[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 901 Introduced in House (IH)]
110th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 901
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct
certain coeducational elementary and secondary schools to make
available information on equality in school athletic programs, and for
other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 7, 2007
Ms. Slaughter (for herself, Mrs. Capito, Mrs. Capps, Mrs. Biggert, Ms.
Bordallo, Ms. Ros-Lehtinen, Ms. Clarke, Mr. Shays, Mr. Conyers, Mrs.
Davis of California, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Ellison, Mr. Grijalva, Ms.
Harman, Ms. Jackson-Lee of Texas, Mrs. Jones of Ohio, Mr. Larson of
Connecticut, Ms. Lee, Mrs. Maloney of New York, Ms. McCollum of
Minnesota, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Van Hollen, Ms. Woolsey, and Mr.
Kennedy) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Education and Labor
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A BILL
To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to direct
certain coeducational elementary and secondary schools to make
available information on equality in school athletic programs, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``High School Athletics Accountability
Act of 2007''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds as follows:
(1) Participation in sports teaches youth critical life
skills and has a significant positive impact on all areas of
their lives, especially for girls.
(2) Participation in sports results in many long-term
physical and psychological health benefits for girls. For
instance--
(A) providing opportunities to play sports in
school is one key way to combat the rising rates of
childhood obesity, which is caused in large part by
physical inactivity;
(B) girls who participate in sports have lower
rates of heart disease, breast cancer, and
osteoporosis; and
(C) girls who participate in sports have higher
levels of confidence and self-esteem, lower levels of
depression, are less likely to be suicidal, and are
more likely to have a positive body image than female
non-athletes.
(3) Participation in sports promotes responsible social
behaviors and greater academic success among girls. For
instance--
(A) girls who participate in sports are more likely
to refrain from sexual activity, are more likely to
defer having sex until a later age and to have fewer
sex partners, and are half as likely to experience an
unintended pregnancy as compared to female non-
athletes;
(B) girls who participate in sports have higher
graduation rates, receive better grades, and score
higher on standardized tests than female students in
general;
(C) girls who participate in sports have more
positive attitudes towards science, a field
traditionally predominated by males;
(D) girls who participate in sports are less likely
to smoke or use illegal drugs;
(E) girls who participate in sports often have
strengthened family relationships, including with their
fathers and other male family members; and
(F) girls who participate in sports learn important
professional lessons that have a lifelong influence
(Eighty percent of women identified as key leaders in
Fortune 500 companies participated in sports while
growing up, and 82 percent of executive businesswomen
played sports, with the majority saying lessons learned
on the playing field contributed to their success in
business.).
(4) The opportunity to play sports in secondary school
helps many middle- and low-income students--who might otherwise
be unable to attend college--to gain access to higher
education.
(5) Physical inactivity is much more common among females
than males.
(6) Girls who are not involved in physical activity by age
10 have only a 10 percent chance of being athletic when they
are 25.
(7) Girls receive 1,250,000 fewer opportunities to play
high school sports than do boys, which translate into many lost
opportunities for athletic participation and scholarships.
(8) Several reports indicate that girls' teams often
receive inferior opportunities and benefits in other aspects of
athletics programs, including overall budgets; equipment;
uniforms; locker rooms and practice and competitive facilities;
scheduling of practices, games, and sports seasons; training
and medical services; coaches; and publicity.
(9) Students and parents should be aware of the athletic
opportunities and benefits that their schools provide to male
and female students.
(10) Without information about how athletic opportunities
and benefits are being allocated at the elementary and
secondary school level, students may be deprived of
opportunities to play sports and to attend college on an
athletic scholarship.
SEC. 3. DISCLOSURE OF STATISTICS ON EQUALITY IN ATHLETIC PROGRAMS.
Subpart 2 of part E of title IX of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 7901 et seq.) is amended by adding at
the end the following:
``SEC. 9537. EQUALITY IN ATHLETIC PROGRAMS.
