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(9) "Official team activities" means all games, practices, exhibitions, scrimmages, team appearances, team photograph sessions, sports camps sponsored by the institution of higher education and other team- organized activities, including, but not limited to, individual HB6402photographsessions, /newsmediainterviews Fileandother No.relatedactivities as specified by the institution of higher education;

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(c)Public EachAct institutionNo. of higher education shall adopt one or more policies regarding student athlete endorsement contracts and employment activities.

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6402 (c) Each institution of higher education shall adopt one or more policies regarding student athlete endorsement contracts and employment activities.

(4) prohibiting a student athlete's performance of HB6402the /endorsement Filecontract No.or employment activity from interfering with any official team activities or academic obligations;

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(6) prohibit a student athlete from engaging inPublic anAct employmentNo. activity that entails coaching or performing a sport, provided such activity is not related to any intercollegiate athletic program;

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(e) No athletic association or conference, including, but not limited to, the NCAA, on the basis of a student athlete's endorsement contract, employment activity or representation by an attorney or sports agent pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, shall (1) prohibit or prevent an institution of higher education or its intercollegiate athletic program from participating in intercollegiate sports, (2) restrict or revoke a student athlete's eligibility to participate in an intercollegiate athletic program, (3) prohibit or prevent a student athlete from earning compensation from such endorsement contract or employment activity, or (4)prohibit orprevent astudenta student athletefromrepresentationby aduly licensed attorney or sports agent.

HB6402(f) /(1) FileNo No.institution of higher education, on the basis of a student athlete's endorsement contract, employment activity or representation by an attorney or sports agent pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, shall (A) prohibit or prevent such student athlete from earning compensation from such endorsement contract or employment activity, (B) prohibit or prevent such student athlete from representation by a duly licensed attorney or sports agent, or (C) restrict or revoke such student athlete's eligibility for a scholarship or to participate in the intercollegiate athletic program at such institution.

777(2) HB6402Notwithstanding Filesection 1-210 of the general statutes with respect to public institutions of higher education, no institution of higher education shall disclose any record of the compensation received by a student athlete from an endorsement contract or employment activity entered into or engaged in pursuant to subsection (b) of this section unless the institution receives the written consent of the student athlete Public Act No.

77721-132 (f)12 (1) No institution of higher13 education,House onBill theNo. basis of a student athlete's endorsement contract, employment activity or representation by an attorney or sports agent pursuant to subsection (b) of this section, shall (A) prohibit or prevent such student athlete from earning compensation from such endorsement contract or employment activity, (B) prohibit or prevent such student athlete from representation by a duly licensed attorney or sports agent, or (C) restrict or revoke such student athlete's eligibility for a scholarship or to participate in the intercollegiate athletic program at such institution.

(2)6402 Notwithstanding section 1-210 of the general statutes with respect to public institutions of higher education, no institution of higher education shall disclose any record of the compensation received by a student athlete from an endorsement contract or employment activity entered into or engaged in pursuant to subsection (b) of this section unless the institution receives the written consent of the student athlete for each disclosure.

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777 The following Fiscal Impact Statement and Bill Analysis are prepared for the benefit of the members of the General Assembly, solely for purposes of information, summarization and explanation and do not represent the intent of the General Assembly or either chamber thereof for any purpose.

In general, fiscal impacts are based upon a variety of informational sources, including the analyst’s professional knowledge.

Whenever applicable, agency data is consulted as part of the analysis, however final products do not necessarily reflect an assessment from any specific department.

OFA Fiscal Note State Impact:

Agency Affected Fund-Effect FY 22 $ FY 23 $ Board of Regents for Higher Various - 95,000 to 95,000 to Education Revenue Loss 140,000 140,000 Note:

Various=Various Municipal Impact:

None Explanation The bill, which makes various changes regarding higher education, results in an annual revenue loss to the Board of Regents' Charter Oak State College, totaling approximately $95,000 to $140,000 annually beginning in FY 22, associated with prohibiting any constituent unit institution from charging a graduation fee.

The other components of the bill are not anticipated to result in a fiscal impact to the state or municipalities.

The graduation fee prohibition in Sections 9-12 affects only Charter Oak State College within the Board of Regents as the other units do not charge a graduation fee.

The annual revenue loss to the Board of Regents is estimated to be $95,000 to $140,000 based on Charter Oak's recentnumbersofstudentswhohave beenchargedthefee, agraduation fee of $225 in FY 22 (unchanged in recent years), and enrollment levels.

