UPDATE: New Requirements to Youth Sports Programs Offered by Statutory Municipalities
In June 2024, we published an article to the CIRSA Blog alerting statutory municipalities offering youth athletic programs to the requirements of Senate Bill 24-113, which took effect on August 6, 2024 (the “Act”). As one of the Act’s requirements, statutory municipalities must adopt a prohibited conduct policy and code of conduct relating to their youth athletic programs and require their coaches to follow it. To fulfill the requirement, organizations may either draft and adopt their own policies or adopt the model code made available by the Colorado Department of Child Services (CDEC). The CIRSA Blog article has been updated in view of the CDEC’s recent adoption of the Safer Youth Sports: Model Code of Conduct, to include a link to the Model Code and information concerning its use.
New Requirements to Youth Sports Programs Offered by Statutory Municipalities
If you’re a statutory city or town that offers organized youth sports programs or athletic activities, you will want to take immediate steps to become familiar with the requirements of Senate Bill 24-113. The Bill, which takes effect August 6, 2024, sets in place new requirements for “local government” sponsored youth athletic activities. By its definition of “local government,” the Bill does not apply to home-rule municipalities. Instead, it applies only to statutory cities and towns offering youth athletic activities and requires establishing a prohibited conduct policy for paid and volunteer coaches and conducting background checks on paid coaches.
