILAR TO HOW MANY SCHOOLS HAVE
ACCESS TO A CERTIFIED ATHLETIC
TRAINER. HOW MANY SCHOOLS HAVE
ACCESS TO ADDITIONAL FACILITIES
ARE ON CAMPUS COACHES AND THINGS
OF THAT NATURE. SO ADDING NEW
SPORTS AND GET IN TAKING SURVEYS
OF THEIR CURRENT STUDENT
POPULATION TO FIND OUT WHAT THEY
WOULD LIKE TO DO IS THE METHOD
THAT WE USE TO BRING ON NEW
OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENT
ATHLETES. AND LASTLY, ONE MORE
COMMENT WITH THE, UH INCREASING
POPULARITY OF SOCCER. ARE YOU
GETTING MORE PARTICIPATION FROM
U. S SOCCER FEDERATION TO
INCREASE THE NUMBER OF WE HAVE A
GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH A LOT OF
OUR NATIONAL GOVERNING BODIES
THAT IT'S LIKE SIMILAR TO U. S.
SOCCER. UM OUR MISSION IS ABOUT
ALL OF OUR STUDENTS AND NOT JUST
THE ELITE LEVEL STUDENT THAT
WOULD THAT WOULD MOVE ON TO A
OLYMPIC LEVEL DEAL. AH THE AS
YOU WELL KNOW, UH, SOCCER IS
BOOMING IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA, AND ITS POPULARITY
IS SEEING ACROSS OUR SCHOOLS. UH
AND SO WE, YOU KNOW, IT'S ONE OF
THOSE SPORTS THAT'S CONTINUING
TO MOVE UP IN THE NUMBER OF
PARTICIPATION, UH, ACROSS THE
BOARD. THEY HAD. ONE COMMENT
ALSO IS, UM, I THINK WITH
ENCOURAGING STUDENT ATHLETES
PLAY SPORTS, I DO THINK THE ONE
THING THAT WE AS AN ORGANIZATION
AS A MEMBERSHIP NEED TO DO A
BETTER JOB IS INCREASING
PARTICIPATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR
OUR GIRLS. WE STILL HAVE 100,000
LESS GIRLS ARE PLAYING SPORTS IN
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND
EVERYONE WANTS TO POINT TO THE
SPORT OF FOOTBALL AND SAY, WELL,
THAT'S WHY THERE'S 90,000
STUDENT ATHLETES TO PLAY
FOOTBALL. WE ALSO HAVE OVER 500
GIRLS TO PLAY FOOTBALL. UM BUT
THAT'S NOT. THAT'S NOT THE
REASON TO NOT CONTINUE. SO WE'VE
TWO YEARS AGO, WE ADDED, THE
SPORT OF GIRLS BEACH VOLLEYBALL
IS THEY'VE JUST RECENTLY LAST
MEETING WE HAD A GIRL FLAG
FOOTBALL. OUR GOAL IS, YOU KNOW
, HELP BEFORE I LEAVE THIS
OFFICE THAT WE CAN SAY THAT WE
HAVE THE SAME AMOUNT OF GIRLS
PLAYING SPORTS AS BOYS, SO I
DON'T WANT TO MAKE IT SEEM LIKE
THERE'S NOT WORK TO DO. WE
DEFINITELY NEED TO DO A BETTER
JOB IN THAT AREA. AND THEN, UH,
WITH WHAT MR SEYMOUR SAID ABOUT
SOCCER IS CORRECT. THE ONLY
THING WE WISH IS THAT THEY WOULD
ALSO RECIPROCATE, SOMETIMES WITH
THE PARTNERSHIP AND NOT TELL
THEIR STUDENT ATHLETES THAT THEY
HAVE TO MAKE A CHOICE WHETHER
THEY PLAY FOR THEIR CLUB TEAM OR
WHETHER THEY PLAY FOR THEIR HIGH
SCHOOL TEAM IF A STUDENT ATHLETE
ELECTS TO PLAY FOR THEIR CLUB
TEAM IN THEIR HIGH SCHOOL TEAM,
WE'RE GOING TO WISH THEM THE
BEST AND SAY, YOU KNOW,
CONGRATULATIONS. THAT'S THAT'S A
CHOICE THAT YOU'RE MAKING. UM
BUT LET THEM MAKE IT, YOU KNOW,
BECAUSE WHEN SOMEONE DOES THAT
THE WAY WE LOOK AT THAT IS
THEY'RE OPENING UP A SPOT AT
THAT SCHOOL FOR STUDENT ATHLETE
THAT WOULD LOVE TO BE ON THAT
TEAM THAT MAYBE DIDN'T MAKE IT
THE YEAR BEFORE, BUT WE JUST
WANT THAT TO BE THE CHOICE OF
THE STUDENT ATHLETE AND THEIR
FAMILY, NOT BECAUSE THEY FEEL
PRESSURED BY AN OUTSIDE
ORGANIZATION. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU, MR CHAIR. THAT'S TRUE
AVELLINO THAN MR LACKEY AND
SENATOR CORTESI. THANK YOU, MR
CHAIR IN ONE OF THE PREVIOUS
SLIDES. YOU SHARED THAT ABOUT
40% OF THE STUDENT BODY
PARTICIPATES IN HIGH SCHOOL
SPORTS. UM WOULD YOU SAY THAT
HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS IS THE MOST
USED. AFTER CURRICULAR ACTIVITY
IN HIGH SCHOOL. I DON'T KNOW OF
ONE. THAT'S MORE NOW. IN THIS
PARTICULAR SCHOOL. IT CERTAINLY
COULD BE, BUT OVERALL, I BELIEVE
IT IS THE LARGEST CO CURRICULAR
ACTIVITY. EXTRACURRICULAR
ACTIVITY IN THE SCHOOL. UM YES,
AND WHEN IT COMES TO THE FUNDING
, IS IT PROPORTIONATE TO THE
NUMBER OF STUDENTS THAT USE AND
ENGAGING AT AFTER SCHOOL SPORTS
WOULD BE UP TO EACH SCHOOL OR
SCHOOL DISTRICT ON HOW THEY FUND
THEIR SPORTS PROGRAM WITHIN
THEIR SCHOOL OR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
DO YOU HAVE A SENSE, THOUGH,
BECAUSE I THINK THEY'RE ALL
FAIRLY DIFFERENT. UM I KNOW THAT
YOU KNOW, THERE'S THE BUDGET
EACH SQUADS OF A BUDGET PREACH
SOME DISTRICTS WILL FUND THEIR
COACHING STIPENDS. SOME LEAVE
THAT TO THE SCHOOLS. SOME WILL
FUND THEIR TRANSPORTATION. SOME
OF THE SCHOOLS HAVE TO
FUNDRAISE. TO DO THAT, SO EACH
ONE IS DIFFERENT. UM BUT I CAN
SAY THAT I THINK THE SCHOOLS I
KNOW THE SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS
DO AS GOOD A JOB AS THEY CAN TO
BEING FAIR AND EQUITABLE ACROSS
THE BOARD FOR THEIR SUPPORT
OFFERINGS. AND SO THEN THE
ENGAGEMENT INTERNET SECURE
COLLECTIVITY BASED HIGH SCHOOL
STUDENTS, THIS WOULD BE THE MOST
THAT WE SAID. YEAH I BELIEVE SO
OVERALL. YES. THANK YOU. THANK
YOU, MR VALENCIA. UH, MR LACKEY.
YEAH THANK YOU APOLOGIZE. I
WASN'T ABLE TO BE HERE. EARLIER
FOR YOUR PRESENTATION, BUT, UH,
ONE OF MY QUESTIONS HAS TO DO
WITH, UH THE FACT THAT I
REPRESENT A RURAL DISTRICT AND
SOME OF THE SCHOOLS THAT I
REPRESENT ARE VERY SMALL. IN
FACT, AS I REPRESENT THE HIGH
SCHOOL THAT I ATTENDED AND VERY,
VERY SMALL. UH, ENROLLMENT
NUMBER. BUT YET WHEN IT COMES TO
PLAYOFFS PUT AND PLACED AGAINST
TEAMS THAT ARE 10 TIMES THEIR
SIZE AND ENROLLMENT, AND I WAS
JUST WONDERING WHY ENROLLMENT IS
NOT TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT WHEN
MAKING THE DETERMINATION ON WHO
PLAYS WHO IT'S A GREAT QUESTION
, BUT WHAT WE'VE SEEN OVER THE
YEARS IS THAT ENROLLMENT IS NOT
NECESSARILY AN INDICATOR OF HOW
GOOD YOUR TEAM IS. SO WE COULD
HAVE A TEAM THAT COMPETES AT THE
HIGHEST LEVEL WITH AN ENROLLMENT
UNDER 100. AND THEN THEREFORE
HAS EARNED THE RIGHT TO COMPETE
AGAINST OTHER SCHOOLS OF
LIKABILITY, REGARDLESS OF WHAT
THE SIZE OF THOSE SCHOOLS ARE.
WE DO HAVE MULTIPLE DIVISIONS
AND ALL OF OUR CHAMPIONSHIPS
THAT PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FROM
A COMPETITIVE STANDPOINT TO
COMPETE WITH, LIKE COMPETITIVE
SCHOOLS IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH
THE BEST OVERALL, UM, BRACKET OR
CHAMPIONSHIP OPPORTUNITY AS
POSSIBLE WITH THE TEAMS THAT
HAVE. QUALIFIED IN A GIVEN YEAR
FOR THAT PARTICULAR SPORT. YEAH
I CAN JUST TELL YOU, THOUGH,
THAT I DON'T THINK THAT A LOT OF
THOSE SCHOOLS CONSIDERED A RIGHT
TO PLAY A SCHOOL THAT HAS A
SUBSTANTIALLY AND SOMETIMES I'M
TALKING ALL THE SCHOOL I'M
TALKING ABOUT IN PARTICULAR HAS
ENROLLMENT JUST OVER 200 THEY
THEY'RE FACING TEAMS THAT ARE 12
TO 1500, AT LEAST SOMETIMES EVEN
MORE THAN THAT. SO YEAH. I'M
JUST TRYING TO UNDERSTAND IT. I
UNDERSTAND THERE'S A LITTLE BIT
OF, UH COMPETITIVE. AH
CONSIDERATION, BUT I THINK THAT
THE ADVANTAGE IT'S PRETTY
OBVIOUS WHEN YOU HAVE AN
ENROLLMENT OF 1500 THAT YOU'RE
YOU'RE MUCH MORE LIKELY TO HAVE
BIGGER ATHLETES, BIGGER PLAYERS
AND BIGGER DOESN'T ALWAYS MEAN
BETTER, BUT IT SURE MEANS IT HAS
AN ADVANTAGE. AND I JUST WISH
THAT THE CF WOULD TAKE THAT IN
CONSIDERATION A LITTLE MORE THAN
THEY DO. THAT'S ALL I GOT. THANK
YOU. SENATOR CORTEZ. THANK YOU,
MR. THANK YOU, MR CHAIR. UM I
GUESS THE FIRST PART OF MY
QUESTION IS JUST WHETHER OR NOT
THIS IS THE RIGHT PANEL. TO
DIRECT THE QUESTION TO IN IF NOT
IN MY FEEL LIKE MY QUESTION IS,
UM. HEALTH AND SAFETY QUESTION
PER SE. BUT ALSO GETS CAUGHT UP
IN THE COMPETITION ISSUE. YOU
KNOW, I'VE I FEEL FORTUNATE
BEING HERE IN THE LEGISLATURE
THE LAST TWO YEARS TO SEE AN
INCREASE IN ATTENTION TO MENTAL
HEALTH ISSUES IN SCHOOLS.
CERTAINLY THIS COMMITTEE HAS
TAKEN IT UP THE ENTIRE
LEGISLATURES. TRIED TO MOVE
FORWARD LEGISLATION AND BUDGET.
UM. YOU KNOW, BUDGET PROVISION
THAT THAT REALLY FOCUS ON THAT
AREA. AT HOME, AND I'M A SENATOR
FROM SAN JOSE AND THE WEST
VALLEY CITY'S, UH, WEST OF SAN
JOSE, CURRENTLY UM, WE. WE HEAR
FROM CONSTITUENTS A LACK OF
CONCERN. OF COURSE, THAT WOULD
BE THE CCS SECTION DOWN THERE. I
DON'T I CAN'T VALIDATE THIS.
I'VE I'VE NEVER BEEN TO A
SECTION MEETING. I'VE I'VE
CERTAINLY SEEN CORRESPONDENCE GO
BACK AND FORTH. IT'S SORT OF A
LACK OF CONCERN ABOUT ISSUES.
THAT RELATE TO THAT EITHER. ARE
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ISSUES ARE
RELATED TO BE OVER HEALTH ISSUES
OR EXACERBATE BEHAVIORAL,
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH ISSUES. WE'RE
STUDENT NEEDS TO MOVE FROM ONE
SCHOOL TO ANOTHER. IT GETS HUNG
UP IN A, UM I SET OF COMPETITIVE
RULES THAT THREW UP BARRIERS TO
THAT. AGAIN IT'S VERY DIFFICULT
CHALLENGING FOR A LEGISLATOR,
YOU KNOW, HERE IN SACRAMENTO OR
EVEN AT HOME IN THE DISTRICT IN
THE LIMITED TIME WE HAVE WEEK TO
WEEK. YOU KNOW TO INVESTIGATE OR
HAVE YOUR STAFF INVESTIGATE
THOSE KINDS OF ISSUES. WE'VE
CERTAINLY WEIGHED IN AND
ENCOURAGED. UM GREAT ATTENTION
TO THOSE ISSUES. UM AND YOU
KNOW, I WOULD SUSPECT THAT THAT
NONE OF THESE SECTIONS GLOSS
OVER THEM, BUT UM YOU KNOW
AGAIN? FIRST QUESTION IS, ARE
YOU THE RIGHT FOLKS TO DIRECT
THAT QUESTION TO THE QUESTION AT
THE END OF THE STATEMENT IS HOW
DO WE KNOW THAT? UM THE VERY
MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES AND
BULLYING ISSUES AND BEHAVIORAL
ISSUES THAT THAT WE ARE TRYING
TO AH, PUT AN END TO DISRUPT
MITIGATE HERE IN THE LEGISLATURE
AREN'T GOING TO BE GLOSSED OVER
FOR THE SAKE OF COMPETITIVE
ADVANTAGE. FROM ONE DISTRICT OR
ONE SCHOOL TO ANOTHER. AND AGAIN
WE WE'VE SEEN THOSE ALLEGATIONS
. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY OTHERS
UP HERE HAVE SEEN THOSE
ALLEGATIONS, BUT AND HOW WELL
FOUNDED THEY ARE, BUT THEY
CERTAINLY SEEM TO BE WELL
FOUNDED AT TIMES, AND I JUST
LIKE TO HEAR YOUR RESPONSE.
ABSOLUTELY AND THIS IS A
CONVERSATION. I THINK I CAN
SPEAK TO THE RULE SIDE OF THIS
FOR SURE. AND THEN IF YOU HAVE
ADDITIONAL CONVERSATIONS WHEN DR
CHANG COMES UP, YOU CAN
ABSOLUTELY ASK HER, BUT I WANT
TO MAKE SURE NUMBER ONE. WE SAY
THAT WE WILL NEVER GLOSS OVER
ANYTHING THAT COMES FROM THIS
BODY. UM OUR BYLAWS, ESPECIALLY
MANY OF OUR HEALTH AND SAFETY
BYLAWS MIRROR WHAT WAS CODIFIED
AS STATE LAW. SO WE'RE COMMITTED
TO DOING THAT. UM THE WE DO HAVE
A HARDSHIP CIRCUMSTANCE FOR
SAFETY ISSUES IN A SPECIFIC
SAFETY INCIDENTS STUDENT AND
WHETHER IT'S RELATED TO MENTAL
HEALTH OR BULLYING OR HAZING. UM
THAT IF THERE IS A SPECIFIC
DOCUMENTS INCIDENT THAT CREATED
A SAFETY ISSUE FOR THE STUDENT
AT THAT SCHOOL THAT THEY CAN,
AND THAT'S BEEN DOCUMENTED WITH
THE SCHOOL OR WITH OUTSIDE LAW
ENFORCEMENT, FOR EXAMPLE. THAT
THEY CAN MOVE WITHOUT PENALTY
FROM SCHOOL AID TO SCHOOL. BE UM
WE ALSO, YOU KNOW MORE DEALING
WITH MANY DIFFERENT
CONSTITUENCIES. WHEN THINGS COME
FORWARD. UM YOU KNOW, ANOTHER
EXAMPLE I CAN GIVE YOU THAT THAT
HIT HOME WITH US WAS, UM
MCKINNEY, VENTO AND HOMELESS
STUDENTS. AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE
SPED UP OUR TIMELINE TO MAKE
SURE THAT IF WE HAVE A HOMELESS
OR FOSTER YOUTH THAT COMES
THROUGH OUR TRANSFER SYSTEM, WE
SPEED UP OUR TIMELINE TO MAKE
THEM ELIGIBLE AS SOON AS HUMANLY
POSSIBLE. UM HOWEVER, WE ALSO
SAW THIS YEAR FOR THE I DON'T
WANT TO WAIT FOR THE FIRST TIME,
BUT A PRETTY PUBLIC CASE THIS
YEAR WHERE STUDENT MOVED TO
CALIFORNIA. CLAIMED HOMELESSNESS
EVEN THOUGH BOTH PARENTS HAD A
RESIDENCE IN THE STATE. THEY
BECAME COMING FROM AND IT TURNED
OUT THAT THEY'RE THERE.
