Section 67450 Of Chapter 1. Preamble From California Education Code >> Division 5. >> Title 3. >> Part 40.3. >> Chapter 1.
67450
. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a) Meeting the educational needs of student athletes should be a
priority for intercollegiate athletic programs.
(b) California's institutions of higher education that participate
in Division I and Division II intercollegiate athletics collectively
generate millions of dollars annually in media contracts, and this
revenue would not exist without the efforts of student athletes.
(c) Student athletes generate large revenues for many athletic
programs, spend approximately 40 hours per week participating in
their respective sports, and suffer current and historically low
graduation rates.
(d) Providing adequate health and safety protection for student
athletes can help prevent serious injury and death.
(e) Current and former student athletes can be left to pay for
medical expenses incurred from injuries suffered while participating
in intercollegiate athletics.
(f) Institutions of higher education should provide their student
athletes with the same due process protection afforded to students
who do not participate in athletics.
(g) Athletic programs in this state are subject to federal gender
equity requirements under Title IX of the Education Amendments of
1972 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1681 et seq.).
(h) An institution of higher education should not punish any
student athlete for transferring to another institution of higher
education.
(i) An institution of higher education should not use funds for
purposes of this part that are dedicated for the benefit of the
general student body.