California § 35179.5
Full text of California Public Contract Code - PCC § 35179.5, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 35179.5.
(a) (1) If a school district, charter school, or private school elects to offer an athletic program, it shall comply with all of the following: (A) A high school or middle school football team shall not conduct more than two full-contact practices per week during the preseason and regular season. (B) The full-contact portion of a practice shall not exceed 90 minutes in any single day. (C) A high school or middle school football team shall not hold a full-contact practice during the off-season. (2) For purposes of this section, a team camp session shall be deemed to be a practice. (b) The California Interscholastic Federation is urged to develop and adopt rules to implement this section. (c) As used in this section: (1) âFull-contact practiceâ means a practice where drills or live action is conducted that involves collisions at game speed, where players execute tackles and other activity that is typical of an actual tackle football game. (2) âOff-seasonâ means a period extending from the end of the regular season until 30 days before the commencement of the next regular season. (3) âPreseasonâ means a period of 30 days before the commencement of the regular season. (4) âRegular seasonâ means the period from the first interscholastic football game or scrimmage until the completion of the final interscholastic football game of that season. (d) This section shall not prohibit the California Interscholastic Federation, an interscholastic athletic league, a school, a school district, or any other appropriate entity from adopting and enforcing rules intended to provide a higher standard of safety for athletes than the standard established under this section.
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Section 35179.5 is part of the Public Contract Code - PCC, the codified statutory law of California. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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