PRIMARILY, WE'RE HERE TO GAIN
ACCESS TO N I L AND SO WE HAD
ANOTHER STUDENT TRANSFER. AND
OUR BYLAWS SAY IF YOU MAKE A
FULL FAMILY MOVE THAT YOU CAN
TRANSFER WITHOUT PENALTY, THEY
MOVED TO ANOTHER STATE DURING
COVID. AND BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T
MOVE WITH BOTH MOM AND DAD. THE
FAIR MOM AND DAD GOT A DIVORCE
SO THEIR SON COULD PLAY HIGH
SCHOOL FOOTBALL. SO THOSE ARE
THE EXTREMES. BUT THOSE ARE YOU
KNOW, WE IT'S HARD TO WRITE A
RULE FOR EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE, BUT
WE ARE ENGAGING IN THE
DISCUSSION ABOUT WHAT WOULD BE
AN APPROPRIATE RULE WITH RESPECT
TO MENTAL HEALTH OF STUDENT
ATHLETES. NOT SIMPLY, UM I ONE
OR TWO SENTENCE LETTER FROM A
PSYCHOLOGIST SAID THEY NEED TO
CHANGE FROM SCHOOL TO SCHOOL BE.
HOW DO WE DOCUMENT TO MAKE SURE
THAT PEOPLE AREN'T TRYING TO
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A RULE THAT'S
IN PLACE? FIND ME FORWARD TO THE
CHAIR. I APPRECIATE THAT, AND I
WAS PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH MOST OF
THOSE RULES AGAIN JUST FROM, UH,
CONSTITUENT SERVICES. THE
CONSTITUENT SERVICES ASPECT OF
OUR JOB OR MY JOB. UM, I WOULD
ENCOURAGE, YOU KNOW THERE'S
15,000. MCKINNEY VENTO STUDENTS
A YEAR IN OUR HIGH SCHOOL
SENIORS. IN OUR HIGH SCHOOL.
THAT'S JUST THE SENIORS. THERE'S
OVER 200,000 MCKINNEY VENTO KIDS
IN THE SCHOOLS. PROBABLY MANY OF
THEM WOULD LIKE TO PLAY SPORTS.
UM HOW MANY FOLKS ALMOST OR NOT
ON HOUSE OR NOT, OR ARE MOVING
BECAUSE OF THE COST OF LIVING
ISSUES. LACK OF HOUSING
AFFORDABILITY FROM ONE PLACE TO
ANOTHER. UM WE. IT'S JUST A HUGE
IMPACT. I THINK, AS WE ALL KNOW
ON A STUDENT'S MENTAL HEALTH,
NOT NOT NOT EVEN GETTING TO THE
POINT THAT WE JUST CAME THROUGH
A PANDEMIC. UM SO I DON'T THINK
A ONE SIZE FITS ALL APPROACH IS
GOING TO WORK. UM, AND I DON'T
THINK FOCUSING YOU KNOW ON ON
THE FRAUD AS AS THE COMMON
DENOMINATOR IS GOING TO WORK. WE
HAVE THAT PROBLEM ACROSS AGENCY
ISSUES HERE IN SACRAMENTO, AS I
THINK EVERYBODY KNOWS IF YOU IF
YOU SPEND ALL YOUR TIME SETTING
YOUR RULES AT THE LOWEST COMMON
DENOMINATOR AT AT FRAUD. UM YOU
KNOW, THERE'S JUST GONNA BE A
WHOLE BUNCH OF FOLKS WHO HAVE
LEGITIMATE CONCERNS THAT ARE
GOING TO GET SQUEEZED OUT. SO
IT'S JUST MAYBE JUST SHARING AND
IT'S AN INFORMATIONAL HEARING,
SHARING THE KIND OF THINGS THAT
ARE PERCOLATING INTO STATE
SENATE OFFICES AND LEGISLATIVE
OFFICES THROUGH THE CONSTITUENT
SERVICES ASPECT OF WHAT WE DO.
IT'S PROBABLY GOOD FOR YOU TO
KNOW THAT, UM YOU KNOW, WE'RE
HEARING THESE THINGS AND UM, AND
HAVE CONCERNS. ABSOLUTELY AND I
ALWAYS ENCOURAGE ANYONE TO REACH
OUT TO OUR OFFICE. AND WE WANT
TO KNOW THOSE THINGS AND WHEN
THEY OCCUR, WE KNOW WITH ALL OF
OUR RULES THAT WHILE YOU KNOW,
HOPEFULLY IT WEEDS OUT THE
PEOPLE THAT ARE TRYING TO BREAK
THE RULES. WE ARE GOING TO CATCH
A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE TRYING
TO BREAK THE RULES. ABSOLUTELY.
THANK YOU. WE HAVE MR FONG THAN
MR LACKEY. THEN MISS DOLLY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, MR
MCCARTHY, THEN MISS DILLON.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR CHAIRMAN
AND THANK YOU SEE I FOR THAT
PRESENTATION. AS YOU MENTIONED
CF, RECENTLY VOTED TO OFFICIALLY
SANCTIONED GIRLS FLAG FOOTBALL,
WHETHER EFFORTS ARE BEING DONE
BY C I F TO MOVE GENERAL TO MOVE
CLOSER TO GENDER EQUITY IN HIGH
SCHOOL ATHLETICS. SO I AGAIN
GIRLS LIKE FOOTBALL GIRLS BEACH
VOLLEYBALL. WE ALSO WANT TO HAVE
CONVERSATIONS WITH OUR SCHOOLS
ABOUT THE SPORTS THEY CURRENTLY
OFFER. UM YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME
SPORTS WHERE THERE ARE TWO
FRESHMEN TEAMS AND FOR MAYBE A
BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM IN A GIRLS'
BASKETBALL TEAM, BUT YET WE SEE
40 OR 50 GIRLS THAT ARE CUT FROM
THEIR FRESH AND VOLLEYBALL TEAM.
WHY IS THERE NOT A SECOND
FRESHMAN VOLLEYBALL TEAM, AND WE
DO REALIZE THAT WHEN WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT THIS, EVERY SCHOOL
IS DIFFERENT FACILITIES ARE
DIFFERENT ACCESS TO TWO COACHES
ARE DIFFERENT, BUT WE JUST ASK
THAT THEY CONTINUE TO LOOK AT
WAYS TO DO IT. YOU KNOW, WE
PROVIDE THEM WITH RESOURCES ON
ALL THE DIFFERENT STRATEGIES
THEY COULD USE, ESPECIALLY WITH
ONE WAY THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE
USING TO THE SURVEY THEY'RE
SUPPOSED TO BE USING TO
SATISFIED TITLE NINE
REQUIREMENTS IS ASKING THE
STUDENTS WHAT ARE YOU INTERESTED
IN? AND ARE WE MEETING THOSE
NEEDS OF THAT STUDENT SURVEY
THAT WE THAT WE GIVE TO SHOW
WE'RE COMPLYING WITH TITLE NINE.
SO I THINK THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S
A HUGE STRATEGY FOR OUR SCHOOLS
TO EMPLOY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU. I WANT TO REMIND THE
PANEL. OUR NEXT STEP PANEL IS
GOING TO BE ON JACK GENDER
EQUITY AND INCLUSIVITY,
INCLUDING TITLE NINE AND THEN
WE'RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE THE
FOLLOWING PANEL ON HEALTH AND
SAFETY ISSUES. MR. MCCARTHY THEN
MISS DOLLY. YEAH THANK YOU, MR
CHAIR, AND I APOLOGIZE. MY
QUESTIONS ARE ON THE LATER
PANELS, BUT I HAVE TO GO TO A
BUDGET HEARING ON HOMELESSNESS,
ANOTHER IMPORTANT TOPIC IN
CALIFORNIA. SO IF I COULD JUST
ASK A COUPLE QUESTIONS HERE.
FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU TO SEE A
FOR DOING AN AMAZING JOB AND
HANG THE BOTTOM LINE IS ALL THE
RESEARCH SHOWS THAT KIDS WHO
PARTICIPATE IN SPORTS THEY MAY
OR MAY NOT MAKE PROFESSIONAL.
UM, A TEAM MAY OR MAY NOT PLAY
IN THE OLYMPICS, BUT RESEARCH
SHOWS THEY'RE BETTER IN THEIR
STUDENTS, ACADEMICS AND YOU KNOW
BETTER OFF IN LIFE, SO THAT
THAT'S MORE IMPORTANTLY, THE
ISSUE SO THANK YOU FOR DOING
THAT, AND I KNOW THAT DURING THE
PANDEMIC IS REALLY HARD. WE
REACHED OUT TO YOU AND WORK WITH
YOU ON, UH, RESCHEDULING GAMES
DURING THOSE EARLY DAYS, SO
THANK YOU FOR THAT. I WANTED TO
ASK ABOUT, UM FOOTBALL
SPECIFICALLY TACKLE HIGH SCHOOL
FOOTBALL. AND WHAT'S HAPPENING
ACROSS THE NATION, SO YOU KNOW
NUMBERS HAVE BEEN DECLINING, IN
LARGE PART BECAUSE OF THE RISK
OF INJURY, AND I KNOW THAT'S
PART OF YOUR LATER DISCUSSIONS.
UM HAS, HE SAID CALIFORNIA IS
ROUGHLY 90,000 ALCOHOL, FOOTBALL
LESS THAN 90,000? YEAH. WHAT WAS
THAT? AT ITS AT ITS PEAK 104,000
. OKAY, I KNOW LIKE MAYBE IT'S
DIFFERENT HERE, BUT ACROSS THE
NATION, I THINK IT WENT DOWN BY
WAY MORE THAN THAT, MAYBE
CALIFORNIA DEPENDING ON THE
STATE YOU'RE IN, UM YOU KNOW,
STATE OF TEXAS ACTUALLY TENDS TO
GO UP. UM IN CALIFORNIA. IT'S
GONE. WE'VE LOST. WE LOST ABOUT
10% FOR SEVERAL YEARS, AND NOW
WE'VE LOST ABOUT THREE OR 4% THE
LAST FEW YEARS NATIONWIDE. UM I
DON'T KNOW THE SPECIFIC NUMBER,
BUT I CAN CERTAINLY FIND THAT
OUT AND SEND IT TO THE COMMITTEE
STAFF MEMBERS, BUT THE REAL
QUESTION I HAVE FOR YOU ON THIS
ISSUE. IS WITH SOME OF THE MAJOR
LAWSUITS ON CTE AND CONCUSSIONS
. THERE'S A MAJOR LAWSUIT THE
NFL AND IN SOME OTHER LAWSUITS
FROM CLASS ACTION LAWSUITS ON
THE HIGH SCHOOL LEVEL. IS THERE?
IS THERE A RISK THAT, UM THE
HIGH SCHOOL TEAMS AND THE
DISTRICTS WON'T BE ABLE TO GET
INSURANCE TO FOR PARTICIPATION
IN THOSE IN THOSE SPORTS. I KNOW
THAT WAS, UM THERE WAS A
HYPOTHETICAL ABOUT THAT COUPLE
YEARS AGO BEFORE THE PANDEMIC
AND JUST WANTED TO KNOW HOW THAT
HAS THAT COME UP AT ALL IN
CALIFORNIA. WE HAVE NOT HEARD
THAT SPECIFICALLY FROM OUR
MEMBERSHIP THAT THEY'RE UNABLE
TO GET INSURANCE. MY I WOULD
SUSPECT THAT THE INSURANCE RATES
MAY BE GOING UP FOR THAT. BUT
THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION I HAVE
TO PUT OUT MAYBE SURVEY OR
SUPERINTENDENTS ADVISORY GROUP
THAT WE HAVE TO ASK THAT
QUESTION. THANK YOU. AND ANY
QUESTIONS YOU HAVE THAT I AM
UNABLE TO ANSWER THAT. PLEASE
SUBMIT TO ME AND WE'LL PROVIDE A
WRITTEN RESPONSE. THANK YOU,
MISS DOLLY. THANK YOU. AND THANK
YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY. SO I
HAVE A QUESTION OF FOLLOW UP
QUESTION ON THE PARTICIPATION
SURVEYS THAT YOU DO WHEN YOU, UM
DO YOU ASK ABOUT BARRIERS? IN
YOUR SURVEYS, LIKE IS THERE A
REASON THAT YOU HAVEN'T
PARTICIPATED IN SPORTS YET? IF
YOU'RE A SOPHOMORE IN HIGH
SCHOOL, WHY DIDN'T YOU GET INTO
SPORTS AND AS A FRESHMAN
SPECIFICALLY, WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT LIKE FINANCIAL BARRIERS.
DO YOU ASK THAT QUESTION YOUR
SURVEYS, NOT AT THE STATE LEVEL
WHEN WE ACCUMULATE THAT DATA,
BUT THAT'S ONE THAT COMES UP AT
THE LOCAL LEVEL BECAUSE THE
PRINCIPLE OF THAT PARTICULAR
SCHOOL OR THE SUPERINTENDENT OF
THAT DISTRICT WILL WANT TO KNOW
THE ANSWERS TO THOSE QUESTIONS
SO THAT THEY COULD DO YOU KNOW,
MAYBE FIGURE OUT A SOLUTION TO
SOME OF THOSE PROBLEMS THAT ARE
DIRECTLY RELATED TO THE SITE
ITSELF. IS THAT SOMETHING YOU'VE
CONSIDERED AT THE STATE LEVEL TO
TRY TO COMPILE THAT INFORMATION.
WELL IT'S CERTAINLY SOMETHING
THAT WE COULD LOOK AT DOING.
IT'S JUST WONDERING IF WE WOULD
BE BETTER SERVED AT THE LOCAL
LEVEL, BECAUSE THEN WE'LL GET A
TRUE REFLECTION IN DIFFERENT
PARTS OF THE STATE WHERE WE
HAVEN'T WE'VE NOTIFIED WE CAN
SEE WE HAVE AN ISSUE. WE HAVE TO
FIGURE OUT A WAY TO SOLVE THOSE
ISSUES IN IN CERTAIN AREAS. SO
AND ALSO TO FOLLOW UP ON THE
HARDSHIPS. SO THERE HAVE BEEN A
LOT OF WILDFIRES IN MY DISTRICT
THROUGHOUT THE YEARS AND
CHILDREN HAVE TO MOVE BECAUSE
THEY MAY LOSE THEIR SCHOOL
ALTOGETHER. UM IS THAT PART OF
THE HARDSHIP APPEAL PROCESS AS
WELL? YES SO WE WILL ISSUE IS AN
IMMEDIATE RESOLUTION THAT OUR
SCHOOLS WE LET THE TRANSFER
ISSUES THEN HAPPENED AT THE
LOCAL LEVEL, SO THEY DON'T EVEN
ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS SUBMIT
THE PIECE OF PAPER TO US SAYING
HERE IS A LIST OF STUDENTS,
POTENTIALLY NOT EVEN JUST ONE
FOR EACH THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED
THE HARDSHIP. WE HAD ONE UP IN
OUR NORTHERN SECTION TWO YEARS
AGO, ENTIRE COMMUNITY WAS
DESTROYED AND WE DIDN'T WANT TO.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO MAKE EACH OF
THOSE FAMILIES GO THROUGH OUR
HARDSHIP PROCESS. SO WE DID A
BLANKET WAIVER OF OUR TRANSFER
RULES. IN THAT CASE, SIMILAR TO
WHAT WE JUST DID WITH STUDENTS
BEING DISPLACED FROM UKRAINE. UM
THAT THEY CAN IMMEDIATELY
PARTICIPATE THE PRINCIPAL SIGNS
OFF AND DESIGNATES THAT THIS IS
VALID. TRUST OUR ADMINISTRATORS
THERE. THANK YOU. THAT'S VERY
HELPFUL. UM ALSO SO MY SON WAS A
WRESTLER. I'M SAD. I'M NOT GOING
TO BE IN BAKERSFIELD THIS
WEEKEND. UM SO, BUT I DO KNOW
HE'S COMING. HE CAME FROM A
SCHOOL OF 50 STUDENTS AND WENT
TO STATE, BUT HE WRESTLES
AGAINST KIDS FROM ALL YOU KNOW,
WE HAVE A VERY LARGE STATE, SO
REAGAN VERY PROUD. HE TOOK FIFTH
AT STATE, BUT HAS THERE EVER
BEEN A CONSIDERATION? BECAUSE
WRESTLING IS WHAT YOU WEIGH, AND
THAT'S YOU KNOW WHERE YOU
WRESTLE TO MAYBE HAVE DIVISIONS
IN OUR STATE. CONSIDERING YOUR
WRESTLING AGAINST KIDS FROM L A
. AND YOU'RE FROM BIEBER.