``(a) Report.--Each coeducational elementary or secondary school
that participates in any program under this Act and has an athletic
program, shall annually, for the immediately preceding academic year,
prepare a report that contains the following information:
``(1) The number of male and female students that attended
the school.
``(2) A listing of the teams that competed in athletic
competition and for each such team the following data:
``(A) The total number of participants as of the
day of the first scheduled contest for the team, and
for each participant an identification of such
participant's gender.
``(B) The year the team began.
``(C) The total budget and expenditures for the
team, including a listing of the following data:
``(i) The travel budget and expenditures.
``(ii) The equipment budget and
expenditures (including any equipment
replacement schedule).
``(iii) The uniform budget and expenditures
(including any uniform replacement schedule).
``(iv) The budget and expenditures for
facilities (including locker rooms, fields, and
gymnasiums) and their maintenance and repair.
``(v) The budget and expenditures for
training and medical facilities and services.
``(vi) The budget and expenditures for
publicity (including press guides, press
releases, game programs, and publicity
personnel) for competitions.
``(D) The total number of trainers and medical
personnel, and for each trainer or medical personnel an
identification of such person's--
``(i) gender;
``(ii) employment status (including whether
such person is employed full-time or part-time,
and whether such person is a head or assistant
trainer or medical services provider) and
duties other than providing training or medical
services; and
``(iii) qualifications, including whether
the person is a professional or student.
``(E) The total number of coaches, and for each
coach an identification of such coach's--
``(i) gender;
``(ii) employment status (including whether
such coach is employed full-time or part-time,
and whether such coach is a head or assistant
coach) and duties other than coaching; and
``(iii) qualifications, including whether
the person is a professional or student.
``(F) The total annual revenues generated by the
team (including contributions from outside sources such
as booster clubs), disaggregated by source.
``(G) The total number of competitions scheduled,
and for each scheduled competition an indication of
what day of the week and time the competition was
scheduled.
``(H) The total number of practices scheduled, and
for each scheduled practice an indication of what day
of the week and time the practice was scheduled.
``(I) The season in which the team competed.
``(J) Whether such team participated in postseason
competition, and the success of such team in any
postseason competition.
``(3) The average annual institutional salary attributable
to coaching of the head coaches of men's teams, across all
offered sports, and the average annual institutional salary
attributable to coaching of the head coaches of women's teams,
across all offered sports.
``(4) The average annual institutional salary attributable
to coaching of the assistant coaches of men's teams, across all
offered sports, and the average annual institutional salary
attributable to coaching of the assistant coaches of women's
teams, across all offered sports.
``(b) Special Rule.--For the purpose of reporting the information
described in paragraphs (3) and (4) of subsection (a), if a coach has
responsibilities for more than 1 team and the school does not allocate
such coach's salary by team, the school should divide the salary by the
number of teams for which the coach has responsibility and allocate the
salary among the teams on a basis consistent with the coach's
responsibilities for the different teams.
``(c) Disclosure of Information to Students and Public.--A
coeducational elementary or secondary school described in subsection
(a) shall--
``(1) make available to students and potential students,
upon request, and to the public, the information contained in
reports by the school under this section; and
``(2) ensure that all students at the school are informed
of their right to request such information.
``(d) Submission; Information Availability.--On an annual basis,
each coeducational elementary or secondary school described in
subsection (a) shall provide the information contained in each report
by the school under this section to the Commissioner for Education
Statistics not later than 15 days after the date that the school makes
such information available under subsection (c).
``(e) Duties of Commissioner for Education Statistics.--The
Commissioner for Education Statistics shall--
``(1) ensure that reports under this section are made
available to the public within a reasonable period of time; and
``(2) not later than 180 days after the date of the
enactment of the High School Athletics Accountability Act of
2007, notify all elementary and secondary schools in all States
regarding the availability of information under subsection (c)
and how such information may be accessed.''.
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