CHAPTER 15. Student Athletes [67360. - 67365.]

Cal. Education Code - EDC 15.

in effect

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 67360. Section 67360.

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), no person shall give, offer, promise, or attempt to give any money or other thing of value to any particular student athlete or member of the immediate family of the student athlete for either of the following purposes: (1) To induce, encourage, or reward the student athlete’s application, enrollment, or attendance, at a public or private institution of postsecondary education in order to have the athlete participate in intercollegiate sporting events, contests, exhibitions, or programs at that institution. (2) To induce, encourage, or reward the student athlete’s participation in an intercollegiate sporting event, contest, exhibition, or program. No person shall aid and abet any act described in this subdivision. (b) This section does not apply to any public or private institution of postsecondary education or to any officer or employee of that institution when the institution, officer, or employee is acting in accordance with an official written policy of that institution which is in compliance with the bylaws of the National Collegiate Athletic Association; or to any intercollegiate athletic awards approved or administered by the student athlete’s institution; or to any other student of that institution; or to any member of the immediate family of the student athlete. (c) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Immediate family” means the student athlete’s spouse, child, parent, stepparent, grandparent, grandchild, brother, sister, parent-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, nephew, niece, aunt, uncle, or first cousin, or the spouse of any of those persons, or guardian of any of those persons. (2) “Student athlete” means a student at a public or private institution of postsecondary education who engages in, is eligible to engage, or may be eligible to engage, in, any intercollegiate sporting event, contest, exhibition, or program, or an individual who has applied, is eligible to apply, or may be eligible to apply in the future to a public or private institution of postsecondary education. (d) Except as provided in subdivision (b), any person who engages in conduct knowing or having reason to know that such conduct is in violation of subdivision (a) shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or three times the amount given, offered, or promised to the student athlete or immediate family member of the athlete, whichever is greater. The district attorney of any county in which a violation occurs shall enforce this chapter.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 67361. Section 67361.

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), no student athlete or member of his or her immediate family, as defined by subdivision (c) of Section 67360, shall solicit or accept any money or other thing of value as an inducement, encouragement, or reward, the giving of which is in violation of subdivision (a) of Section 67360. No person shall aid and abet any act described in this subdivision. (b) This section does not apply to any student athlete who receives any money or other thing of value from a public or private institution or officers or employees of that institution, offered in accordance with an official written policy of that institution, which is in compliance with the bylaws of the National Collegiate Athletic Association; or from any other student of that institution; or from any member of the immediate family of the student athlete; nor shall this section apply to any student athlete who receives any intercollegiate athletic award approved or administered by that institution. (c) Except as provided in subdivision (b), any person who engages in conduct knowing or having reason to know that such conduct is in violation of subdivision (a) shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) or an amount equal to the amount accepted by the student athlete or immediate family member, whichever is greater. The district attorney of any county in which a violation occurs shall enforce this chapter.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 67362. Section 67362.

(a) Notwithstanding Section 78223 or any other provision of law, no student athlete enrolled at any campus of the University of California, the California State University, or the California Community Colleges may participate as a member of any intercollegiate athletic team, or as a participant in any intercollegiate athletic event, except in a manner available to the general public, if he or she, at any time after his or her enrollment as a college or university student, is prosecuted as an adult and is convicted of a violation of Section 187, 209, 210, 211, 220, 243.8, 245, 261, 262, 264.1, 286, 287, 288, 288.5, 289, or 459 of, or former Section 288a of, or is convicted of attempted murder pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 664 of, the Penal Code. (b) An institution to which this section applies may rely upon the declaration of a student athlete to determine his or her eligibility for participation in intercollegiate athletics with respect to the requirements of this section. Any declaration obtained from a student athlete pursuant to this subdivision shall contain a notice advising the student that he or she may be subject to disciplinary action, including, but not limited to, suspension, dismissal, or expulsion, if the student knowingly provides false information in the declaration. An institution to which this section applies may, at the discretion of its appropriate administrators, seek independent confirmation of the truth of any and all of the statements of a student athlete taken pursuant to this subdivision. (c) A student convicted of a violation of any of the Penal Code sections listed in subdivision (a) is eligible to participate as a member of an intercollegiate athletic team after he or she successfully completes the entire term of his or her probation or successfully completes his or her assigned prison term and parole period, if any. (d) A student who knowingly provides a false declaration pursuant to subdivision (b) may be subject to disciplinary action under Section 66017 of the Education Code.