ABSOLUTELY ABSOLUTELY. IT'S ONE
OF THE UNIQUE ASPECTS OF NOT
ONLY OUR SWIMMING DIVE OR TRACK
AND FIELD AND ARE WRESTLING.
IT'S 11 RACE. ONE EVENT ONE
WEIGHT CLASS. EVERYBODY IS
INVOLVED ARE WRESTLING ADVISORY
COMMITTEE AND OUR MEMBER SCHOOLS
HAVE HAD THIS DEBATE
SPECIFICALLY ABOUT WRESTLING. UH
THIS IS YEAR 13 FOR ME IN THE
OFFICE, AND IT'S UH, PRECEDES MY
TIME. UH, BUT AS DOCUMENT K¾T
MENTIONED EARLIER IN OUR
GOVERNANCE PROCESS AND HOW
THINGS COME THAT'S UP TO OUR
MEMBER SCHOOLS TO BRING FORWARD
A CONCEPT OR AN IDEA AND IT WAS
BROUGHT TO THE MEMBERSHIP AND SO
WHEN IT GETS TO THAT POINT
PREVIOUSLY IT'S ALWAYS BEEN.
IT'S VERY, VERY DIFFICULT AS YOU
WELL KNOW FOR YOUR SON TO GET
EVEN ONTO THE PODIUM AT THAT
PARTICULAR EVENT, AND THAT'S
THAT'S THE WAY IT HAS REMAINED.
AND OTHER STATES DO HAVE
DIFFERENT DIVISIONS. CORRECT
YES, THERE ARE OTHER STATES THAT
DO HAVE DIFFERENT DIVISIONS.
DIFFERENT FORMATS. THEY'RE QUITE
A IT'S A MYRIAD OF DIFFERENT
TYPES OF THINGS ACROSS THE
NATION. OKAY, THANK YOU. THANK
YOU ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM THE
COMMITTEE? I HAVE ONE. UM WHICH
IS, UH I'VE HEARD FROM A. FAMILY
FRIEND. A. YOU KNOW THE CONCERN
THAT THERE ARE HIGH SCHOOL. I
THINK IT WAS BASKETBALL
BASKETBALL COACH NOT ONLY
COACHED AT THE HIGH SCHOOL IT
WAS THE COACH FOR THE VARSITY,
UM, BOYS BASKETBALL TEAM, BUT
ALSO HAD THEIR TRAVEL CLUB. AND
SPEAK TO THE ISSUE OF FINANCIAL
BARRIERS. THEY COULDN'T AFFORD
TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TRAVEL
CLUB. AND THERE WAS A PERCEPTION
. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE REALITY
WAS. THE PERCEPTION WAS THAT YOU
HAD TO BE ON THE TRAVEL CLUB IN
ORDER TO BE? UM ACTUALLY, YEAH,
I DON'T. HE DIDN'T MAKE IT ON
THE VARSITY TEAM BECAUSE THE
PERCEPTION WAS ONLY THE KIDS AND
THE TRAVEL CLUB WILL MAKE IT
ONTO THE VARSITY TEAM. ARE THERE
ANY CONFLICT OF INTEREST
REGULATIONS LIKE THAT, UH,
RELATED TO YEAH. NO UM, WE USED
TO HAVE ONE SECTION THAT HAD A
RULE THEY HAD A COACH COULDN'T
BE ASSOCIATED WITH MORE THAN I
THINK THREE MEMBERS OF THEIR
TEAM AT ANY ONE TIME. AND THEN
THERE WAS LAWSUITS THREATENED
ABOUT LIMITING WHAT INCOME THEY
COULD MAKE BECAUSE THEY DON'T
MAKE A LOT OF MONEY AS A COACH,
AND SO THEY WANT TO BE ABLE TO
COACH BOTH. WHAT YOU'RE BRINGING
UP IS A PERCEPTION AND IN SOME
CASES, I'M SURE IT'S PROBABLY
WARRANTED. UM IT HAPPENS AND
THAT'S WHERE WHEN WE HEAR THESE
THINGS, WE GO RIGHT TO THE
SCHOOL PRINCIPAL SCHOOL ATHLETIC
DIRECTOR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND
INFORM THEM THIS IS WHAT'S BEING
SAID. YOU KNOW, THIS IS PROBABLY
WANT TO LOOK INTO AND MAKE SURE
THAT YOU'RE DOING A FAIR AND
COMPLETE TRY OUT THAT THAT'S
OBJECTIVE. BUT, UM NO, THAT'S
AND THAT'S PART OF WHAT WE
TALKED ABOUT EARLIER WITH HAVING
70% OF OUR COACHES NOW BEING OFF
CAMPUS COACHES, THAT IS ONE OF
THE ISSUES THAT WE'RE GOING TO
CONTINUE TO SEE. OKAY? THANK YOU
VERY MUCH SEEING NO FURTHER
QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, DOCTOR. NO
CITY. NO CHERRY. YOU'RE GONNA BE
STAYING AT THE TABLE. NO. YEAH.
OKAY? IS IT, MR. SEYMOUR MR.
DOCTOR DR. NICK SET, OKAY. OKAY.
ALL RIGHT, OKAY. ALRIGHT NEXT.
I'D LIKE TO OH, LET ME TURN IT
OVER TO CHAIR. UM NO MAN. THANK
YOU. NOT THAT IT MATTERS. NOT
THAT IT MATTERS A GREAT DEAL.
RIGHT SO SURE. THANK YOU,
DOCTOR. MACHETE I KNOW WE'LL SEE
YOU AGAIN, AND, UH, IT'S UH, FOR
THAT FIRST PANEL. VERY THOROUGH
AND VERY USEFUL FOR US. IT'S NOW
WILL NOW MOVE TO THE SECOND
PANEL IN TODAY'S HEARING. THIS
IS THE PANEL DISCUSSION ON
GENDER EQUITY AND INCLUSIVITY.
MR SEYMOUR. I UNDERSTAND YOU
WILL CONTINUE PARTICIPATING IN
WELCOME TO DIANE MARSHALL
FREEMAN, WHO WORKS C I F GENERAL
COUNSEL. WELCOME MISS MARSHALL
FREEMAN. YOU MAY BEGIN WHEN
YOU'RE READY. GOOD AFTERNOON. I
AM I'M DIANE MARSHALL FREEMAN.
I'M A PARTNER WITH THE LAW FIRM
OF FAGAN, FREEMAN AND FULL
FROST. AND I'VE HAD THE HONOR
FOR SERVING FOR THIS OR AS
GENERAL COUNSEL FOR THIS
ORGANIZATION FOR CLOSE TO 20
YEARS NOW, SO I THINK I'M THE
LONGEST TENURE TO STAFF MEMBER
HERE. MY CONTRIBUTION TODAY IS
GOING TO BE ON TITLE NINE AND
THEN I WILL BE SPEAKING
AFTERWARDS IN REGARDS TO CHEN
TRANSGENDER STUDENT ATHLETES.
I'M GOING TO BEGIN WITH TITLE
NINE. AND I THINK WE ALL KNOW
THAT AS OF 2022 SERVICES, THE
50TH YEAR OF TITLE NINE SINCE IT
WAS ENACTED, AND I BELIEVE I
MEAN UNIQUELY SUITED TO GIVE
THIS PRESENTATION BECAUSE I'M A
BABY OF TITLE DYING. I STARTED
MY INTERCOLLEGIATE, MY
INTERSCHOLASTIC AND MY INNER
COLLEGIAN. UH, CAREER. UM AT THE
BIRTH OF TITLE NINE, WHEN IT WAS
WHEN IT WAS PASSED IN SHORT, AND
I KNOW I'M PREACHING TO THE
CHOIR. BUT I'M JUST GOING TO
SHARE THAT TITLE LINE PROVIDES.
WE CANNOT DISCRIMINATE BASED ON
SEX FOR RECIPIENTS OF FEDERAL
FUNDS AND FOR OUR PURPOSES IN
HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS FOR OUR
PUBLIC SCHOOLS ARE MEMBER
SCHOOLS. I COULD READ THE
STATUTE TO YOU, BUT I THINK YOU
ALREADY HAVE THE BACKGROUND IN
REGARDS TO TITLE NINE. BUT IT
DOES SAY STILL, I'M GONNA HIT IT
SPECIFICALLY A LITTLE BIT. IT
SAYS THAT WE CAN'T EXCLUDE
INDIVIDUALS FROM PARTICIPATING,
DENY THEM ANY BENEFITS OF, NOR
CAN WE GIVE THEM DIFFERENTIAL
TREATMENT BASED ON GENDER BASED
ON SEX. SO SINCE TITLE NINE WAS
ENACTED IN 2000, AND I'M SORRY
IN 1972. WE'VE COME A LONG WAY.
BACK IN 1972. THE IN THE ENTIRE
COUNTRY. THERE WERE
APPROXIMATELY 300,000 WOMEN AND
GIRLS PARTICIPATING AT THE HIGH
SCHOOL AND COLLEGIATE LEVEL. TO
DATE, WELL AS OF 2022, OR IS IT
AS OF TO DATE THERE ARE OVER
300,000 STUDENTS ALONE FEMALE
STUDENTS PARTICIPATING IN THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA SO WE HAVE
COME ON AWFUL LONG WAY. IN THE
UNITED STATES OR IN CALIFORNIA.
WE CAN TALK ABOUT WHAT STATES
ARE FEMALE ATHLETES ARE
PARTICIPATING IN AND THERE IS
I'M GOING TO KIND OF GO FROM TOP
TO BOTTOM. HERE WE HAVE GIRLS
PARTICIPATING TRACK AND FIELD
VOLLEYBALL, SOCCER BASKETBALL.
FAST PITCH SOFTBALL. CROSS
COUNTRY TENNIS, SWIMMING, DIVING
, CHEERING, COMPETITIVE CHEER,
CENSURE LACROSSE. AND LACROSSE.
THOSE ARE LOOKING AT THE TOP 10
. BUT AS I'M MR MACHETE TOOK A
LITTLE BIT OF MY THE WIND OUT OF
MY SAILS HERE WITH TALKING ABOUT
HOW WHAT? HOW WE NEED TO
IMPROVE, BUT I WILL ALSO SHARE
THIS STATE THIS IN IN REGARDS TO
THE NUMBER OF FEMALE
PARTICIPANTS THAT WE HAVE IN
CALIFORNIA. WE PROBABLY GOING
BACK AND FORTH WITH TEXAS GIVE
OR TAKE 10 STUDENTS OR SO OUR
NUMBER ONE IF NOT NUMBER TWO,
DEPENDING ON THE DAY IN THE
COUNTRY ON THE NUMBER OF FEMALE
PARTICIPANTS IN HIGH SCHOOL
ATHLETICS. BUT WHILE WE HAVE
THAT NUMBER WHILE WE HAVE THAT
325,000 STUDENTS PARTICIPATING
IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN
HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS, THERE IS
STILL A DIFFERENTIAL. THERE'S A
DEFICIT OF ABOUT 100,000 FEMALE
STUDENTS LESS PARTICIPATING IN
ATHLETICS AND THE QUESTION IS,
HOW DO WE CORRECT THAT? HOW DO
WE MOVE FORWARD? AND DR NEW
CHERRY WAS TALKING ABOUT THAT
AND HOW WE DO WHAT STEPS WE DO?
TAKE I WILL SAY BACK IN 2010. WE
ADDED GIRLS WRESTLING AND THAT'S
ONE OF THOSE SPORTS AND SOME OF
YOU MAY REMEMBER FIELD OF DREAMS
WHERE THEY SAID IF YOU BUILD IT,
THEY WILL COME AND THEY CAME.
GIRLS WRESTLING IS HUGE IN THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA. BACK IN
2016. WE HAD A GIRL STUNT. WE
ADDED BEACH VOLLEYBALL TO YOU A
YEAR OR TWO YEARS AGO, 2021
WHICH I THINK IS A LITTLE BIT OF
A MISNOMER. BECAUSE YOU DON'T
REALLY NEED A BEACH. ALL YOU
NEED IS SAND FOR PURPOSES OF
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL, BUT WE'VE NOW
ADDED, AND YOU MAY HAVE SEEN
THAT YOU HEARD FROM RON.
CERTAINLY. 2022 3. WE HAVE
SANCTIONED GIRLS. FLAG FOOTBALL
. THIS IS AGAIN ONE OF THOSE
SPORTS WHERE YOU IF WE BUILD IT
, THEY WILL COME. IT'S SWEEPING
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, SO WE EXPECT
EXPONENTIAL GROWTH IN TERMS OF
THE NUMBER OF FEMALE ATHLETES,
PARTICULARLY WITH THE WITH THE
BIRTH OF LIKE FOOTBALL HERE IN
CALIFORNIA. TITLE NINE ALONE
DOESN'T ONLY TALK ABOUT
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO
TALKS ABOUT EQUAL BENEFITS AND
TREATMENT FOR OUR STUDENT
ATHLETES. SO THERE IS WHAT WE
CALL THE TITLE NINE LAUNDRY
LIST. YOU MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH
THAT, PARTICULARLY THE COLLEGIAN
REALM WHERE YOU'VE HEARD WELL
ARE THERE BUT BENEFITS EQUAL IN
TERMS OF LOCKER ROOMS,
TRANSPORTATION FUNDING, IT GOES
DOWN THE WHOLE LIST OF WHAT WE
CALL THE 13 13 ITEMS ARE THE 12
ITEMS ON THE LAUNDRY RISK THAT
OUR SCHOOLS HAVE TO LOOK AT. TO
MAKE A DETERMINATION OF WHETHER
THEY'RE PROVIDING EQUAL ACCESS
OR EQUAL TREATMENT FOR PURPOSES
OF BENEFIT AND TREATMENT OF
THEIR FEMALE STUDENTS. STUDENT
ATHLETES IN THEIR MALE STUDENT
ATHLETES. WITH THAT WHAT WE HAVE
DONE AT THE C I F IS PROVIDED A
NUMBER OF RESOURCES FOR OUR
SCHOOLS. WE'VE DONE SOME
TRAINING FOR OUR SCHOOLS.
CERTAINLY WE HAVE OUR WEBSITES
THAT PROVIDE TRAINING MODEL
MODULES ON THEM, BUT WE ALSO
HAVE RESOURCES ONLINE AND WHAT
WE DO HAVE. FOR EXAMPLE, I WON'T
GO THROUGH THE WHOLE LIST. BUT
THERE'S A GUIDE HERE ON OUR
WEBSITE THAT'S ACCESSIBLE NOT
ONLY TO OUR SCHOOL MEMBERS, BUT
THE PUBLIC. THAT SPEAKS TO GUIDE
TO EQUITY. PLAYING FAIR TITLE
NINE AND GENDER EQUITY AND K 12
ATHLETICS. AIRPLAY TITLE NINE
PLAYBOOK AND IT GOES ON. THERE
MUST BE EIGHT OR NINE RESOURCES
THAT WE DO HAVE AVAILABLE IN THE
AREA OF TITLE NINE. AND THAT'S
WHERE WE ARE ENTITLED. NINE WITH
TITLE NINE. IN CALIFORNIA. WE'RE
MOVING FORWARD. WE'RE GOING TO
KEEP MOVING FORWARD. OUR SCHOOLS
ARE REQUIRED EVERY YEAR TO
CONDUCT THEIR PARTICIPATION.
SURVEYS PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION
NOT ONLY TO THE C I F BUT ALSO
TO THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF
EDUCATION. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU
VERY MUCH QUESTIONS FROM THE
COMMITTEE. CHAIR NEWMAN. OH
SORRY. YEAH SERIOUSLY. ONCE A
CHAIR, ALWAYS A CHAIR, SO THANK
THANK YOU, UH, MISS MARSHALL
FREEMAN. SO AS THE FATHER OF A
SIX YEAR OLD GIRL AND VERY
GRATEFUL TITLE NINE, ESPECIALLY
BECAUSE SHE HAS NO OBVIOUS
ATHLETIC ABILITY, SO TITLE HAS
HER BEST SHOT. UH A COUPLE OF
QUESTIONS. UM UH AND I KNOW DR
MICHELLE, YOU TOUCHED A LITTLE
BIT EARLIER ON OUTREACH AS PART
OF THE REQUIREMENTS OF TOTAL
NIGHTS. SO COULD YOU TELL US
ACROSS THE STATE WHAT YOU'RE
SEEING BY WAY OF BEST PRACTICES
FOR THE KIND OF SURVEY OUTREACH
THAT IS INFORMING YOUR TITLE
NINE EFFORTS. WELL AND AM I TALK
TO SAY DR SEYMOUR, BUT BRIAN
SEYMOUR HERE WILL ALSO ADD TO
ADD TO THIS RESPONSE BECAUSE OUR
SCHOOLS ARE REQUIRED ANNUALLY TO
PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION TO, UM
TO THE C D. E FILL OUT THAT
SURVEY SUBMIT THE SURVEY ALSO TO
THE C I F AND THEY'RE SUPPOSED
TO BE POSTING IT ON THEIR
WEBSITES. BUT WITH THAT THE
SURVEY WILL INCLUDE A NUMBER OF
QUESTIONS, FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT
SPORTS WOULD YOU LIKE TO
PARTICIPATE IN? ARE YOU
INTERESTED IN ANYTHING ELSE?
