Relating to noncontact periods for students, coaches, directors, and teachers in extracurricular interscholastic athletic contests and competitions

Extracurricular interscholastic athletic contests or competitions include athletics, dance or cheerleading, band, show choir, and theater. All high school students, including incoming ninth grade students, shall be subject to a noncontact period and shall not have contact, on or off school premises, with coaches, directors, or teachers, or use school facilities for extracurricular and interscholastic athletics during a noncontact period. The bill requires the summer noncontact period to consist of a continuous 10-day period occurring during the summer. The fall noncontact period must consist of a continuous seven-day period occurring in November. The winter noncontact period must consist of a continuous period occurring between December and January 1. The spring noncontact period must consist of a continuous seven-day period occurring during the spring break period. The bill requires organizations that operate nonschool-sponsored extracurricular interscholastic athletic contests or competitions in the state to observe the noncontact periods in the bill.