The Governing Board desires to employ highly qualified coaches for the district's sports and interscholastic athletic programs in order to enhance the knowledge, skills, motivation, and safety of student athletes.
(cf. 6142.7 - Physical Education and Activity)
(cf. 6145.2 - Athletic Competition)
The Superintendent or designee may employ a certificated or noncertificated employee, other than a substitute employee, to supervise or instruct interscholastic athletic activities as a temporary employee in a limited assignment capacity. (5 CCR 5590)
(cf. 4121 - Temporary/Substitute Personnel)
When hiring a person to fill a position as a temporary athletic team coach, the position shall first be made available to qualified certificated teachers currently employed by the district. (Education Code 44919)
All coaches shall be subject to Board policies, administrative regulations, and California Interscholastic Federation bylaws and codes of ethical conduct.
(cf. 4118 - Suspension/Disciplinary Action)
(cf. 4218 - Dismissal/Suspension/Disciplinary Action)
(cf. 5131.1 - Bus Conduct)
(cf. 5131.63 - Steroids)
Noncertificated coaches have no authority to give grades to students. (5 CCR 5591)
(cf. 5121 - Grades/Evaluation of Student Achievement)
Qualifications
The Superintendent or designee shall establish qualification criteria for all athletic coaches in accordance with law and district standards. These criteria shall ensure that coaches possess an appropriate level of competence, knowledge, and skill.
Any noncertificated employee or volunteer who works with students in a district-sponsored interscholastic athletic program shall, prior to beginning his/her duties, obtain a Department of Justice and Federal Bureau of Investigation criminal background check through the district. (Education Code 49024)
An individual who possesses a current Activity Supervisor Clearance Certificate from the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, issued prior to July 9, 2010, shall have satisfied district requirements for the criminal background check. (Education Code 49024)
(cf. 1240 - Volunteer Assistance)
(cf. 4112.5/4312.5 - Criminal Record Check)
(cf. 4112.62/4212.62/4312.62 - Maintenance of Criminal Offender Records)
(cf. 4212.5 - Criminal Record Check)
Legal Reference:
EDUCATION CODE
35179-35179.7 Interscholastic athletics
44010 Sex offense
44011 Controlled substance offense
44332-44332.5 Temporary certificates
44424 Conviction of a crime
44808 Liability when students are not on school property
44919 Classification of temporary employees
45125.01 Interagency agreements for criminal record information
45347 Instructional aides subject to requirements for classified staff
45349 Use of volunteers to supervise or instruct students
49024 Activity Supervisor Clearance Certificate
49030-49034 Performance-enhancing substances
49406 Examination for tuberculosis
CODE OF REGULATIONS, TITLE 5
5531 Supervision of extracurricular activities
5590-5596 Duties of temporary athletic team coaches
COURT DECISIONS
CTA v. Rialto Unified School District, (1997) 14 Cal. 4th 627
San Jose Teachers Association, CTA, NEA v. Barozzi, (1991) 230 Cal.App.3d 1376
Management Resources:
CSBA PUBLICATIONS
Steroids and Students: What Boards Need to Know, Policy Brief, July 2005
A School Board Member's Guide to CIF and Interscholastic Sports, 1997
CALIFORNIA INTERSCHOLASTIC FEDERATION PUBLICATIONS
Pursuing Victory with Honor, 1999
California Interscholastic Federation Constitution and Bylaws
COMMISSION ON TEACHER CREDENTIALING CODED CORRESPONDENCE
10-11 Information on Assembly Bill 346 Concerning the Activity Supervisor Clearance Certificate (ASCC), July 20, 2010
WEB SITES
CSBA: http://ww.csba.org
California Athletic Trainers' Association: http://www.ca-at.org
California Department of Education: http://www.cde.ca.gov
California Interscholastic Federation: http://www.cifstate.org
Commission on Teacher Credentialing: http://www.ctc.ca.gov
National Athletic Trainers' Association: http://www.nata.org
Policy FRANKLIN-MCKINLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT
adopted: October 26, 2010 San Jose, California