WE'VE HAD STATES THAT WE HAVE
SOME SPORTS THAT ARE LISTED THAT
WE WOULD THAT ARE NOT SANCTIONS
. FOR EXAMPLE, MAYBE SURFING OR
, UM, WE DO HAVE RODEO THAT ARE
PROVIDED AS CLUBS SPORTS,
DIFFERENT LEVELS OF SPORTS THAT
ARE PROVIDED AND ANY OTHER
OUTREACH THAT THEY DO HAVE ON
THE SURVEY ITSELF. I THINK THE
MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT WE
PROVIDED THE STATE OFFICE FOR
OUR MEMBER SCHOOLS IS THE
WORKSHOPS IN REGARDS TO TITLE
NINE, UM AND WHAT? WHEN DR
MACHETE AND MY AND MYSELF GET A
CHANCE TO SPEAK TO OTHER
ORGANIZATIONS, UM, BRINGING UP
WHAT THEY CAN DO HOW TO HOW TO
IMPROVE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR
FEMALE STUDENTS ON THEIR CAMPUS
TO INCLUDE THEM IN MORE OF WHAT
THEY ALREADY OFFER IS SOMETHING
THAT'S VERY BENEFICIAL FOR OUR
SCHOOLS TO HERE. AND I WOULD ADD
THIS AS I WAS PRESENTING AT A
HIGH SCHOOL, I WAS ASKED TO
SPEAK FOR A GROUP OF YOUNG GIRLS
AT HIGH SCHOOL AND TITLE NINE
HAS EMPOWERED THEM TO HAVE THEIR
VOICES HEARD. THEY ASKED THE
QUESTION. HOW DO WE GET THIS?
HOW CAN WE DO THAT? OUR
FACILITIES E EQUAL TO THAT OF
THE BOYS. DO WE HAVE
TRANSPORTATION AVAILABLE TO US?
SO THE QUESTION IS OUT THERE? I
BELIEVE THAT THE INFORMATION IS
OUT THERE. WE'VE EMPOWERED OUR
OWN GIRLS, THEY'LL START ASKING
THE QUESTIONS THEMSELVES. LET ME
SHIFT TO ANOTHER DIMENSION OF
INCLUSIVITY STUDENTS WITH
DISABILITIES AND IT'S THAT A
DIFFERENT PRESENTATION. MR
SEYMOUR WILL COME UP HERE
SHORTLY. OKAY, SO WE'RE DOING
IT. WE'RE DOING THIS IN PARTS.
OKAY SO WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT
TUNNEL NINE FOR NOW. UM WELL,
LET'S MOVE ON TO OTHER MEMBERS
OF THE FAMILY AND OTHER MEMBERS
OF PANELS. QUESTIONS
ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S QUICKSILVER. I
HAVE A COMMENT AND A QUESTION. I
AM A PRODUCT OF TITLE NINE AS WE
CAN DO THE MATH. I'M 60 YEARS
OLD. SO I WAS NINE YEARS OLD
WHEN TITLE ONE WAS, BUT I ALSO
KNOW THAT ACCESS FOR WOMEN
PARTICULARLY MAKES THE
DIFFERENCE OF GIRLS GOING INTO
SPORTS AND HIGH SCHOOL. SO AN
EXAMPLE OF THAT IS IN THE CITY
OF FULLERTON. THEY OPENED UP
OLYMPIC SIZED POOL IN 1976 WHEN
I WAS GOING INTO JUNIOR HIGH SO
I ACTUALLY SWIM. THEY'RE NOT
VERY WELL. NOT VERY FAST, BUT I
ACTUALLY SWIM. SO THEN WHEN I
WENT TO HIGH SCHOOL, I THEN
INDEED NOT ONLY SWIM FOR YEARS,
BUT GUESS WHAT. I PLAYED ON THE
BOYS WATER POLO TEAM. WHY
BECAUSE THERE WASN'T A WOMEN'S
WATER POLO TEAM. UH BUT THAT
BEING SAID, I GRADUATED IN 1981.
AND THOSE YEARS I ALSO PLAYED
CALLED SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T
CALL ANYMORE. BOBBY SOCKS, WHICH
, UH, AGAIN THIS IS PART OF THE
AGE, SO THERE HAS BEEN
INVOLVEMENT. BUT IT REALLY GOES
TO THE FACT THAT FROM THE K
EIGHT THAT WHEN WE CAN INCREASE
THAT ENTHUSIASM FOR SPORTS OR
ANYTHING, WHETHER IT'S MUSIC,
WHETHER IT'S DANCE, WHETHER IT'S
THEATER, WE KNOW THAT'S HOW THEY
MOVE UP INTO THE HIGH SCHOOL. SO
ONE OF MY QUESTIONS. IS THERE
ANY CONVERSATIONS FROM JUNIOR
HIGH? BECAUSE WE KNOW SOME
JUNIOR HIGHS HAVE SPORTS SOME
DON'T HAVE SPORTS, SO IT'S ALL
ABOUT THAT ACCESS. BUT I THINK
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY
IMPORTANT. AND THEN ONE QUESTION
IS DANCE CONSIDERED. SPORTS AND
WHAT IS STUNT. GOOD DOESN'T GOOD
QUESTION. YES, I'LL TACKLE THE,
UH WE'RE OF SIMILAR AGE. AND I
REMEMBER MY MIDDLE SCHOOL YEARS
WITH A ROBUST FOR ATHLETIC
PROGRAM. THAT IS NOT THE CASE
STATEWIDE AS IT WAS BACK IN THE
EARLY LATE 19 SEVENTIES, EARLY
EIGHTIES. UH, SO, UH, MANY OF
OUR JUNIOR HIGH PROGRAMS THAT DO
OFFER SPORTS ACTUALLY REACH OUT
TO US TO SEE IF WE COULD USE OUR
RULES FOR SPORTS AS A MODEL THAT
THEY CAN FOLLOW. SO I THINK THAT
THAT'S ONE OF THE ISSUES THERE
IS, AS YOU MENTIONED IF YOU HAVE
ACCESS IN EARLY AGE, YOU'RE MORE
INCLINED TO BE INVOLVED LATER ON
IN HIGH SCHOOL. ONE OF THE OTHER
THINGS THAT WE ASK OUR MEMBER
SCHOOLS TO DO IS TO DO EXACTLY
THAT. ASK SOMETIMES IT JUST
NEEDS SOMEONE TO GO OUT THERE
AND SAY, I THINK YOU'D BE REALLY
GOOD AT THIS. WOULD YOU TRY? AND
THAT THAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN MORE
OFTEN IN OUR SCHOOLS TO GET
STUDENTS TO TAKE THAT STEP AND
THEN GET INVOLVED, AND IT
DOESN'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE,
WHETHER IT'S ATHLETICS OR IF
IT'S IN THE BAND OR DRAMA OR
MOCK TRIAL OR GUT STUDENT
GOVERNMENT. IT'S JUST THAT
OPPORTUNITY TO BE ASKED TO DO SO
, UH, JUST TO SEE ABOUT SOMEONE
SAW SOMETHING IN ME. AND I
ENCOURAGED ME TO DO THAT, UM THE
IDEA OF TRYING TO INCREASE THOSE
TYPES OF PARTICIPATION LEVELS
THAT YOU MENTIONED, UM, IS
SOMETHING THAT WE DEAL WITH ON A
REGULAR BASIS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS
TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW WE CAN
IMPROVE ON THOSE, AND I HAVE TO
ASK YOUR YOUR FINAL QUESTION
AGAIN WAS STUNT STUNT. SO STUNT
IS A, UM COMPETITIVE. UM. NO,
IT'S NOT COMPETITIVE. CHEER
COMPETITIVE. CHEERS A LITTLE BIT
DIFFERENT. COMPETITIVE. CHEER IS
ONE TEAM ON A MAT, DOING A 2.5
MINUTE CHOREOGRAPHED ROUTINE AS
JUDGES PANEL STUNT IS A SERIES
OF NOT ONLY COMPETITIVE
GYMNASTICS LIFTS AND CHEER, BUT
IT'S DONE SIMULTANEOUSLY WITH
ANOTHER TEAM ON THE MAT. SO NO
DIFFERENT THAN A VOLLEYBALL
MATCH BETWEEN TEAM A AND TEAM B
. THEY'RE ALL DOING THE SAME
ROUTINE. AND THEY'RE BEING
JUDGED ON HOW WELL THAT THAT'S
WHICH TEAM DOES THAT ROUTINE.
IT'S BROKEN UP INTO FOUR
QUARTERS SIMILAR TO A GAME AND
THERE IS TYPICALLY A NORMAL
TRADITIONAL SCHEDULE OF PLAYING
A MATCH AGAINST SCHOOL. BE ON
TUESDAY NIGHT AND THEN PLAYING A
MATCH AGAINST SCHOOL C ON
THURSDAY NIGHT. WITH TOURNAMENTS
AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE, SO IN
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
COMPETITIVE, TRADITIONAL
COMPETITIVE CHEER. WE CONDUCT
THAT IN THE WINTER AS THE SEASON
SPORT AND STUNT IS DONE IN THE
SPRING, SO THAT'S JUST NOW
BEGINNING RIGHT NOW. DANCES IS
NORMALLY FALLS UNDER THE
GUIDANCE OF OUR PHYSICAL
EDUCATION DEPARTMENTS THAT THERE
ARE MEMBER SCHOOLS, AND THEY
HAVE ACTUALLY A DIFFERENT TYPE
OF PROGRAM THAT THEY FOLLOW. UM
WE DO NOT OVERSEE THE SPORT OR
THE DANCE ITSELF. UM, IT DOESN'T
FALL INTO THE COMPETITIVE,
TRADITIONAL COMPETITIVE CHEER
MODEL AT THIS POINT IN TIME. BUT
AGAIN, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IT
MAY EVOLVE INTO THAT IN THE
FUTURE. SENATOR MALIA JUST ONE
POINT FOR YOU. IT. IN REGARDS TO
YOUR POINT, WHICH WAS EXCELLENT
IN TERMS OF ACCESS. UM I GREW UP
SOUTH CENTRAL L. A. THERE WERE
NO BLACK VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS. NO
AFRICAN AMERICAN VOLLEYBALL
PLAYERS WHEN I WAS GROWING UP,
SO IN TERMS OF PROVIDING ACCESS
AS AN AT AN EARLY AGE COMMUNITY
ACCESS, I THINK IS KEY TO SOME
OF THE AREAS THAT YOU'RE TALKING
ABOUT, UM, WHETHER IT IS TENNIS
OR GOLF IN CERTAIN COMMUNITIES
TO BE ABLE TO INCREASE THEIR
PARTICIPATION IN THE HIGH SCHOOL
LEVEL. AND IN MY LAST COMMENT
WILL BE THAT THAT'S WHERE WE'RE
STARTING TO SEE. UH HUGE
DIFFERENCE AND EQUITY BECAUSE
MANY CITIES ARE CUTTING THEIR
PARKS AND REC PROGRAMS AND
SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE CUTTING
THEIR PARKS AND REC UP. I'M NOT
PARKS AND REC, THEIR THEIR
ATHLETICS VERY SCHOOL TO SCHOOL
SO AGAIN UNLESS YOU HAVE A
FAMILY WHO'S MOVING YOU UP
THROUGH THESE, UM OUT OF SCHOOL
EXPERIENCES, YOU MAY VERY WELL
HAVE UH, YOU KNOW, JUST SAY, UH,
12 14 YEAR OLD GIRL WHO STARTS
HIGH SCHOOL AND THINGS I'M NEVER
GONNA TRY OUT FOR A TEAM BECAUSE
I DON'T HAVE ANY EXPERIENCE IN
IT. SO THEY'RE JUST NOT EVEN
GONNA MAKE THAT STEP. THANK YOU
, UH, MR QUIRK-SILVA ANY ANY ANY
OTHER QUESTIONS FROM ANY OTHER
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTEE? MR
CHAIR. THANK YOU, UM. QUESTION
DOES THE CF TRACK UM OR ARE YOU
AWARE OF DATA ON HOW MANY
UNIFORM COMPLAINTS REGARDING
TITLE NINE HAVE BEEN MADE OVER
THE YEARS LIKE IS THERE A TREND?
PURPOSES OF THE UNIFORM
COMPLAINT UNDER TITLE FIVE THAT
SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE REQUIRED TO
COMPLY WITH THOSE FORMS ARE NOT
PROVIDED TO THE CF. THEY'RE HELD
INTERNALLY WITHIN THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT UNLESS THERE IS AN
APPEAL DIRECTLY TO EITHER
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION OR THE
OTHER APPEAL PROCESS WOULD BE
THROUGH THE GOVERNING BOARD OF
THAT SPECIFIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.
RIGHT NOW, THERE'S NO
REQUIREMENT FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS
TO REPORT TITLE NINE COMPLAINTS,
TOO. TO ANYONE? NO THERE. I
MEAN, IT DOES NOT EXIST AT THIS
POINT IN TIME AS A REQUIREMENT
TO PROVIDE IT NOW WE MAY GET
INFORMATION OR QUESTIONS THAT
ARISE. BUT IN TERMS OF THE
SUBMISSION OF THE FORMS
THEMSELVES NO, SIR. ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS
FROM ANY OTHER COMMITTEE
MEMBERS. OKAY PART TWO ON GENDER
EQUITY AND INCLUSIVITY. THE
INCLUSIVITY PORTIONS OF MR
SEYMOUR. I BELIEVE YOU HAVE I'M
GONNA JUST JUMP RIGHT IN ON
TRANSGENDER STUDENT ATHLETES.
IT'S IT'LL BE, UM I THINK IT
IMPORTANT BUT BROTHER BRIEF
PRESENTATION BECAUSE THE CF
BELIEVES IN INCLUSIVITY AND
PROVIDING PARTICIPATION, UH,
OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL OF OUR
STUDENTS. UM, DESPITE ANY
PROTECTED, UH, CERTAINLY.
INCLUDED INCLUDING STUDENTS WITH
WITHIN PROTECTED CLASSIFICATIONS
. BUT THANKS TO THIS CALIFORNIA
LEGISLATOR, THE CIA LEGISLATURE
HAS WE HAVE NOT HAD TO DEBATE.
