California Education Code

§ 67452

EDC § 67452 Effective Jan 1, 2024Div. 5 · Title 3 · Part 40.3 · Ch. 2

Statute text

(a)Commencing with the 2013–14 academic year, an athletic program shall comply with all of the following:

(1)(A) If an athletic program does not renew an athletic scholarship of a student athlete who suffers an incapacitating injury or illness resulting from the student athlete’s participation in the athletic program, and the institution of higher education’s medical staff determines that the student 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 their undergraduate degree, whichever period is shorter. Additional years may be provided at the discretion of the institution of higher education, and additional years may be required pursuant to state law.

(B)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 subparagraph (A).

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 625, Sec. 1. (SB 661) Effective January 1, 2024.