To allow intercollegiate student athletes within the Florida College System (FCS) to earn compensation for the use of their name, image or likeness. The 24 FCS institutions that currently offer intercollegiate athletic programs ....

 

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

State Board of Education

RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:

6A-14.0582Florida College System Intercollegiate Student-Athlete Compensation and Rights

PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To allow intercollegiate student athletes within the Florida College System (FCS) to earn compensation for the use of their name, image or likeness. The 24 FCS institutions that currently offer intercollegiate athletic programs are members of the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA). Student athletes under the NJCAA are considered amateur athletes. NJCAA Bylaw Article V, Section 4 prohibits amateur athletes from earning compensation based on athletic skill or participation. In 2020, Senate Bill 646 created section 1006.74, F.S., which grants FCS intercollegiate athletes the ability to earn compensation for the use of their name, image or likeness. The effect is clarifying the roles and responsibilities of intercollegiate student athletes and FCS institutions as it relates to compensation, specifying the requirements of financial literacy and life skills workshops.

SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Section 1006.74, F.S., outlines the requirements related to intercollegiate student athlete compensation for Florida postsecondary students. This new rule specifies the requirements for Florida College System student athletes and institutions.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY: 1001.02(2)(n), 1006.74(3), F.S.

LAW IMPLEMENTED: 1006.74, F.S.

A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:

DATE AND TIME: April 20, 2021, 10:00 a.m.

PLACE: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/4418905760153224463.

THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Shanna Autry, Ed.D., Director of Student Affairs, Division of Florida Colleges, [e-mail] or [phone]. To comment on this rule development workshop, please go to https://web02.fldoe.org/rules or contact: Chris Emerson, Director, Office of Executive Management, Department of Education, [phone] or email [e-mail].

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS: Available at  https://web02.fldoe.org/rules.