WE HAVE NOT HAD TO EXCLUDE
STUDENTS BASED ON ANY LEGALLY
PROTECTED CLASSIFICATION,
WHETHER IT'S A RACE GENDER. UM
AND THAT INCLUDES OUR
TRANSGENDER STUDENTS. THE C I F
AGAIN LIKE SO WE WANT TO PROVIDE
OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL OUR
STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN
ATHLETICS. WE WELCOME THAT
PARTICIPATION. THE C I F
COMPLIES WITH THE
NONDISCRIMINATION LAWS OF THE
STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE
FEDERAL NONDISCRIMINATION LAWS,
SO I'M GONNA JUST KIND OF GO
THROUGH BRIEFLY FOR YOU WHAT THE
LAW PROVIDES AND AS YOU ALL MAY
BE RIGHT, I'M ASSUMING WELL ARE
AWARE THAT CALIFORNIA LAW UNDER
THE EDUCATION CODE, SECTION TWO
WENT 2.5 F PROVIDES THAT
PEOPLE'S CHILDREN NOT BE
PERMITTED. OR SHALL BE PERMITTED
. EXCUSE ME STRIKE THAT SHE'LL
BE PERMITTED TO PARTICIPATE IN
SEX SEGREGATED SCHOOL PROGRAMS
AND ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING
ATHLETIC TEAMS AND COMPETITIONS
AND USE FACILITIES CONSISTENT
WITH HIS OR HER GENDER IDENTITY,
IRRESPECTIVE OF THE GENDER
LISTED ON THE PUPILS, THE
PEOPLE'S RECORDS, SO THAT IS THE
THAT STATE LAW. THAT'S WHAT WE
PROVIDE. THAT'S THE INFORMATION
WE SHARE WITH OUR SCHOOLS WHEN
WE PROVIDE OUR TRAINING WHEN THE
QUESTION COMES UP. WE ALSO
PROVIDE THAT INFORMATION. WE
TAKE A LOOK AT THE FEDERAL LAW
FEDERAL LAW, WHICH ALSO PROVIDES
UNDER TITLE NINE THAT THERE
SHALL NOT BE DISCRIMINATION
BASED ON GENDER OR SEX, WHICH
WOULD INCLUDE TRANSGENDER OF
ALLOWING THE PARTICIPATION IN
AND NOT AN EXCLUSION FROM
PROGRAMS THAT ARE PROVIDED
FEDERAL FUNDING. WHAT WE DO DO
YES. FOR EXAMPLE, BACK IN 2016,
THE DEPARTMENT OF FEDERAL
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PROVIDED
A ISSUED A GUIDANCE PROTECTING
TRANSGENDER TRANSGENDER STUDENTS
AND SAYING THAT TITLE NINE BANS
DISCRIMINATION BASED ON THE
STUDENT'S GENDER IDENTITY AND
RECENTLY FAIRLY RECENTLY IN
2021. YOU HAD EXECUTIVE ORDER.
13 93 13 1988 FROM PRESIDENT
BIDEN, WHICH AGAIN SITES TO THE
PROTECTION OF OUR LBGT QUÊ
STUDENTS AND SAYING THAT THEY
SHOULD HAVE THE SAME RECEIVE
EQUAL TREATMENT AND BENEFITS
UNDER THE LAW, NO MATTER WHAT
THEIR GENDER, I DID IT, NO
MATTER GENDER, IDENTITY OR
SEXUAL ORIENTATION. WE AT THE CF
, DEVELOPED A BYLAW BACK IN 2013
BY LOT 300 D. WHICH MIMICS
CALIFORNIA LAW. ESSENTIALLY IT
SAYS THAT STUDENTS ARE GOING TO
BE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE. THEY
SHALL NOT BE DISCRIMINATED
AGAINST. THEY SHALL NOT BE
EXCLUDED FROM PARTICIPATION IN
ATHLETICS BASED ON THEIR GENDER
IDENTITY. AND WITH THAT, WHAT WE
PROVIDE AT THE CF FOR OUR SCHOOL
MEMBER SCHOOLS IS ON OUR WEBSITE
. WE HAVE A RESOURCE OUR GENDER
DIVERSITY USE INCLUSIVE TOOLKIT
, WHICH WE PROVIDE FOR OURS,
WHICH WE PROVIDE FOR ALL OF OUR
MEMBER SCHOOLS AND FOR THE
PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO ACCESS,
WHICH ALLOWS THEM THE
OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE SOME
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RESOURCE
IS IT TALKS ABOUT EVERYTHING
FROM THE FEDERAL AND STATE LAWS
GIVES THEM THE BACKGROUND AND
HISTORY GIVE SOME DESTINY
DEFINITIONS. IT TALKS ABOUT
SPECIFIC TERMINOLOGY THAT'S USED
IT TALKS ABOUT OPTIMIZING
INCLUSION AND PROVIDES QUESTION
AND ANSWERS. IF THERE'S A
SPECIFIC QUESTION, A SCHOOL MAY
HAVE THEY CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THE
WEBSITE. THE ANSWER MAY ALREADY
BE THERE, AND IT PROVIDES A
NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.
SO WITH THAT, THAT IS, UM BIG
PRESENTATION, GENDER,
TRANSGENDER STUDENTS. ANY
QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE ON
TRANSGENDER STUDENTS. ONE QUICK
QUESTION, SO YOU KNOW IT'S
OBVIOUSLY A HOT BUTTON ISSUE IN
LOTS OF PLACES. HOPEFULLY NOT AS
MUCH OF CALIFORNIA UM ANY RECENT
SORT OF DEVELOPMENTS AROUND
ISSUES AT THE DISTRICT OR SCHOOL
LEVEL AROUND THE PARTICIPATION
OF TRANSGENDER STUDENTS. ARE YOU
AWARE OF? WHAT I HAVE SEEN, AND
THIS IS NOT SO MUCH AT THE CIA F
LEVEL, BUT I SAID THE SCHOOL
DISTRICTS THAT WE DO REPRESENT
THE QUESTION THAT THAT WE
REPRESENT MY LAW FIRM. THE
ISSUES WILL COME UP FROM
SCHOOLS. HOW DO WE ASSIST? HOW
DO WE HELP? DO YOU HAVE ANY
INFORMATION AND I THINK FOR
PURPOSES OF THE CF LEVEL, AND
BRIAN WOULD BE ABLE TO SPEAK TO
THIS BETTER THAN I AM IS TO
HAVING THAT TOOLKIT. THERE HAS
BEEN A RESPONSE. THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR PROVIDING US
INFORMATION, HELPING US TO
FIGURE OUT SOME OF THE ISSUES
THAT THAT ARE INVOLVED THERE.
OKAY YEAH, IT'S A RESOURCE. YOU
KNOW, IT'S ANYTHING NEW. YOU
KNOW, AS ALWAYS, THERE'S CHANGE
INVOLVED IN THAT. SOMETIMES
PEOPLE ARE HESITANT, SO HAVING
THE RESOURCE AND PROVIDING IT TO
OUR SCHOOLS. WE'VE HEARD
DIRECTLY BACK FROM THEM THAT
THANK YOU. THIS IS A GREAT
STARTING POINT AND HELPS US
NAVIGATE WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO
MAKE IT AND INCLUSIVE
ENVIRONMENT IN OUR CAMPUS. OKAY
LET US THEN MOVE ON TO THE THIRD
BULLET HERE OF INCLUSIVE SPORT.
ABSOLUTELY IN 2015. MANY OF YOU
KNOW THAT THE CF IN THE
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT EDUCATION
KIND OF ADVENTURE INTO A GREAT
PARTNERSHIP WITH SPECIAL
OLYMPICS, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
SPECIAL OLYMPICS SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA TO BRING UNIFIED
SPORTS PROGRAMMING TO OUR CF
SCHOOLS, AND IT'S BEEN A BIG BIG
SUCCESS. UH PART THEIR
PARTICIPATION OPPORTUNITIES FOR
STUDENT ATHLETES WITH
DISABILITIES WERE NOT THERE
UNTIL UNIFIED PROGRAMMING WAS
BROUGHT ON BOARD AND WHAT WE
FOUND FROM THAT IS THAT OUR
SCHOOL CULTURES THE CULTURE OF
OUR SCHOOLS HAS CHANGED
DRAMATICALLY FOR THE BETTER
BECAUSE IT BRINGS MORE
INCLUSIVITY TO OUR TO OUR TOTAL
STUDENT POPULATION. GIVING AN
EXAMPLE OF THE POWER OF SPORT
THAT THAT THAT CAN THAT CAN
OCCUR ON OUR CAMPUS. THIS
DIRECTLY FROM A SUPERINTENDENT
THAT BROUGHT ON UNIFIED
PROGRAMMING INTO THEIR CAMPUS.
THERE WAS A STUDENT THAT THEY
HAD DISCIPLINARY ISSUES WITH
TRADITIONAL STUDENT DISCIPLINARY
ISSUES. IT WAS NOT INVOLVED IN
ANYTHING ONCE THEY BROUGHT
UNIFIED PROGRAMMING ON THE VERY
FIRST EVENT THAT THIS TEAMS WERE
GOING ON THE BUS TO HEAD TO
ANOTHER SCHOOL. THIS DISCIPLINE
STUDENT SHOWS UP AND THE ACTUAL
SUPERINTENDENT WAS THERE WITH
THE PRINCIPAL AND WAS LIKE,
OKAY, WHERE ARE YOU GOING? YOU
KNOW, YOU KNOW YOU'RE NOT
GETTING HONORED, AND THEN THE
STUDENT LIFTED UP THEIR SHIRT.
AND SAW THAT HE WAS WEARING THE
UNIFIED TEAM LOGO AND TEAM
UNIFORM NUMBER, SO IT TOOK THAT
. ONE BIT FOR THAT STUDENT TO
FIND A CONNECTION TO NO LONGER
BE THE DISCIPLINE ISSUE ANYMORE.
NOW HE'S A MEMBER OF THAT TEAM.
UM AND THAT'S THE POWER OF THE
UNIFIED PROGRAMMING THAT WE'VE
SEEN ON OUR SCHOOL CAMPUSES. AND
THAT'S JUST ONE STORY THAT WE'VE
HEARD FROM NUMEROUS DIFFERENT
PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE STATE
NOWADAYS, RIGHT NOW, OUR SCHOOLS
ARE PARTICIPATING, UNIFIED
SOCCER. UNIFIED, BOWLING UNIFORM
, UNIFIED BACHI BALL, UNIFIED
BASKETBALL AND AT THE STATE
LEVEL, THEY'RE PARTICIPATING IN
UNIFIED TRACK AND FIELD. WHERE
ARE WE HAVE UNIFIED SCHOOLS THAT
ARE COMPETING THROUGH THEIR
LEAGUE AND SECTION AND THEN ON
AND COMPETING AT OUR STATE
CHAMPIONSHIPS THAT ARE HELD AT
THE END OF MAY. IN CLOVIS. SO
IT'S BEEN BEEN A MINUTE EXCITING
CHANGE THERE AND CONTINUING ON
WITH THE THEME OF INCLUSIVE
CULTURE. THE C I. F HAS ALSO
SPONSORED WITH THE WITH THE
CHALLENGED ATHLETES FOUNDATION,
UM, WHERE WE WORK CLOSELY TO
PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES AND TRACK
AND FIELD FOR ATHLETES WITH
PHYSICAL, UM DISABILITIES.
CHALLENGED ATHLETE FOUNDATION
HAS PROVIDED CF WITH GRANT, UM
FOR TRAINING OF COACHES,
EQUIPMENT FOR OUR STUDENT
ATHLETES THAT NEED SPECIAL
RACING, WHEELCHAIRS AND THROWING
CHAIRS FOR TRACK AND FIELD AND
ALSO HAVE BEEN THERE TO PROVIDE
COMPETITIVE EXPENSES OF MAYBE
FOR TRANSPORTATION FOR SOME OF
OUR SCHOOLS. WHEN THEY HAVE A
PARALYMPIC ATHLETE THAT'S
COMPETING ON THEIR HIGH SCHOOL
TRACK AND FIELD TEAM. THE
PARALYMPICS, UH STUDENT ATHLETES
COMPETE SIDE BY SIDE WITH THEIR
FELLOW CLASSMATES IN ADVANCE
THROUGH AGAIN SECTION AND STATE
CHAMPIONSHIPS, EVENTS IN TRACK
AND FIELD AND IN SWIMMING. UM
AND FINALLY, JUST WANNA THROW
OUT A PIECE ABOUT OUR STUDENT
SERVICES FOR SCHOLAR, ATHLETE
AWARD SPIRIT AND SPORTING
COMMUNITY SERVICE THIS SCHOOL
YEAR. 22 23 IS OUR STATE OFFICES
PROUD THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE
PRESENTING A ROUGHLY $135,000 IN
SCHOLARSHIP MONEY FOR SENIORS
WHO ARE SELECTED TO WIN OUR
SPIRIT OF SPORT ARE ARE SCHOLAR
ATHLETE WHICH THOSE OF YOU IN
THE ASSEMBLY AND THE SENATE. ON
AN ANNUAL BASIS RECEIVE THOSE
TWO STUDENTS IN THE IN THE
CHAMBERS AND THE RESOLUTION IN
THE END OF MAY, UM AND SO WE'RE
PRETTY PROUD OF THAT DOLLAR
AMOUNT MOVING FORWARD. THANK
YOU. HMM AND THANK YOU, UH, I
HAVE ONE QUESTION. LOOK AT THE
COMMITTEE MEMBERS FURTHER
QUESTIONS AS IT RELATES TO
PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES TO
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES.
THAT'S OBVIOUSLY NOT SIMPLE. I
THINK IN MANY CASES, IT'S
EXPENSIVE. SO I DO YOU SEE
INSTANCES WHERE THAT CREATES
COST PRESSURES, EITHER AT THE
DISTRICT LEVEL SCHOOL LEVEL. UH
AND IS THERE ANYTHING THAT YOU
WOULD RECOMMEND THAT THE STATE
SHOULD DO TO OFFSET SOME OF
THOSE CARS? WELL I THINK THAT I
THINK THE MEMBERS OF THE SENATE
AND ASSEMBLY HAVE IDENTIFIED THE
NEED FOR SPECIAL OLYMPICS
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA BECAUSE IN THE LAST
TWO BUDGETS PROVIDED SUBSTANTIAL
RESOURCES FOR THOSE
ORGANIZATIONS, AND YOU'RE
ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. THERE IS AN
ADDITIONAL COST FOR SOME
ATHLETES, DEPENDING UPON WHAT
THEIR DISABILITY IS TO GET THEM
TO BE TRANSPORTED. UM TO AND
FROM. IT'S NOT LIKE YOU CAN
SIMPLY PULL UP AND PUT SOMEBODY
WHO USING A SPECIALLY DESIGNED
WHEELCHAIR INTO THE BACK OF THE
CAR AND TRANSPORT THEM. THOSE
THINGS TAKES SOME FORETHOUGHT
AND SOME PLANNING TO DO SO. BUT
THE AS OUR SCHOOLS TAKE THAT
FIRST STEP TO GET INVOLVED WITH
UNIFIED PROGRAMMING IT ON THEIR
CAMPUS. THEY FIND WAYS TO THE
VALUE OF WATCHING THOSE STUDENT
ATHLETES GET TO PARTICIPATE AND
REPRESENT THEIR HIGH SCHOOL. FOR
EXCEEDS SOME OF THE HURDLES THAT
THE ADMINISTRATORS HAVE TO
TACKLE IN ORDER TO MAKE IT WORK.
AND YOU MENTIONED THAT THAT SOME
OF THOSE COSTS ARE OFFSET BY
SOME OF THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT
YOU REFERENCE TO. TO WHAT EXTENT
DO THEY OFFSET? IT DEPENDS THERE
ON A CASE BY CASE BECAUSE
SCHOOLS CAN GO AHEAD AND REACH
OUT THROUGH, FOR INSTANCE, ARE
CHALLENGED ATHLETES FOUNDATION
THAT WE WORK WITH, AND THEY CAN
EARN SOME SORT OF GRANT OR ANY
TYPE OF FUNDING THAT WOULD HELP
THEM WITH THOSE SPECIFIC DEALS,
PRIMARILY ITS EQUIPMENT. GETTING
THE PROPER EQUIPMENT SO THE
ATHLETE CAN GO AHEAD AND COMPETE
AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. THANK YOU.
QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE. NO
OKAY. TERRIFIC THANK YOU FOR
THAT PANEL. LET ME NOW TURN THE
GAVEL OVER TO ASSEMBLYMEMBER'S
QUIRK-SILVA FOR THE NEXT PANEL.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE
PRESENTATIONS AND VERY, UM,
INFORMATIVE. AND AS WE'VE
ALREADY SAID, WE NOTE THAT WHEN
STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN SPORTS,
THEY DO WELL IN MANY AREAS. NOT
JUST, UH, BETTER IN SOME CASES
ACADEMICALLY, BUT AS YOU MOVE
TOWARDS A FUTURE AS I'VE STATED,
AND OTHERS WHO ARE ATHLETES UP
HERE HAVE SAID IN MANY CASES, UH
, SPORTS HAS BEEN THE FOUNDATION
FOR OUR FUTURE SUCCESS. BIG
BELIEVER IN JOHN WOODEN'S
PYRAMID OF SUCCESS AND BELIEVE
THAT IN MANY WAYS, I WOULDN'T BE
SITTING ON THIS DIET WITHOUT
BEING A FORMER ATHLETE. AS I
SAID, NOT A VERY GOOD ATHLETE
THAT DIDN'T WIN ALMOST ANY SWIM
RACES, BUT STILL I STUCK TO IT.
UH, SO WITH THAT WE ARE EXCITED
TO HEAR ABOUT THIS NEXT PANEL.
WE KNOW THAT THERE'S HEADLINES
THAT APPEAR, OF COURSE, WHEN
THERE ARE WHETHER IT'S HEAT
EXPOSURE, WHETHER IT'S
CONCUSSIONS. THINGS THAT ARE
RELATED TO HEALTH FOR ATHLETES,
SO WE WANT TO WELCOME DR CINDY
CHANG, WHO IS THE CHAIR OF THE C
I F SPORTS MEDICINE ADVISORY
COMMITTEE. WELCOME. HI YOU CAN
HEAR ME. OKAY, GREAT. UM SO
THANKS FOR THE INTRODUCTION. I
EVERYTHING THAT EACH ONE OF YOU
SAID RESONATED WITH ME. I'M 60.