Since Charter Oak enrollment has been volatile, the estimate reflects a range of 429 to 619 students paying the graduation fee, which is ten percent lower and higher than recent numbers of students who have paid the fee.

The elimination of the Charter Oak graduation fee results in HB6402 / File No.

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House "A" eliminates the original bill and its associated fiscal impact, and results in the impact described above.

The Out Years The annualized ongoing fiscal impact identified above would continue into the future subject to changes in the number of students pursuing graduation at Charter Oak State College.

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777 OLR Bill Analysis HB 6402 (as amended by House "A")* AN ACT CONCERNING HIGHER EDUCATION.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

SUMMARY § 1 — COLLEGE CREDIT FOR MILITARY TRAINING Requires each higher education institution’s governing body to review and update its policies on awarding college credit for a student’s military training, coursework, and education § 2 — PRISON EDUCATION PROGRAM OFFICE TASK FORCE Establishes a 16-member task force to study the possible establishment of a Postsecondary Prison Education Program Office § 3 — CAMPUS MENTAL HEALTH COALITIONS Requires certain higher education institutions, by January 1, 2022, to establish a mental health coalition to assess the presence of mental health services and programs §§ 4-6 — EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND PROGRAMS Requires the OHE executive director and DMHAS commissioner, in consultation with an epidemiologist or other student mental health specialist, to jointly offer training workshops for assessment best practices in order for each higher education institution to evaluate the effectiveness of mental health services and programs offered at each of its campuses;

requires certain institutions to maintain a memorandum of understanding with at least one community-based mental health care provider;

requires each institution’s governing board to adopt, and update as necessary, a student mental health policy by January 1, 2021 § 7 — GRANT WRITER FOR MENTAL HEALTH FUNDING Requires BOR to employ a grant writer to apply for grant funding to improve mental health services at community-technical colleges § 8 — STUDY OF HEALTH INSURANCE BENEFITS FOR PART-TIME CONNECTICUT STATE SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION EMPLOYEES AND RRETIREES Requires the state comptroller, in consultation with BOR and UConn BOT, to study and develop a plan to extend eligibility for participating in the state's medical group plan to certain part-time, professional employees and retirees HB6402 / File No.

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777 §§ 9-12 — PROHIBITION OF THE CHARGING OF GRADUATION FEES AT PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS Prohibits assessing or charging a graduation fee to students enrolled in a regional community-technical college, the CSUS, Charter Oak State College, or UConn § 13 — OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE COUNCIL REPORTING DEADLINE Delays the Connecticut OER Coordinating Council's first annual reporting deadline;

exempts unexpended funds appropriated to the OER Coordinating Council from lapsing at the end of the fiscal year § 14 — STUDENT ATHLETE COMPENSATION Allows student athletes to earn compensation through an endorsement contract or employment in an activity unrelated to any intercollegiate athletic program BACKGROUND SUMMARY This bill makes numerous changes to higher education laws, as described below.

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Varies, see below.

*House Amendment "A" replaces the underlying bill, which required the Office of Higher Education to study higher education issues in the state and report to the legislature.

§ 1 — COLLEGE CREDIT FOR MILITARY TRAINING Requires each higher education institution’s governing body to review and update its policies on awarding college credit for a student’s military training, coursework, and education The bill requires, by July 1, 2022, and every five years thereafter, each higher education institution’s governing body to review and update its policies on awarding college credit for a student’s military training, coursework, and education.

By law, the Board of Regents for Higher Education (BOR) and the UConn Board of Trustees (BOT), in consultation with higher education institutions in the state, were required to develop and adopt guidelines on awarding college credit for astudent’s military training, coursework, and education.

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July 1, 2021 § 2 — PRISON EDUCATION PROGRAM OFFICE TASK FORCE Establishes a 16-member task force to study the possible establishment of a Postsecondary Prison Education Program Office The bill establishes a 16-member task force to study the costs and benefits of establishing a Postsecondary Prison Education Program Office within the Department of Correction (DOC).

Scope Under the bill, the task force study must examine at least the following topics:

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any existing office dedicated to postsecondary prison education in Connecticut and its responsibilities, if this type of office exists;

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the process and standards for approving education programs at correctional facilities;

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the ability for virtual education programs at correctional facilities;

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DOC’s administrative process for students who submit education program complaints;

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DOC’s process and standards for approving curriculum and course materials for students in correctional facilities;

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whether DOC participates in the state’s education, workforce, and employment longitudinal data system;

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available space for providing prison education programming in correctional facilities;

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the demand for space in correctional facilities for prison education programming;

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strategies utilized by other state or county correctional agencies to increase the number of people who will have access to prison education programs using federal Pell grant awards.

