Section 67452 Of Chapter 2. General Provisions From California Education Code >> Division 5. >> Title 3. >> Part 40.3. >> Chapter 2.
67452
. Commencing with the 2013-14 academic year, an athletic
program shall comply with all of the following:
(a) (1) If an athletic program does not renew an athletic
scholarship of a student athlete who suffers an incapacitating injury
or illness resulting from his or her participation in the athletic
program, and the institution of higher education's medical staff
determines that he or she is medically ineligible to participate in
intercollegiate athletics, the institution of higher education shall
provide an equivalent scholarship that, combined with the total
duration of any previous athletic scholarship or scholarships
received by the student athlete, will be provided for a total of up
to five academic years or until the student athlete completes his or
her undergraduate degree, whichever period is shorter. Additional
years may be provided at the discretion of the institution of higher
education.
(2) If a student athlete takes a temporary leave of absence from
an institution of higher education, the duration of that leave of
absence shall not count against the five-year limit on eligibility
for an equivalent scholarship imposed by paragraph (1).
(3) An athletic program shall provide an equivalent scholarship to
a student athlete who was on an athletic scholarship and is in good
standing, but has exhausted his or her athletic eligibility, for up
to one year or until the student athlete completes his or her primary
undergraduate degree, whichever is shorter, except that an athletic
program with a graduation success rate that is above 60 percent,
disaggregated by team, shall not be subject to the requirements of
this paragraph.
(4) A student athlete whose athletic scholarship is not renewed
for cause by an athletic program shall receive no benefits under this
part, but may appeal this decision within the institution of higher
education attended by the student or within the athletic conference
or association of which that institution of higher education is a
member, as appropriate.
(b) Each athletic program shall conduct a financial and life
skills workshop for all of its first-year and third-year student
athletes at the beginning of the academic year. This workshop shall
include, but not be limited to, information concerning financial aid,
debt management, and a recommended budget for full- and
partial-scholarship student athletes living on or off campus during
the academic year and the summer term based on the current academic
year's cost of attendance. The workshop shall also include
information on time management skills necessary for success as a
student athlete, and academic resources available on campus.
(c) An institution of higher education shall grant a student
athlete the same rights as other students with regard to any and all
matters related to possible adverse or disciplinary actions,
including, but not necessarily limited to, actions involving
athletically related financial aid.
(d) An athletic program shall respond within seven business days
with an answer to a student athlete's written request to transfer to
another institution of higher education.
(e) An institution of higher education that receives, as an
average, less than ten million dollars ($10,000,000) in annual income
derived from media rights for intercollegiate athletics shall not be
subject to the requirements of this section.
(f) An institution of higher education to which this section
applies shall rely exclusively on revenue derived from media rights
for intercollegiate athletics to defray any costs accrued under this
section.