MY KIDS WENT TO A PUBLIC SCHOOL
AND PLAYED SPORTS AND IN
BERKELEY, UM I MOVED HERE IN
1995. I WAS A MEMBER OF THE OHIO
STATE HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC
ASSOCIATION ON THEIR SPORTS
MEDICINE ADVISORY COMMITTEE.
VERY SMALL COMPARED TO WHAT I
ENTERED INTO WHEN I CAME TO
CALIFORNIA AND I JOINED THIS
SMACK IN AROUND 1999. SO UM, IF
YOU HAVE A SLIDE IN FRONT OF
YOU, I HAVE BEEN PARTICIPATING
IN MANY DIFFERENT SPORTS
MEDICINE ORGANIZATIONS OVER MY
30 YEAR CAREER. UM WITH
PARALYMPICS WITH OLYMPIANS. UM
I'M NOW THE CMO OF THE NWSL, BUT
WE HAVE MANY OTHER COMMITTEE
MEMBERS. THAT ARE PART OF THE
SPORTS MEDICINE ADVISORY
COMMITTEE WHO HAVE A DIVERSE
EXPERIENCES IN SPORTS. AND IF
YOU TALK TO LIKE, FOR EXAMPLE,
ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES AS A CMO OF
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL, SO WE ALL
BRING IN, UM, VERY DIFFERENT
EXPERIENCES. I WAS ALSO THE HEAD
POSITION AT CAL FOR MANY YEARS.
BUT WHAT BRINGS US THE MOST JOY
IS REALLY MAKING SURE THAT WE'RE
MAKING YOUTH SPORTS SAFE FOR ALL
OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES AS
WELL AS DOWN TO MIDDLE SCHOOLS,
BECAUSE WE DO KNOW ABOUT THE
TRICKLE DOWN EFFECT THAT GOES
FROM THE ELITE LEVEL ALL THE WAY
DOWN TO OUR, UM, YOUTH LEVELS.
SO THAT IS OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE
THINGS SAFE FOR STUDENT
ATHLETES. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO
REITERATE THAT, UM, THE LICENSOR
BILL COMING FORWARD. FOR
ATHLETIC TRAINERS. RON I'M
SORRY, DOCTOR AND SHERRY. I'VE
NEVER CALLED HIM THAT. UM DR
MACHETE. UM. IT WAS VERY CORRECT
IN HIS STATISTICS, AND THE THING
IS THAT WHATEVER WHAT WE'RE
GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT WHICH
ARE PREVENTABLE TRAGEDIES THAT
COULD HAPPEN TO OUR AH ATHLETES.
THEY ARE BENEFITED IF YOU HAVE
THAT SCHOOL THAT OFFERS AN
INTERSCHOLASTIC INNER, UM, INTER
ATHLETIC PROGRAM. IF. THEY HAVE
A CERTIFIED ATHLETIC TRAINER
THERE TO HELP WITH SOME OF THESE
REGULATIONS, SO WE'LL TALK ABOUT
THESE. AND THEN IF YOU HAVE
QUESTIONS, CERTAINLY WELCOME
THEM. SO WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT
OF SPORTS MEDICINE ADVICE.
SECURITY MADE UP OF PHYSICIANS
AS WELL AS AFRICA ADMINISTRATORS
, PRINCIPALS, ATHLETIC TRAINERS
. WE ALL TAKE PART IN REALLY
ADVISING THE C I F IN TERMS OF
SPORTS, MEDICINE, HEALTH AND
SAFETY ISSUES. WE ARE VOLUNTEER
COMMITTEE. SO NONE OF THE 88
CENTS ON THE DOLLAR GOES TO PAY
US EXCEPT FOR OUR TRAVEL
EXPENSES, AND WE HAVE A REALLY
NICE LUNCH WHEN WE DO HAVE OUR
MEETINGS. UM WE DO HAVE, UM, AS
YOU KNOW THE EMERGENCY ACTION
PLAN. THERE WAS A LAW THAT WAS
PASSED IN 2019 AT EVERY SCHOOL
SHOULD HAVE AN EMERGENCY ACTION
PLAN AND SHOULD HAVE AN
AUTOMATED EXTERNAL
DEFIBRILLATOR. UM AGAIN. UH, IT
WAS IN THE LAW. IT SAYS THAT
IT'S STRUGGLING COURAGE THAT IT
BE ACCESSIBLE. UH UM, TO THE
INTERCOLLEGIATE, UH, CORRECTION
. SORRY I'M AT ALL DIFFERENT
LEVELS OF SPORT TO THE HIGH
SCHOOL ATHLETES. ACCESSIBLE TO
THE COACHES. THE ATHLETIC
TRAINERS ARE SCHOOL
ADMINISTRATORS, WE AS A
COMMITTEE REALLY EMPHASIZED TO
ALL OF OUR MEMBER SCHOOLS THAT
IT NEEDS TO BE ACCESSIBLE WITHIN
THREE MINUTES OF A MEDICAL
EMERGENCY. AND SO THAT MEANS ON
A REALLY LARGE CAMPUS, YOU NEED
TO HAVE MORE THAN ONE. 80 PER
SCHOOL, WHICH IS WHAT THE LAW
SAYS. BUT WE HOPEFULLY, UM,
ENCOURAGE OUR MEMBER SCHOOLS TO
ABIDE BY WHAT THE AMERICAN HEART
ASSOCIATION AND OTHER
INSTITUTIONS SAY OKAY, BECAUSE
THAT'S THAT'S HOW IT'S GOING TO
BE MOST BENEFICIAL TO SAVE YOUR
LIFE. IF IT'S WITHIN THREE
MINUTES OF A MEDICAL EMERGENCY.
IN TERMS OF HEAT ILLNESS. WE
ALSO, UM ENCOURAGE, UM ALL OF
OUR SCHOOLS. WE DO HAVE, UM TO
PURCHASE WET BULB. GLOBE
THERMOMETERS. NOW NOT YOU GUYS
MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH THAT.
YOU KNOW WHAT A THERMOMETER IS.
IT JUST MEASURES THE TEMPERATURE
, BUT THE W B G T IS A SPECIAL
THERMOMETER, WHICH ACTUALLY
MEASURES THINGS IN THE MORE
SPECIFIC IN THE CLIMATES. AND
BESIDES THE TEMPERATURE IN
MEASURES, HUMIDITY AND MEASURES
CLOUD COVER, SO IF IT'S A SUNNY
DAY OR IF IT'S A CLOUDY DAY IT
MEASURES THE ANGLE OF THE
SUNLIGHT. SO IF YOU'RE
PRACTICING, FOR EXAMPLE, AT NOON
WHEN THE SUN IS DIRECTLY
OVERHEAD VERSUS LATER IN THE
AFTERNOON AT AN ANGLE, UM IT
ALSO MEASURES THERE'S 1/5 THING
, AND I HAVE TO SAY I'M MORE
NERVOUS TALKING TO YOU GUYS AND
I AM TALKING TO 2000 OF MY
COLLEAGUES AT A MEDICAL
CONFERENCE. SO UM, BUT YOU'RE
MAKING IT EASIER AND I THINK
WHEN SPEED THAT'S THE LAST ONE.
OKAY SO THOSE FIVE COMPONENTS OR
ALL TAKE PART IN THIS
MEASUREMENT, AND THIS IS A MUCH
MORE ACCURATE MEASUREMENT THAN
JUST A TEMPERATURE. IT'S A MUCH
MORE ACCURATE MEASUREMENT THAN
HE'D INDEX WHICH LOOKS AT
HUMIDITY AND TEMPERATURE, BUT IN
THE SHADE SO WE ENCOURAGE ALL OF
OUR MEMBER SCHOOLS TO HAVE WON.
THE N H. N FHS GAVE US A GRANT.
WE WERE ABLE TO DISTRIBUTE 400.
OF THESE TWO ARE SCHOOLS
PRIMARILY IN ZONES. IF YOU GO
THROUGH YOUR SLIDES, SO YOU'RE
YOU'LL SEE THAT THERE ARE THREE
ZONES IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT IF YOU'RE
IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY, YOU'RE
GOING TO BE MORE ACCLIMATIZED.
TO PRACTICING AND PLAYING IN
HEAT HIGHER WB GTS, THEN YOU'RE
IN THE COAST COASTAL AREAS AND
SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THAT THERE
ARE THREE ZONES 12 AND THREE I'M
FROM ZONE ONE MEDIA. I'M MORE
COASTAL. YET THIS FALL. WE HAD
HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETES COLLAPSE AT
A CROSS COUNTRY MEET IN SAN
FRANCISCO. WITH HEAT STROKE. 105
DEGREES, SHE NEED TO BE PLACED
IN A COOLING ICE COOLING TARP
AND HER LIFE WAS SAVED. AND HER
LIFE WAS SAVED BY AN ATHLETIC
TRAINER. BECAUSE HAD GINA NOT
BEEN THERE. IT'S OKAY FOR ME TO
USE HER NAME HAD NOT BEEN THERE
TO COVER THAT EVENT. THEN THE
RESPONSIBILITY WOULD HAVE BEEN
ON THE COACHES WHO AREN'T THERE.
THEY'RE ON SOME PARTS OF THE
COURSE THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS AT THE
FINISH LINE. AND THOSE RESOURCES
WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THERE THAT
EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN FOR THAT
VENUE WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN
ESTABLISHED. OR IF IT HAD BEEN,
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT KUDOS,
BUT THAT'S AN EXTRA BURDEN ON
OUR COACHES, AND WE ALREADY
CAN'T GET COACHES INTO OUR
SCHOOLS. BELIEVE ME, I AM A AVID
RECRUITER OF COACHES. AND THE
THING IS, IS THAT ONCE THE
COACHES ARE IN THE SCHOOL,
THAT'S HOW THEY CAN RECRUIT
FEMALES TO JOIN THE TEAMS. IF
YOU'RE ATHLETIC DIRECTOR IS A
MEMBER. OF THAT SCHOOL AND AN
EDUCATOR AS WELL. THEY'RE THE
ONES THAT SAY HEY, COME ON OUT!
WE HAVE AN OPEN TRYOUT. HEY,
IT'S FUN. THAT'S HOW YOU GET IT,
AND I DISTINCTLY HAVE SEEN IT IN
THE EAST BAY BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT
HAPPENS WHEN THIS TRANSITION
HAPPENS WHEN COACHES ARE THE
TEACHERS, ETCETERA, THAT'S
ANOTHER STORY. I'M NOT. I WASN'T
ASKED TO TALK ABOUT THAT. BUT SO
MANY TOPICS. UM RESONATE WITH ME
. OKAY UM, AND IT SAYS U S
SOCCER ON THE SLIDE. ESSENTIALLY
THE NDB SL THAT'S ON THE CMO OF
THAT. PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION
NOW U S. SOCCER WE ALL USE THIS
HEAT CATEGORIES MAP BECAUSE IF
YOU LOOK AT THE CHART THAT WAS
DEVELOPED BY THE GEORGIA HIGH
SCHOOL ASSOCIATION, DEPENDING ON
WHERE YOU ARE IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA OR IN THE COUNTRY.
AND THE BASICALLY YOU BASED YOUR
PRACTICES AND YOU LIMIT YOUR
PRACTICES. YOUR CHANGE YOUR
PRACTICE TIMES BASED ON THE WB
GT FOR YOUR ZONE, OKAY, I'LL
MOVE ON. OTHER THINGS. SOME
CRACK ARREST CONCUSSIONS. THOSE
ARE ALL MANDATORY THAT OUR
COACHES TAKE EDUCATIONAL. UH UM
, UPDATES CERTIFICATIONS EVERY
TWO YEARS AS AS WELL AS THEIR
FIRST AID. AND UM, UM, CPR
CLASSES, SO ALL OF OUR COACHES
EVERY TWO YEARS HAVE TO TAKE A
COURSE ON SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST
AND CONCUSSIONS AND HEAT
ILLNESS, AND IT'S RELATED TO AS
WELL THEIR FIRST AID AND CPR
CERTIFICATION. AIR QUALITY AS WE
KNOW. WITH THE RECENT WILDFIRES,
ETCETERA AIR QUALITY HAS BEEN A
CERTAINLY AN ISSUE. WE'VE HAD
WONDERFUL COMMUNICATION BETWEEN
OUR SECTIONS AND OUR LEAGUES
WITHIN THE SECTIONS ABOUT WHEN
THEY'RE GOING TO CANCEL OR
POSTPONE AGAIN BECAUSE THE AIR
QUALITY THE TYPICAL ONE IS 150.
EVERYONE PRETTY MUCH ABIDES BY
THAT IS IT'S UNSAFE TO PLAY OR
PRACTICE. AND IF YOU HAVE A
STUDENT ATHLETE THAT HAS CERTAIN
RESPIRATORY OR CARDIAC
CONDITIONS LIKE ASTHMA. ETCETERA
THEN THEIR RECOMMENDATION IS TO
NOT PARTICIPATE WITH AN AIR
QUALITY INDEX EVEN LOWER THAN
THAT, SO WE HAVE GUIDELINES ON
OUR WEBSITE AS WELL TO HELP
GUIDE OUR MEMBER INSTITUTIONS
REGARDING THE A. Q I AND WE AND
WE FOLLOW THAT, UM, AND IT'S A
VERY LOCAL ISSUE AS WELL. LET'S
SEE COVID. WE'VE BEEN REALLY
HEAVILY HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THE
COVID. I HAVE BEEN AT EVERY
LEVEL OF ATHLETE WITH WHOM I
WORK, AND WE HAVE COVID
GUIDELINES AS WELL, FOR
INSTANCE, FOR OUR MEMBER SCHOOLS
ON OUR WEBSITE, UM HEALTH AND
SAFETY GUIDELINES WHEN TO RETURN
TO PLAY AFTER HAVING HAD COVID,
ETCETERA, AND ALL THOSE CAN BE
FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE. UM AND
THINGS ARE EVOLVING. YOU KNOW, I
JUST CURRENTLY PUT OUT A 2023
GUIDELINES FOR THE NWSL. AND
CERTAINLY WE DON'T ALWAYS ALL
AGREE, BUT WE ALL AGREE THAT THE
HEALTH AND SAFETY AND WELL BEING
OF OUR STUDENT ATHLETES ARE
PARAMOUNT, AND WE HAVE TO FIRST
CONSIDER THEM AS WELL AS THE
HOMES IN THE COMMUNITIES IN
WHICH THEY LIVE. AND IF THEY
LIVE WITH ELDER RELATIVES. UM
EVERYONE NEEDS TO BE PROTECTED.
THE LAST TOPIC IS THE PRE
PARTICIPATION PHYSICAL EXAM.
AND, UH, WE DO REQUIRE ANNUAL
PRE PARTICIPATION PHYSICAL EXAMS
FOR OUR STUDENT ATHLETES. WE
PROVIDE THE FORM OF FORM THAT
IS, ESSENTIALLY I WAS PART OF
THE WRITING COMMITTEE. FIVE
MEMBER UM FIVE NATIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS, MEDICAL
INSTITUTIONS, WHICH TAKE CARE
OF, UM STUDENT ATHLETES. OP
PARTICIPATED IN THE WRITING OF
THE MONOGRAPH, AND WE PROVIDE
THAT ON OUR WEBSITE. WE DON'T
REQUIRE THAT OUR SCHOOLS USE
THAT IF THEY WANT TO USE A
DIFFERENT ONE, THEY MAY BUT THEY
ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO HAVE THE
QUESTIONS ABOUT HEART CONDITIONS
ON THERE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW
SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST PREVENTION
IS VERY, VERY IMPORTANT, SO THEY
ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO HAVE THOSE
QUESTIONS ON THERE. BUT OUR FORM
IS PRETTY THOROUGH. UH, AND MOST
OF OUR MEMBER SCHOOLS USE THAT
FORM. UM. I THINK I'LL STOP
THERE AND SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY
QUESTIONS.
AS THE CHAIR OF THE ARTS,
ENTERTAINMENT AND SPORTS
COMMITTEE. WE DO HAVE SOME TWO
BILLS THAT WE BELIEVE ARE GOING
TO BE COMING TO OUR COMMITTEE.
UM BUT ONE YOU DID MENTION THE
ATHLETIC TRAINERS BILL A B 796.
IS THAT SOMETHING THAT, UM THAT
YOU THINK IS NECESSARY AND THEN
FOLLOWING UP ON THAT? AH RELATED
CONCUSSIONS WE BELIEVE WILL BE
HAVING A BILL COMING TO OUR
COMMITTEE ON COMMIT CONCUSSIONS
. UH DO YOU HAVE? COULD YOU GIVE
US AN INDICATION OF WHAT SPORTS
YOU'RE SEEING MOST CONCUSSIONS
IN OKAY, SO QUESTION NUMBER ONE.
THANK YOU. IS ABSOLUTELY
ESSENTIAL TO LICENSE ATHLETIC
TRAINERS IN OUR STATE, BECAUSE
BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE LICENSURE.