Membership Under the bill, the task force must have the following 16 members:

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three each appointed by the House speaker and Senate president pro tempore;

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two each appointed by the House and Senate majority and minority leaders;

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the Office of Policy and Management’s undersecretary for criminal justice or his or her designee;

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the DOC commissioner or his designee.

The bill allows any members appointed by legislative leaders to be General Assembly members.

Additionally, it requires all appointments to be made by July 31, 2021, and any vacancy to be filled by the appointing authority.

Leadership, Staff, and Deadlines The bill requires the House speaker and Senate president pro tempore to choose the task force chairpersons from among its membership.

These chairpersons must schedule the task force’s first meeting, to be held by August 30, 2021.

The Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee’s administrative staff must serve as the task force staff.

Under the bill, the task force must report its findings and recommendations to the Higher Education and Judiciary committees by January 1, 2022.

The task force terminates on the date it submits the report or on January 1, 2022, whichever is later.

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777 § 3 — CAMPUS MENTAL HEALTH COALITIONS Requires certain higher education institutions, by January 1, 2022, to establish a mental health coalition to assess the presence of mental health services and programs Membership The bill requires each higher education institution in Connecticut, excluding Charter Oak State College or online institutions, by January 1, 2022, to establish a mental health coalition to assess the presence of mental health services and programs offered by the institution.

The assessment requirement does not apply to a school accredited by the InternationalAccreditationofCounseling Servicesor another nationally or regionally recognized accrediting body for mental health services.

Under the bill, the president of each institution must appoint individuals to the coalition that reflect their institution’s student body demographics, including, at least one member from their institution’s (1) administration;

(2) counseling services office, if any;

(3) health services office, if any;

(4) senior and mid-level staff;

(5) student body;

(6) residential life office, if any;

(7) faculty;

and (8) any other individuals the president designates, including a community provider of mental health services.

Duties The bill requires each higher education institution to ensure that coalition members are educated on the (1) mental health services and programs offered at each institution’s campus;

(2) the coalition’s role and function at the institution;

and (3) protocols and techniques to respond to student mental illness that have been developed with consideration given to the students’ race, cultural background, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, socio-economic status, or status as a veteran or service member of the U.S.

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The bill requires each mental health coalition to do the following:

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conduct an assessment of the presence of mental health services and programs offered by the institution of higher education (unless exempt from this requirement, see above);

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review the results and develop a plan to address weaknesses in the institution’s services and programs (presumably this requirement does not apply to exempt institutions);

and 3.

review and recommend improvements to (a) the variety of mental health services available to the institution’s students, including on-campus services, telehealth services, or a community-based provider arranged through an agreement;

(b) the comprehensiveness of mental health services available to students, including recommendationsfor obtaining accreditation from a nationally or regionally recognized accrediting body for mental health services;

and (c) the campus-wide policies and procedures adopted under this bill (see § 6).

The bill defines (1) mental health services as counseling, therapy, rehabilitation, crisis intervention, or emergency services for the screening,diagnosis,or treatmentofmentalillnessand(2)mentalhealth programs such as education, outreach, research or training initiatives aimed at students for the prevention of mental illness.

Examples of programs include poster and flyer campaigns, electronic communications, films, guest speakers, conferences, or other campus events.

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July 1, 2021 §§ 4-6 — EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES AND PROGRAMS Requires the OHE executive director and DMHAS commissioner, in consultation with an epidemiologist or other student mental health specialist, to jointly offer training workshops for assessment best practices in order for each higher education institution to evaluate the effectiveness of mental health services and programs offered at each of its campuses;

requires certain institutions to maintain a memorandum of understanding with at least one community-based mental health care provider;

requires each institution’s governing board to adopt, and update as necessary, a student mental health policy by January 1, 2021 Assessment Tool Development and Implementation (§ 4) The bill requires, by January 1, 2022, and every four years thereafter, the Office of Higher Education (OHE) executive director and HB6402 / File No.

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Provider Partnerships (§ 5) The bill requires, by January 1, 2022, a higher education institution that lacks campus resources for providing mental health services to students to enter into and maintain a memorandum of understanding with at least one community-based mental health care provider or, in consultation with DMHAS, with an emergency mobile psychiatric service provider to (1) provide students access to mental health services on or off campus and (2) assist institutions in developing mental health programming.