Cal. Education Code - EDC § 67365. Section 67365.

(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: (1) “Athletic program” means any intercollegiate athletic program from a California postsecondary educational institution that solicits student athletes to apply, enroll, or attend the postsecondary educational institution in order to have the student athlete participate in intercollegiate sporting events, contests, exhibitions, or programs at that institution. (2) “Student athlete” means an individual who attends an elementary, junior high, high school, or postsecondary educational institution, and who participates in any interscholastic athletic program in California, including an individual who receives scholarship funds for his or her athletic participation and an individual who does not receive scholarship funds for his or her athletic participation. (b) Commencing January 1, 2012, a California postsecondary educational institution that offers athletic scholarships to student athletes shall provide all of the following information on its Internet Web site: (1) All of the following athletic scholarship information: (A) The most recent cost of attendance expenses as published by the postsecondary educational institution’s financial aid offices for the academic year and for the summer year. (B) The sum of expenses identified in subparagraph (A) that are prohibited from inclusion in a full grant-in-aid athletic scholarship pursuant to the National Collegiate Athletic Association’s (NCAA) rules and regulations. (C) The policy of the postsecondary educational institution’s athletic program as to whether student athletes will receive athletic scholarships for summer school, and, if so, whether these scholarships are proportional to athletic scholarships received during the regular academic school year. (D) The average monthly full grant-in-aid athletic scholarship payment received by student athletes who live on-campus and off-campus, respectively, during the regular academic year and summer school session. (E) The following information relating to NCAA scholarship rules: “Pursuant to NCAA rules, a verbal commitment is not binding on either the student athlete or the institution. The National Letter of Intent is a binding agreement between a prospective student athlete and an institution in which the institution agrees to provide a prospective student athlete who is admitted to the institution and is eligible for financial aid under NCAA rules athletics aid for one academic year in exchange for the prospective student athlete’s agreement to attend the institution for one academic year. The National Letter of Intent must be accompanied by an institutional financial aid agreement. If the prospective student athlete signs the National Letter of Intent but does not enroll at that institution for a full academic year, he or she may be subject to specific penalties, including loss of a season of eligibility and a mandatory residence requirement.” (2) All of the following athletic scholarship renewal information: (A) The NCAA’s policy on scholarship duration. (B) The policy of the postsecondary educational institution’s athletic program concerning the renewal or nonrenewal of an athletic scholarship, including circumstances in which a student athlete in good standing suffers a temporary or permanent sports-related injury, there is a coaching change, or a student athlete’s athletic performance is deemed to be below expectations. (3) All of the following athletically related medical expenses information: (A) The NCAA’s policy on whether athletic programs are mandated to pay for athletically related medical expenses. (B) The policy of the postsecondary educational institution’s athletic program on whether it will pay for student athletes’ athletically related medical expenses, including deductibles, copayments, coinsurance, and whether the program will pay for athletically related medical expenses that exceed any maximum insurance coverage limits. (C) The policy of the institution’s athletic program concerning who is required to pay for any required athletically related insurance premiums for student athletes who do not have such insurance. (D) The duration of time the postsecondary educational institution’s athletic program continues to pay for athletically related medical expenses after a student athlete’s athletic eligibility expires. (E) Whether or not an athletic program’s medical policy covers expenses associated with attaining a second medical opinion for an athletically related injury from a medical physician who is not associated with the athletic program, and whether the athletic program provides coverage for services received from such a physician. (4) All of the following athletic release information: (A) The NCAA policy on whether an athletic program may refuse to grant an athletic release to a student athlete who wishes to transfer to another postsecondary educational institution. (B) The policy of the postsecondary educational institution’s athletic program concerning whether it may use any power to refuse to grant an athletic release for a student athlete who wishes to transfer to another postsecondary educational institution. (c) Commencing January 1, 2012, a California postsecondary educational institution that provides, by any delivery method, written material regarding its athletic program to a student athlete shall include a direct link to the institution’s Internet Web site, where the student athlete shall be able to access all of the information regarding the institution’s athletic scholarship program as described in subdivision (b).

Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026