AND ATHLETIC TRAINER WHO IS
LICENSED IN ANOTHER STATE. CAN
COME INTO OUR STATE. AND APPLY
FOR A POSITION BECAUSE SCHOOLS
NEED TRAINERS. AH! THERE'S NO
ONE THOUGH IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA THAT THAT SCHOOL
ADMINISTRATOR CAN CONTACT AND
SAY. WE ARE INTERVIEWING THIS
CANDIDATE. CAN YOU COMMUNICATE?
WITH THE SCHOOLS THAT THEY'VE
BEEN AT OR THE OTHER STATES AND
SEE IF THERE'S ANY OUTSTANDING
PROBLEMS THAT THIS PERSON HAD IN
THE OTHER STATE. SO THERE IS NO
GOVERNANCE MEANING IF I AS A
PHYSICIAN, WENT BACK TO MY STATE
HOME STATE OF OHIO SORRY, I KNOW
THERE'S MY HOME HOME AND MY HOME
HOME, SO I HAVE TWO HOMES, BUT I
WENT BACK TO OHIO. WHERE MY MOM
WANTS ME TO GO BACK TO AFTER 30
YEARS AND SHE SAYS. YOU KNOW,
AND I DID SOMETHING IN
CALIFORNIA. YOU KNOW, I DON'T
KNOW. WROTE IT WROTE A
PRESCRIPTION. I'M JUST SAYING,
I'VE NEVER DONE ANYTHING LIKE
THAT. BUT JUST FOR EXAMPLE, THEY
WOULD BE ABLE TO TALK AND I
WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO GET MY
LICENSE IN OHIO AND TREAT
PATIENTS BECAUSE I HAD MY
LICENSE SUSPENDED HERE IN STATE
OF CALIFORNIA. THERE IS NO WAY
FOR US TO FIND OUT IF THAT
ATHLETIC TRAINER COMING IN AS A
BAD ACTOR. AND BECAUSE OF THAT,
HONESTLY, WE ARE LOSING TRAINING
PROGRAMS INSTEAD OF CALIFORNIA.
FRESNO STATE HAS STOPPED THE
PROGRAM. YOU KNOW, WE HAVE. I
JUST FOUND OUT THAT SAN JOSE
STATE. IT'S STOPPING THEIR
PROGRAMS. THAT MEANS THAT WE
DON'T HAVE A PIPELINE. AND WHILE
WE CAN HIRE CERTIFIED TRAINERS
THROUGH UCSF, WHERE I WORK, WE
CAN'T GET ENOUGH PEOPLE TO
INTERVIEW AND APPLY BECAUSE WE
DON'T HAVE THAT PIPELINE COMING
IN. AND PEOPLE FROM OTHER STATES
AREN'T COMING IN BECAUSE THEY
FEEL LIKE THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA DOESN'T RESPECT THIS
HEALTH PROFESSION. AND THIS
HEALTH PROFESSION. EDUCATES. AND
SAVES LIVES AND SUPPORTS OUR
HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETE AND OUR
COACHES AND ADMINISTRATORS. AND
IT'S REALLY SAD TO ME AND I'VE
BEEN UP HERE. FOR 15 YEARS,
COMING UP INTERMITTENTLY TO TALK
TO PEOPLE ABOUT LICENSURE, AND
IT HAS YET TO PASS. AND THIS IS
ON MY BUCKET LIST. BEFORE I DIE
. I WAS GOING TO SAY BEFORE I
RETIRE, AND IT JUST KIND OF
RETIRED, BUT BEFORE I DIE. IT'S
ON MY BUCKET LIST THAT I REALLY
FEEL THAT THIS IS SO IMPORTANT.
OKAY, THAT WAS QUESTION ONE. I
WILL ANSWER QUESTION TWO
SHORTER. BUT YOU HAVE TO REMIND
ME. OH, FOOTBALL. CONCUSSIONS?
YES. I FEEL LIKE CONCUSSIONS
HAVE GONE DOWN BECAUSE RULES
HAVE CHANGED CONTACT PRACTICES
OF DECREASED. WE KNOW THE RECENT
STATE LAW. THERE'S ONLY TWO
CONTACT PRACTICES PER WEEK. NOW
IT USED TO BE WHERE COACHES
COULD YOU DON'T PRACTICE AS MANY
TIMES AS THEY WANT. COACHES ARE
BETTER EDUCATED COACHES ARE
YOUNGER, RIGHT? I MEAN, I I'VE
BEEN IN FOOTBALL FOR A LONG
TIME. AND THE COACHES NOW
UNDERSTAND THEY UNDERSTAND THAT
THEIR CONCUSSION THAT THEY HAD
WASN'T YOU KNOW, A BADGE OF
HONOR. IT'S CERTAINLY DID AFFECT
THEM, AND THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE
THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN TO THEIR
STUDENT ATHLETES AS WELL. BUT
WE'RE SEE CONCUSSIONS, OBVIOUSLY
IN ALL SPORTS. BUT EVEN A
SWIMMING BACKSTROKE. I'VE HAD IT
A COUPLE OF TIMES IN MY ATHLETES
BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT LOOKING OR,
YOU KNOW THEY TOOK DOWN THE
FLAGS, BUT CERTAINLY EVERYONE IS
PRETTY AWARE ABOUT IT. WE NEED
TO BE BETTER ABOUT IT. WE HAVE
THE STATE LAW THAT PASSED FOR
ALL THOSE YOUTH SPORTS. REALLY
THERE'S REALLY NOT A LOT OF
POLICING THAT GOES ON. BUT ALL
THE YOUTH SPORTS THAT WE HAVE. I
BELIEVE THERE ARE 29 IDENTIFIED
HORSEBACK RIDING. IF YOU OFFERED
ALL THAT. YOU HAVE TO GET
EDUCATING CONCUSSION AS WELL. SO
I THINK IT'S IMPROVED FOR SURE
WE DO HAVE TO GET RID OF THE WE
HAVE TO EDUCATE BETTER SO PEOPLE
DON'T PANIC AFTER THEY'VE HAD
ONE CONCUSSION. I SEE THAT
HAPPENING AND THEN THE KIDS
AREN'T GETTING BETTER BECAUSE
THEY'RE WORRIED. RIGHT AND THE
PARENTS ARE WORRIED AND THAT
ANXIETY AND ANGST AFFECTS THE
RECOVERY. SO IT'S ALL GOES
TOGETHER, BUT IT'S REALLY,
REALLY IMPORTANT AND I DO SEE
CONCUSSIONS DECREASING TO ANSWER
SOMEONE ELSE'S QUESTION. I THINK
IT WAS UM MCCARTY. SO IN TERMS
OF, UM THERE IS A DROP IN HIGH
SCHOOL ATHLETES ACROSS THE
COUNTRY PLAYING FOOTBALL. THERE
IS AN INCREASE IN GIRLS, THOUGH
PLAYING HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL
ACROSS THE COUNTRY, SO THERE'S A
DROP. IT JUST DID BELOW ONE
MILLION FOR THE FIRST TIME, BUT
THERE IS AN INCREASE OF GIRLS
PLAYING HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL AS
WELL AND AS WE CAN MAKE IT
SAFER. I THINK THAT, UM YOU
KNOW, WE CAN CONTINUE TO ATTRACT
. UM THAT IS AN AVENUE AS YOU
GUYS ALL KNOW. YEAH IT'S HARDER
FOR LARGER, HEAVIER, HIGH SCHOOL
KIDS TO FIND A SPORT THAT THEY
LOVE. FOOTBALL IS OFTEN AN
AVENUE TO COME IN, AND THEN THEY
RECOGNIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF
TEAMWORK, FITNESS, ETCETERA,
ETCETERA, AND THEN THEY GO ON TO
DO OTHER SPORTS AS WELL. THANK
YOU, MR CHAIR. UM. YEAH I FORGOT
. I WAS IN CHARGE OF THIS WAS
JUST WAITING FOR YOU DOING SUCH
A GOOD JOB. YOU'RE MAKING IT
SEEM EFFORTLESS. THAT'S WHY
WE'RE PASSING THE GAVEL. ALRIGHT
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? YES, MA'AM.
THANK YOU. UM, DR CHANG. THANK
YOU FOR BEING HERE. UM MY
CONCERN IS THAT WITH THE GROWING
REALITIES OF CLIMATE CHANGE THAT
WE'RE SEEING. AND HAVE YOU DO?
UH, I WANTED TO PREPARE FOR
MORE, UM DAYS OF EXTREME HEAT.
UH THROUGHOUT THE STATE. YOU
INDICATED THE HE'S STROKE
INCIDENT AND SERVICE. ISCO. UM.
YOU ADDRESS THE ISSUE OF THE WET
BULB THERMOMETERS AND HOW
THEY'RE DISTRIBUTED THAT IT'S MY
UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE, UM,
DISTRIBUTED TO THE HOTTEST. I
IDENTIFIED HOTTEST AREAS OF THE
STATE. WE REVIEWED APPLICATIONS
AND, YES, THEY WERE DISTRIBUTED
TO THOSE SCHOOLS THAT WERE
PRIMARILY IN THE HOT ZONE AS
WELL AS THOSE SCHOOLS THAT HAD A
CERTIFIED ATHLETIC TRAINER. THAT
THEY COULD DO SOMETHING WITH AND
WE'VE ALL HEARD THE STORIES OF
IF YOU HAVE IT, BUT YOU DON'T
USE IT. WHAT GOOD IS IT LIKE THE
A. D S. YOU NEED TO KNOW WHERE
IT IS THAT HAVE TO BE
ACCESSIBLE, ETCETERA. SAME THING
WITH THE WB GTS. UM SO WE REALLY
FOCUSED ON THOSE SCHOOLS THAT
HAD A SERVANT ATHLETIC TRAINER.
BUT CERTAINLY OUR NEXT PUSH NOW
AND DOCTOR. NO CHERRY AND I'VE
BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS HAS BEEN
ABOUT HOW DO WE NOW? UM, GET THE
REST OF OUR SCHOOLS. UM SOME
FINANCIAL SUPPORT GRANT MONEY
ETCETERA TO BE ABLE TO HELP
THEM. IT COSTS $500. AND I
UNDERSTAND YOU KNOW, I WAS ON
OUR MEDICINE BALL AND OUR HIGH
SCHOOL ATHLETIC FUNDRAISER TEAM.
I WAS THE PRESIDENT. SO I
UNDERSTAND. YOU KNOW, WE WHAT
THE WHAT THE ISSUES ARE. $500
DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A LOT, BUT IT
DOES SEEM LIKE A LOT FOR A LOT
OF OUR SCHOOLS, SO WE WANT TO
HELP SUPPORT THAT. BUT AGAIN, WE
WERE PUTTING SO MUCH BURDEN ONTO
OUR MINUTE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS
AND OUR COACHES, AND I THINK
THAT'S A PART OF THE REASON WHY
WE'RE LOSING COACHES AS WELL AS
BECAUSE THEY FEEL THAT THEY HAVE
TO DO SO MUCH NOW. THEY CAN'T
JUST COACH THEIR SPORT, BUT
THEY'VE GOT TO MAKE SURE THAT
THE PHYSICALS. YOU KNOW THAT THE
PAPERWORK IS COMING IN, AND IT'S
ALL CHECKED OFF, AND THEY HAVE
TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THESE
HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES ARE IN
PLACE. DO THEY HAVE TO COME AN
HOUR EARLY AND MAKE SURE THAT
ICED BUCKETS ARE FULL AND YOU
KNOW, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT'S
NEEDED FOR HEAT, STROKE OR HEAT
ON THIS IS THE HALF AVAILABLE
ICE AND WATER. MM HMM. UM AND WE
ARE REALLY AS A NATIONAL
ORGANIZATION. YOU KNOW, ALL OF
THE SPORTS MEDICINE PHYSICIANS
ARE REALLY WATCHING TO SEE. DO
WE HAVE TO ADJUST THE WB GT
READINGS AND ADJUST THOSE THOSE
READINGS AS THE COUNTRY GETS
HOTTER SO THAT WE CAN THEN
ADJUST THAT GRAPH? ABSOLUTELY SO
. SPEAKING OF THOSE READINGS,
DOES C I F HAVE A UM SPECIFIC
POLICY. I SEE THAT YOU HANDED
OUT THIS CHART HERE IS THIS
YOU'RE THE C I F POLICY ON THE
CATEGORIES, UH, AND THE ACTIVITY
GUIDELINES SO WE DO NOT HAVE A
SPECIFIC POLICY REGARDING THAT.
ALL OF THAT INFORMATION IS ON
OUR WEBSITE, AND IT'S CERTAINLY
A GUIDELINE. WE DO NOT HAVE A
SPECIFIC POLICY IN PLACE FOR
THAT. AND I KNOW THAT WE AS A
COMMITTEE HAVE DISCUSSED THAT
AGAIN. IT'S A BIG EDUCATIONAL
THING AS WELL. WHAT WE FIND IS
THAT UM, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
THAT THERE'S A GOOD
UNDERSTANDING OF THE MEASUREMENT
. WHAT WE DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO
DO IS JUST LOOK AT A HEAT INDEX
GRAPH. BECAUSE THAT WILL
UNDERESTIMATE THE HEAT STRESS ON
THEIR ATHLETES. MHM. OKAY, I
THINK I THINK I REMEMBER.
SEEING, UH, THIS PAST FALL. OR
MAYBE IT WAS THE SUMMER OF
INCIDENTS OF. STUDENTS DYING
DURING FOOTBALL PRACTICE IS, UH,
UH, ON EXTREME HEAT DAYS, UM. IS
THERE A DISCUSSION IN TERMS OF,
YOU KNOW A POLICY, UM, TO GIVE
GUIDANCE TO TWO COACHES IN TERMS
OF LIMITING PRACTICES AND GAMES?
UH, AH, ON ON THESE EXTREME HEAT
DAYS. YES, ABSOLUTELY. AND
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE JUST WE
JUST MET LAST WEEK WITH OUR
SPORTS MEDICINE ADVISORY
COMMITTEE, AND THAT'S ONE OF THE
DISCUSSIONS WE HAD IS GUIDELINES
VERSUS POLICY AND THE KIDS. WHEN
WE DO DEVELOP POLICY, WE WANT TO
MAKE SURE THAT I KNOW IS A
LAYPERSON. WHEN I FIRST READ
THAT CHART, AND I SAW THESE
TEMPERATURES, I JUST REGULAR
TEMPERATURES. I'M LIKE, WHAT DO
YOU MEAN? WE CAN'T PLAY WHEN
IT'S 84 DEGREES. I HAVE DR CHANG
WITH ME TO WALK ME THROUGH AND
EXPLAIN THIS, BUT NOT EVERY
COACH. EVERY ATHLETIC DIRECTOR
HAS THAT AN ATHLETIC TRAINER
WOULD HAVE THAT KNOWLEDGE, SO I
THINK THERE'S SO MUCH MORE
EDUCATION BEFORE DICTATING
POLICY. BUT I DO THINK THAT OUR
SCHOOLS LOOK AT OUR GUIDELINES
AND I THINK THEY PAY ATTENTION
TO THEM. THIS YEAR WE HAD A
EXCESSIVE HEAT IN ALL AREAS. AS
MENTIONED. I GREW UP IN SAN
FRANCISCO WHEN IT WAS WHEN I WAS
IN GRAMMAR SCHOOL. IT WAS 70
DEGREES. WE'RE ASKING WHY WE'RE
IN SCHOOL. YOU KNOW, VERY VERSUS
FRIENDS THAT LIVED IN HOTTER
CLIMATES. UM, BUT YOU KNOW, WE
WERE MAKING SURE THAT WE PUT THE
RESOURCES OUT THERE FOR OUR
SCHOOLS. AND THEN IF IT BECOMES
POLICY THAT THEY'RE THEY'RE
INFORMED OF THE POLICY AND
EVERYTHING THAT GOES WITH THAT,
UM, WE DID HAVE AN INCIDENT IN
CALIFORNIA, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
. UM WHERE, YOU KNOW, WE HAD
SOMEONE THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN
PRACTICING AND THEY WERE WHAT I
WHAT I WANT TO SAY IS THAT ONE
IS TOO MANY. AND AS YOUR WHOLE
DR CHANG SAY, HE DON'T. THIS IS
ONE OF THE FEW THINGS WE CAN
DEAL WITH. THAT IS 100%
PREVENTABLE. UM UM. AND SO WE
WORKED WITH THAT ONE SCHOOL
COMMUNITY AND THEIR
SUPERINTENDENT. THE SCHOOL
DISTRICT JUMPED RIGHT ON THAT.
BUT COMPARED TO 10 YEARS AGO,
OUR SCHOOLS WERE MOVING GAMES
THEY WERE CANCELING LOWER LEVEL
CONTEST. THEY WERE MOVING
VARSITY FOOTBALL GAMES, OUTDOOR
EVENTS TO EIGHT P.M. AT NIGHT.
