Introduced Version






HOUSE BILL No. 1167

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DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL



Citations Affected: IC 21-38-3-13.

Synopsis: Consideration of minorities for coaching positions. Requires a state educational institution, when hiring an individual to fill the position of head coach of an intercollegiate athletic team or athletic director, to interview minority candidates for the position.

Effective: July 1, 2012.





Crawford




    January 9, 2012, read first time and referred to Committee on Education.







Introduced

Second Regular Session 117th General Assembly (2012)


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HOUSE BILL No. 1167



    A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning education.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:

SOURCE: IC 21-38-3-13; (12)IN1167.1.1. -->     SECTION 1. IC 21-38-3-13 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2012]: Sec. 13. (a) As used in this section, "minority candidate" refers to an individual identified as any of the following:
        (1) Black or African-American.
        (2) Hispanic or Latino.
        (3) Asian.
        (4) American Indian.
        (5) Alaska Native.
        (6) Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander.
    (b) After June 30, 2012, a state educational institution, when hiring an individual to fill the position of:
        (1) head coach of one (1) of the state educational institution's intercollegiate athletic teams; or
        (2) athletic director of the state educational institution;
shall interview at least one (1) qualified minority candidate unless the institution is unable to identify any qualified minority

candidate who is willing to interview for the position referred to in subdivision (1) or (2).
    (c) It is an affirmative defense to a claim of violating this section that the state educational institution, in good faith, was unable to identify any qualified minority candidate who was willing to interview for the position referred to in subsection (b)(1) or (b)(2).