Institutional Student Mental Health Policy (§ 6) The bill requires each higher education institution’s governing board to adopt, and update as necessary, a student mental health policy by January 1, 2021.

The policy must include (1) the mental health services and programming provided to students each academic year, (2) the availability of, and eligibility requirements for, student mental health leave, and (3) the resources available for crisis response, imminent danger, and psychiatric hospitalization.

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July 1, 2021 § 7 — GRANT WRITER FOR MENTAL HEALTH FUNDING Requires BOR to employ a grant writer to apply for grant funding to improve mental health services at community-technical colleges The bill also requires, by January 1, 2022, the Board of Regents for Higher Education to employ a grant writer to identify and apply for available grant funding to implement or improve mental health services and programs offered by the regional community-technical colleges to address student mental illness.

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July 1, 2021 § 8 — STUDY OF HEALTH INSURANCE BENEFITS FOR PART-TIME CONNECTICUT STATE SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION EMPLOYEES AND RRETIREES Requires the state comptroller, in consultation with BOR and UConn BOT, to study and develop a plan to extend eligibility for participating in the state's medical group plan to certain part-time, professional employees and retirees This billrequiresthe state comptroller,inconsultationwiththeBoard of Regents (BOR) and UConn Board of Trustees (BOT) to study and develop a plan to extend eligibility for participation in the state’s group medical insurance plan to:

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part-time, professional state system of higher education employees who have taught at least 90 credit hours in the aggregate at any university in the system and 2.

retired, part-time professional employees who have taught not less than 180 credit hours in aggregate within the system, regardless of whether the hours were completed at the rate of nine credits a semester.

The study must (1) determine the feasibility and cost of including such employees and retirees and (2) address a method for payment of the employer's portion of the premium that does not require the employee to wait to be reimbursed until the end of the semester.

By January 1, 2022, the comptroller must report on the study to the Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee.

By law, any part-time, professional employee of the state’s public higher education system may choose to participate in the state’s group medical insurance plan.

Employees who participate must pay the premiumsfor thecoverage planthey select.In practice, these employees must meet a 20 hour per week employment threshold as established in the state comptroller’s issued guidance in order to be eligible to participate.

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Upon passage §§ 9-12 — PROHIBITION OF THE CHARGING OF GRADUATION FEES AT PUBLIC HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS Prohibits assessing or charging a graduation fee to students enrolled in a regional community-technical college, the CSUS, Charter Oak State College, or UConn This bill prohibits BOR from assessing or charging a graduation fee to students enrolled in (1) a regional community-technical college, (2) the CSUS, or (3) Charter Oak State College.

The bill extends the same prohibition to the UConn Board of Trustees for UConn students’ graduation fees.

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July 1, 2021 § 13 — OPEN EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE COUNCIL REPORTING DEADLINE Delays the Connecticut OER Coordinating Council's first annual reporting deadline;

exempts unexpended funds appropriated to the OER Coordinating Council from lapsing at the end of the fiscal year This bill delays the Connecticut Open Educational Resource (OER) Coordinating Council's first annual reporting deadline from January 1, 2021, to February 1, 2022.

It also exempts unexpended funds appropriated to the OER Coordinating Council from lapsing at the end of the fiscal year.

By law, the Connecticut OER Coordinating Council is required to establish an OER program to lower the cost of textbooks and course materials for high-impact courses at state higher education institutions.

"High-impact" courses are instruction courses for which OERs would make a significant positive financial impact on the students taking the course due to the number of students taking the course or the market value of the course's required printed textbook or other resources.

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July 1, 2021 § 14 — STUDENT ATHLETE COMPENSATION Allows student athletes to earn compensation through an endorsement contract or employment in an activity unrelated to any intercollegiate athletic program HB6402 / File No.

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Under the bill, if an institution adopts or updates its policy before September 1, 2021, then the above authorizations apply on the date of policy adoption.

Under the bill, a "student athlete" is a student enrolled at a higher education institution participating in a sports program at the collegiate level for which eligibility participation requirements are established by a nationalassociationfor thepromotionor regulationofcollege athletics (i.e., an intercollegiate athletic program).

A "sports agent" is a duly licensed person who negotiates or solicits a contract on behalf of a student athlete in accordance with the federal Sports Agent Responsibility and Trust Act.

An "endorsement contract" is a written agreement under which a student athlete is employed or receives compensation for the use by another party of the student athlete's person, name, image, or likeness in the promotion of any product, service, or event.

“Compensation” includes the direct or indirect receipt of cryptocurrency, money, goods, services, other items of value, in-kind contributions, and other forms of payment or remuneration.