AND WAITING UNTIL IT WAS SAFE TO
PLAY. SO I THINK OUR SCHOOLS ARE
DOING A VERY GOOD JOB. IT'S JUST
WE HAVE TO CONTINUE TO GET
BETTER ABOUT THE RESOURCES. WE
PROVIDE THEM. ALL RIGHT. THANK
YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS. THANK
YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATIONS. I
WAS SO ENTHRALLED THAT I WAS
RELAXED. THAT'S WHY I FORGOT MY
JOB. ALRIGHT. OKAY, UM. WE NOW
LIKE TO TURN TO PANEL NUMBER
FOUR, WHICH IS AGAIN TURNING
BACK TO DOCTOR, THE CHERRY. ON
EMERGING ISSUES WITH THE C I F
AND THERE'S A LOT MORE IN OUR IN
OUR PACKET THAT WE PROVIDED A
REPORT TO THE LEGISLATURE AND
MANY MORE RESOURCES. WE'RE JUST
WE'RE JUST HIGHLIGHTING A FEW OF
THOSE HERE TODAY, AND THIS IS
KIND OF A CLOSURE. AND THEN ANY
FINAL QUESTIONS FROM YOU WERE
WELCOME TO ENTERTAIN. UM YOU
KNOW, WE'VE BEEN SEEING AN
EXORBITANT AMOUNT OF BEHAVIOR
ISSUES, ESPECIALLY WITH FANS.
SADLY WITH PARENTS, UM TO THE
POINT WHERE WE ACTUALLY HAD TO
REVISE SOME BYLAWS, AND IT WAS
KIND OF SAD THAT WE HAD TO PUT A
BYLAW IN PLACE THAT SAID, IF A
WE HAVE BYLAWS IN PLACE WHAT
HAPPENS IF A STUDENT ATHLETES
EJECTED FROM A GAME? THEY CAN'T
PLAY A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF
CONTESTS. WE HAVE THAT BY LONG
PLACE FOR COACHES. WE NEVER
REALLY THOUGHT WE'D HAVE TO PUT
THAT BYLINE PLACE FOR MOM AND
DAD AND UNCLE GRANDMA AND
GRANDPA. UM YOU KNOW, TO THE
POINT WHERE YOU KNOW THIS, I'LL
TELL YOU A QUICK STORY MY
DAUGHTER BECAME SHE PLAYS WATER
POLO AT UC DAVIS. UH HER COACH,
ENCOURAGE HER TO BE AN OFFICIAL
ONE OF THESE THINGS WHERE SHE
SAW HER COACH OFFICIATING WATER
POINT SAID I CAN DO THAT, AND
SHE SHE DID IN HER THIRD CONTEST
IN A JV GIRLS WATER POLO MATCH.
SHE HAD TO REMOVE A MOM AND DAD
AND THE GRANDMOTHER FROM A
CONTEST. UM AND SHE'S LIKE, WHAT
DO I DO? AND I GO. YOU KNOW YOU
DID THE RIGHT THING. YOU KNOW,
THAT'S WHAT HAS TO HAPPEN. THE
GAME IS ABOUT THE STUDENT
ATHLETES. SO WE PUT A BYLAW IN
PLACE THAT IF A PARENT IS ASKED
TO LEAVE AND ATHLETIC CONTEST,
THEY CAN'T COME BACK FOR A GAME.
IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN, THEY'RE NOT
COMING BACK FOR THE REMAINDER OF
THE SEASON. YOU KNOW, AND THAT
THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE
STARTED TO HAVE TO DO, AND IT
JUST PUTS IT DOES PUT MORE
STRESS ON OUR SCHOOL
ADMINISTRATORS. BUT WE'VE ALSO
AT THE SAME TIME THANKS TO MR
SEYMOUR AND THE REST OF MY
STAFF. WE PUT OUT A
SPORTSMANSHIP TOOLKIT TO OUR
SCHOOLS THAT HAVE AN ABUNDANCE
OF RESOURCES OF HOW TO HANDLE
THESE SITUATIONS. WE TALK ABOUT
HOW BEHAVIOR CHANGES SIMPLY BY
AN ADMINISTRATOR BEING PRESENT.
AND BEING ACTIVE AND BEING THERE
TO SUPERVISE. THE STUDENTS WILL
BEHAVE WHEN THE ADULT IS THERE
TO SUPERVISE. UNFORTUNATELY, NOT
ALWAYS THE PARENT. AND THEN YOU
HAVE TO REMOVE THEM FROM THE
CONTEST. UM, WE ALSO PUT IN OUR
TREATMENT OF CONTEST OFFICIALS.
WE HAVE A PHYSICAL ASSAULT BY
LAW. UM AND WE HAD TO ADD
SPECTATORS TO THAT, BECAUSE LAST
SPRING, WE SAW A BASEBALL
OFFICIAL ACCOSTED BY A FAN IN
THE PARKING LOT AT THE END OF A
CONTEST. AND WAS ASSAULTED. AND
SO NOW WE HAVE A BYLAW THAT
SAYS, IF YOU PHYSICALLY ASSAULT
YOU'RE FOUND TO PHYSICALLY
ASSAULTED A SPORTS OFFICIAL. YOU
ARE PERMANENTLY BANNED FROM
ATTENDING A HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC
EVENT IN THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. UM THERE'S CODE OUT
THERE, AND I'M WAITING FOR THE
DAY THAT THAT CHARGES ARE
PRESSED AND IT'S ENFORCED
BECAUSE IT SAYS ALREADY IN OUR
IN OUR STATUTES THAT IF SOMEONE
ASSAULTS SPORTS OFFICIAL AT ANY
LEVEL PROFESSIONAL COLLEGIATE
HIGH SCHOOL YOUTH THEY COULD BE
FINED AND GREG ME I'M WRONG HERE
UP TO $2000 AND SPEND UP TO 365
DAYS IN JAIL. THAT'S ENFORCED
ONE TIME AND I BELIEVE IT SOLVES
A LOT OF OUR PROBLEM. SO WE'LL
SEE WHAT HAPPENS AT THIS
CONTINUES. UM OUR FUTURE
LEADERSHIP. UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE
WE'VE TALKED A LOT ABOUT AGE
HERE SOMEHOW. DON'T LET THE
GREATER FOR YOU. I'M ONLY 55.
BUT I AM GETTING CLOSE TO THAT
TIME WHERE I WANT TO. I WANT TO
KNOW WHO IS GOING TO LEAD THIS
ORGANIZATION. UM WHAT WE DO AND
WHAT WE DO FOR STUDENT ATHLETES,
NOT BECAUSE OF ME IN THIS
POSITION. BUT MORE BECAUSE OF MY
STAFF AND OUR SCHOOL
ADMINISTRATORS AND OUR COACHES
AND THE PEOPLE THAT REALLY CARE
ABOUT HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS AND
EVERYTHING THAT PROVIDES. WE
NEED OUR FUTURE LEADERS. SO
WE'VE HAD OUR STAFF START WHAT'S
CALLED THE SEATTLE NEITHER
LEADERSHIP INITIATIVE WHERE
WE'RE ATTRACTING YOUNGER LEADERS
TO SERVE IN THIS GROUP. WE'RE
LOOKING AT DEMOGRAPHICS. WE WANT
TO MAKE SURE IT'S DIVERSE WITH
RESPECT TO RAISE ETHNICITY,
GENDER UM AND A FEW OF THOSE
PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY BECOME
PRESIDENT ELECT PRESIDENT OF
THEIR LOCAL SECTIONS, AND SO
THAT'S HOW THAT'S WHAT WE'RE
LOOKING TO FOR THE FUTURE AND
ENSURE THIS ORGANIZATION WE'VE
BEEN AROUND, UM, 109 YEARS. AND
YOU KNOW, WE'RE HOPING THAT IT'S
GOING TO CONTINUE FOR AT LEAST
ANOTHER 109 BE READY FOR THE FOR
THE NEXT GENERATION OF STUDENT
ATHLETES. WE'VE ALSO LOOKED AT
EXPANDING. WE HAVE A BYLAW
BEFORE OBAMA PROPOSAL BEFORE OUR
FEDERATED COUNCIL THAT'S COMING
FOR A VOTE. IT SEEMS TO HAVE
SUPPORT. WE'LL FIND OUT. WE HAVE
A NINE MEMBER EXECUTIVE BOARD
AND THAT'S WHO I ANSWER TO. UM
AND SO THEY'RE CHARGED WITH THE
FINANCES OF THE ORGANIZATION
THERE. THEY'RE CHARGED WITH
GOVERNANCE OF THE C I F UM, WE
DO A GOOD JOB. I THINK WITH THAT
COMMITTEE RIGHT NOW IS FIVE
MINUTES FOR WOMEN. I THINK WE DO
AN EXCELLENT JOB. IT WASN'T
ALWAYS THAT WAY. BUT DEPENDING
ON THE YEAR, IT'S NOT ALWAYS THE
MOST DIVERSE COMMITTEE WITH
RESPECT TO THE RACE AND
ETHNICITY. SO WE'RE LOOKING TO
EXPAND THAT COMMITTEE FROM 9 TO
13 MEMBERS, AND WE GET TO
NOMINATE FOR MEMBERS THAT
REPRESENT THE DEMOGRAPHICS OF
THE STUDENTS OF THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA. WILL BE APPROVED BY
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. WE JUST
HAD A FIRST READING AND AGAIN
LIKE I SAID, IT SEEMED TO HAVE
OVERWHELMING SUPPORT. AND THEN
ARE WE WOULD EXPAND STARTING
THIS SUMMER, AND I'M EXCITED
ABOUT THAT, BECAUSE I THINK IT'S
SOMETHING THAT YOU KNOW, WE NEED
TO HAVE A COMMITTEE THAT COMES
FROM A VARIETY OF BACKGROUNDS
AND EXPERIENCES TO HELP LEAD US
TO DO THE RIGHT THING FOR OUR
STUDENT ATHLETES. AND THEN
FINALLY, WE STARTED A AN
ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND I WAS I
WAS PLEASANTLY SURPRISED AT THE
PARTICIPATION BECAUSE WE'VE
NEVER HAD AN ADVISORY COMMITTEE
MADE UP PRIMARILY OF
SUPERINTENDENTS AND DISTRICT
OFFICE PERSONNEL. UM BECAUSE
THEY'RE JUST SO BUSY TO TRY AND
ATTEND MORE MEETINGS. UM SOME
MORE TIME. SURE WHAT YOU DO ON A
DAILY BASIS? UM SO WE HAD OUR
FIRST MEETING OF 18 PEOPLE FROM
ALL AREAS OF THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA IN OCTOBER, AND EVERY
SINGLE ONE OF THEM WAS THERE. IN
FACT, THEY SAID, CAN NEXT TIME
CAN WE MEET FOR AN ADDITIONAL 32
MINUTES TO 60 MINUTES BECAUSE WE
REALLY ENJOY THIS. AND I THINK
THEY LIKE TALKING ABOUT
SOMETHING POSITIVE TO BE VERY
HONEST. UM SO WE'VE MET TWICE.
NOW IT'S A GROUP THAT WE CAN
BRING. WE NEED SUPPORT OF OUR
SUPERINTENDENTS FOR EVERYTHING
WE DO. IF SUPERINTENDENTS TELL
OUR PRINCIPLES AND OUR COACHES
AND ATHLETIC DIRECTORS YOU WILL
IMPLEMENT THE CI SPORTSMANSHIP
TOOLKIT, YOU WILL BE TRAINED IN
THE PREVENTING AND INTERRUPTING
DISCRIMINATORY BEHAVIORS. AS MR
SEYMOUR SAID, I THINK IT WAS A
VERY GOOD QUESTION. YES IT'S 15
TO 20 MINUTES. IT IS MEANT TO
SIMPLY INTRODUCE THEM TO ALL
THAT THEY CAN DO AND TO DIVE
DEEPER INTO THE RESOURCES THAT
ARE AVAILABLE THERE. AND THE
RESOURCES CLOSE WITH THIS. THE
BEST EXAMPLE I CAN GIVE YOU IS A
CONTEST. I WENT TO WENT UP TO
FALL RIVER, CALIFORNIA I HAD NOT
BEEN ABLE TO GO UP THERE BECAUSE
I STARTED THE JOB. AND THEN THAT
SAME YEAR I GOT THE JOB COVID
HIT. SO THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF
MY JOB AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS PRIMARILY
DEALING WITH. FINALLY GOT THE
OPPORTUNITY TO COVID TO GO WATCH
THE GIRLS VOLLEYBALL MATCH AND
THEN A FOOTBALL GAME THE NEXT
DAY, AND BEFORE EACH OF THOSE
CONTESTS, THEY HAD A STUDENT
ATHLETE FROM EACH TEAM. COME
TOGETHER AND READ A STATEMENT
ABOUT WHAT THEY EXPECT FROM
THEIR PARENTS AND THEIR FAMILIES
IN THE STANDS AND THAT THIS IS
OUR CONTEST. WE WANT YOUR
SUPPORT. WE WANT YOU TO BE
POSITIVE, AND THEY DID THAT.
BOTH GAMES AND AT BOTH GAMES.
THEY GOT A STANDING OVATION. IF
OUR PUBLIC ADDRESS ANNOUNCER
JUST SIMPLY DID WHAT I'M DOING
RIGHT NOW AND READ THAT
EVERYONE'S GONNA BE THERE JUST
WATCHING THEIR PHONE, NOT PAYING
ATTENTION. WHEN THE STUDENTS PAY
ATTENTION. YOU KNOW THEY DOING?
THE STUDENTS COME TO TALK TO
HIM. PEOPLE LISTEN, SO THOSE WE
HAVE TO ENGAGE OUR STUDENTS MORE
IN THIS. IT IS THEIR EVENT. AND
SO I THINK THE MORE RESOURCES WE
CAN GET OUT THERE AND IT GOES
BACK TO WE TALKED ABOUT
DEVELOPING FUTURE LEADERS.
THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DOING BY
HELPING THEM HELP THEMSELVES TO
HAVE BETTER EXPERIENCES IN
SPORTS. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU,
SIR. ANY OTHER COMMENTS, SENATOR
NEWMAN, I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE
IMPORTANT BUSINESS I DO.
UNFORTUNATELY I WANT TO SAY TO
ALL THREE PANELISTS. THANK YOU
SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY A
VERY USEFUL CONVERSATION. ONE
WHICH WE WILL CONTINUE ABOUT
MONEY, THE ISSUES WE DISCUSSED
IT, SO THANK YOU. THANK YOU
BOTH. CHEERS THANK YOU. WE ARE
GOING TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR
PUBLIC COMMENTS, BUT DR MACHETE
BEFORE YOU LEAVE, I, UH I JUST
WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR, UH, FOR
YOUR ENTIRE PRESENTATION TODAY
AS WELL AS YOU KNOW,
SPECIFICALLY ON THIS LAST PANEL
, UM, THE BYLAW REVISIONS ON
SPORTS MANSHIP AND FAN BEHAVIOR
. I KNOW I HEAR A LOT TO FROM.
CONSTITUENTS PARENTS FAMILIES,
YOU KNOW THAT ALL OF THE UH,
DIVISIVENESS AND HOSTILITY THAT
WE'RE SEEING. YOU KNOW,
THROUGHOUT SOCIETY. WE SEE. IT
SEEMED TO SEE A MAGNIFIED AT
SPORTING EVENTS. AND, UH, I KNOW
I'VE HEARD YEAH, COACH IS SAYING
THAT THEY DIDN'T WANT TO COACH
ANYMORE BECAUSE THEY'RE TIRED OF
DEALING WITH THE PARENTS. UM
AND, UM. SO I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE
THAT C I F HAS, UH YOU KNOW, I
DON'T KNOW IF I'M GLAD OR SAD,
YOU KNOW, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, UH,
YOU KNOW, BACK IN OUR DAY IT WAS
IT WAS EXPECTED TO BE RESPECTFUL
AND COURTEOUS TO EACH OTHER. AND
NOW IT SEEMS LIKE THOSE VALUES
ARE OR NOT BEING TAUGHT. UM
REMEMBERED BY THE PARENTS. UM.
SO UH, SEEING NO OTHER QUESTIONS
. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I WOULD
LIKE TO OPEN IT UP FOR PUBLIC
COMMENT. UM EACH MEMBER OF THE
PUBLIC MAY SPEAK FOR UP TO ONE
MINUTE DURING PUBLIC COMMENT. UH
IS THERE ANYONE INTERESTED IN
AND MAKING ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS?
SEEING GOING ONCE GOING TWICE,
SAYING NONE. THANK YOU VERY
MUCH. EVERYONE FOR THIS HEARING
, AND I'D LIKE TO ADJOURN THE
HEARING. THANK YOU.