Para ordenarle al Departamento de Corrección y Rehabilitación que, a través del Programa de Empresas de Adiesh·ainiento, Trabajo y Cooperativas explore la viabilidad de desarrollar una oferta de cursos en arbitraje deportivo como alternativa para el empleo o el autoempleo.

2025-2028 Session

Directs Puerto Rico DCR to study feasibility of offering sports-arbitration courses through its Training, Work and Cooperatives program as an employment path for participants.

Res. Conj. 44-2025

Summary — RCC 49 (Res. Conj. 44‑2025)

Title (Spanish): Para ordenarle al Departamento de Corrección y Rehabilitación que, a través del Programa de Empresas de Adiestramiento, Trabajo y Cooperativas explore la viabilidad de desarrollar una oferta de cursos en arbitraje deportivo como alternativa para el empleo o el autoempleo.

Status: Concurrent Resolution (Res. Conj. 44‑2025) — Introduced 03 Feb 2025. Transmitted to Governor 07 Nov 2025; enrolled 23 Oct 2025.

Purpose / Intent

The resolution directs the Puerto Rico Department of Correction and Rehabilitation (DCR), through its Program of Training, Work and Cooperatives (Programa de Empresas de Adiestramiento, Trabajo y Cooperativas), to study and explore the feasibility of developing and offering courses in sports (athletic) arbitration. The goal is to evaluate whether training in sports arbitration can serve as an alternative pathway to employment or self‑employment for program participants (e.g., incarcerated individuals, persons in reentry programs).

Key provisions

Directs the DCR (via its training/work/cooperative program) to carry out a feasibility exploration into offering courses in sports arbitration.

Focus: examine potential for these courses to provide vocational skills leading to paid employment or self‑employment in sports arbitration and related dispute‑resolution services.

The resolution is exploratory in nature — it requests/mandates an assessment rather than creating a new statutory program or appropriating funds.

(Note: the bill text provided does not specify deliverables, deadlines, required report back to the legislature, curriculum details, certification standards, or funding sources.)

Who would be affected

Primary: DCR program participants in training, work, and cooperative enterprises (including incarcerated persons and people in reentry).

Secondary: DCR staff, program administrators, potential training partners (legal/arbitration organizations, sports federations, educational institutions), and potential employers or clients in the sports sector.

Fiscal impact: not specified. Actual implementation would likely require staffing, curriculum development, partnerships, and funding or legislative authorization.

Legislative timeline / actions (selected)

03 Feb 2025: Filed.

06 Feb 2025: First reading in House; referred to committees.

19 & 22 Jun 2025: Committee reports with amendments; House approval 23 Jun 2025.

24 Jun 2025: First reading in Senate; referred to committees.

09 Oct 2025: Senate approval (final vote) with amendments.

23 Oct 2025: Enrolled; both chambers concur with amendments.

07 Nov 2025: Sent to the Governor.

25 Nov 2025: Recorded as Res. Conj. 44‑2025.

Practical considerations / potential next steps

As a concurrent resolution, it is primarily a directive/request to an executive agency and typically does not appropriate funds. Implementation would likely require:

A formal feasibility report from DCR including scope, curriculum, certification, partnership needs, estimated costs, and timelines.
Subsequent appropriation or enabling legislation if the DCR recommends a pilot or permanent program.

Stakeholders to consult: arbitration bodies, sports organizations, legal education providers, reentry service providers, and potential funders or certification authorities.