Institutional Policy on Endorsement Contracts and Employment Activities Under the bill, each higher education institution must adopt at least one policy on student athlete endorsement contracts and employment activities.

The policy must:

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require student athletes to disclose and submit a copy of each executed endorsement contract, written employment agreement, HB6402 / File No.

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prohibit a student athlete from entering into an agreement that conflicts with the provisions of an agreement to which the institution is a party, provided the institution must disclose the conflicting provisions to the student athlete or his or her attorney and sports agent;

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prohibit a student athlete from using or consenting to the use of any institutional marks (i.e., a higher education institution’s name, logo, trademarks, mascot, unique colors, copyrights, and other defining insignia) while performing the endorsement contract or employment activity;

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prohibit a student athlete's performance of the endorsement contract or employment activity from interfering with any academic obligations or official team activities (i.e., all games, practices, exhibitions, scrimmages, team appearances, team photograph sessions, sports camps sponsored by the higher education institution, and other team-organized activities, including individual photograph sessions, news media interviews, and other related activities as specified by the institution);

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identify any prohibited endorsements (i.e., the use of the student athlete's person, name, image, or likeness in association with any product, category of companies, brands, or types of endorsement contracts).

The bill also requires, by September 1, 2021, each higher education institution's governing board to adopt or update its policies to carry out the bill’s student athlete provisions.

Compensation Exclusions The bill specifies that it does not require a higher education institution or an athletic association or conference, including the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), to compensate a HB6402 / File No.

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The bill also specifies that an institution or athletic association is not due compensation from a student athlete or other person in situations where a student athlete's endorsement contract or employment activity does not comply withthe bill’s requirements, including the requirement that student athletes comply with their institution’s endorsement contracts and employment activities policy.

Institution’s Responsibilities and Student Rights The bill specifies that it does not:

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qualify a student athlete's scholarship from a higher education institution as compensation or deem a student athlete an institution’s employee;

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require an institution to take any action that would violate the federal Discrimination Based on Sex and Blindness Act;

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prohibit a student athlete from engaging in an employment activity that entails coaching or performing a sport, if it is unrelated to an intercollegiate athletic program;

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prohibit an institution of higher education from using a student athlete'sname, image, or likenessinconnectionwithofficialteam activities.

Prohibitions on Institutions and Athletic Associations and Conferences Institutions and athletic associations or conferences are prohibited from doing the following, based on a student athlete's endorsement contract, employment activity, or attorney or sports agent representation:

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prohibiting or preventing the student from being represented by an attorney or sports agent.

Additionally, the bill prohibits athletic associations and conferences, on the basis of a student’s contract, activity, or representation, from preventing an institution from participating in intercollegiate sports.

And institutions are prohibited, on the basis of such a contract, activity, or representation, from restricting or revoking a student athlete's eligibility for a scholarship.

Under the bill, if a student’s contract, activity, or representation does not comply with the bill’s requirements, an institution or an athletic associationorconferenceisnotprohibitedfrom(1)prohibitingastudent athlete's participation in an intercollegiate athletic program, (2) revoking his or her eligibility for a scholarship, or (3) taking any other punitive or legal action.

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Disclosure Exemption The bill notwithstands FOIA and prohibits higher education institutions from disclosing any record of the compensation a student athlete receives from an endorsement contract or employment activity, unless the institution receives the athlete's written consent.

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July 1, 2021 BACKGROUND Related Bills HB 5468 (File 333), favorably reported by the Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee, contains the same provisions on college credits awarded for military training as § 1 of the bill.

HB 6228 (File 92), favorably reported by the Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee, contains the same provisions on establishing a prison education program office as § 2 of the bill.

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HB 6231 (File 300), favorably reported by the Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee, contains similar provisions on health insurance for part-time CSUS faculty as § 8 of the bill.

HB 5109 (File 253), favorably reported by the Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee, contains very similar provisions on the prohibition of the charging of graduation fees at public higher education institutions as §§ 9-12 of the bill.

HB 6405 (File 86);

favorably reported by the Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee, contains the same provisions on the extension of the OER Coordinating Council's first annual reporting deadline as § 13 of the bill.

sHB 6228 (File 92), favorably reported by the Higher Education and Employment Advancement and Judiciary committees, establishes a postsecondary prison education program office within DOC.

COMMITTEE ACTION Higher Education and Employment Advancement Committee Joint Favorable Yea 19 Nay 3 (03/22/2021) HB6402 / File No.

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