[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 921 Introduced in House (IH)]
103d CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 921
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of
higher education to disclose participation rates, and program support
expenditures, in college athletic programs, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 17, 1993
Mrs. Collins of Illinois introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Education and Labor
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A BILL
To amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to require institutions of
higher education to disclose participation rates, and program support
expenditures, in college 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 ``Equity in Athletics Disclosure
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
The Congress finds that--
(1) participation in athletic pursuits play an important
role in teaching young Americans how to work on teams, handle
challenges and overcome obstacles;
(2) participation in athletic pursuits play an important
role in keeping the minds and bodies of young Americans healthy
and physically fit;
(3) there is increasing concern among citizens, educators,
and public officials regarding the athletic opportunities for
young men and women at institutions of higher education;
(4) a recent study by the National Collegiate Athletic
Association found that in Division I-A institutions, only 20
percent of the average athletic department operations budget of
$1,310,000 is spent on women's athletics; 15 percent of the
average recruiting budget of $318,402 is spent on recruiting
female athletes; the average scholarship expenses for men is
$1,300,000 and $505.246 for women; and an average of 143 grants
are awarded to male athletes and 59 to women athletes;
(5) female college athletes receive less than 18 percent of
the athletics recruiting dollar and less than 24 percent of the
athletics operating dollar;
(6) male college athletes receive approximately
$179,000,000 more per year in athletic scholarship grants than
female college athletes;
(7) prospective students and prospective student athletes
should be aware of the commitments of an institution to
providing equitable athletic opportunities for its men and
women students; and
(8) knowledge of an institution's expenditures for women's
and men's athletic programs would help prospective students and
prospective student athletes make informed judgments about the
commitments of a given institution of higher education to
providing equitable athletic benefits to its men and women
students.
SEC. 3. AMENDMENT.
Section 485 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 is amended by
adding at the end the following new subsection:
``(g) Disclosure of Athletic Program Participation Rates and
Financial Support Data.--
``(1) Data required.--Each institution of higher education
which participates in any program under this title, and has an
intercollegiate athletic program, shall annually submit a
report to the Secretary that contains the following:
``(A) For each men's team, women's team, and any
team that includes both male and female athletes, the
following data:
``(i) the total number of participants and
their gender;
``(ii) the total scholarship expenditures;
``(iii) a figure that represents the total
scholarship expenditures divided by the total
number of participants;
``(iv) the total number of contests for the
team;
``(v) the total operating expenses for the
team;
``(vi) the total recruiting expenses for
the team;
``(vii) the total personnel expenses for
the team;
``(viii) whether the head coach is male or
female and whether the head coach is full time
or part time;
``(ix) the number of assistant coaches that
are male and the number of assistant coaches
that are female and whether each particular
coach is full time or part time;
``(x) the number of graduate assistant
coaches that are male and the number of
graduate assistant coaches that are female;
``(xi) the number of volunteer assistant
coaches that are male and the number of
volunteer assistant coaches that are female;
``(xii) the ratio of participants to
coaches;
``(xiii) the full compensation of the head
coach; and
``(xiv) the full compensation of the
assistant coaches; and
``(B) A statement of the following:
``(i) the ratio of male participants to
female participants in the entire athletic
program; and
``(ii) the ratio of male scholarship
expenses to female scholarship expenses in the
entire athletic program.
``(2) Disclosure to prospective students.--When an
institution of higher education offers admission to a potential
student, such institution shall provide to the student the
information contained in the report submitted by such
institution to the Secretary under paragraph (1).
``(3) Disclosure to the public.--An institution of higher
education must make available to the public, upon request, the
information contained in the report submitted by such
institution to the Secretary under paragraph (1).
``(4) Secretary of education's duty to publish a report of
the data.--On an annual basis, the Secretary, using the reports
submitted under this subsection, shall compile and publish a
report containing the information collected broken down by (A)
the individual institutions, and (B) by the athletic
conferences recognized by the National Collegiate Athletic
Association and the National Association of Intercollegiate
Athletics.
``(5) Definition.--For the purposes of this subsection, the
term `operating expenses' means all nonscholarship
expenditures.
``(6) Reports to congress.--The Secretary shall submit the
reports compiled pursuant to this subsection to the appropriate
committees of Congress on an annual basis.
``(7) Effective date.--This subsection takes effect July 1,
1993, except that the first report to the Secretary shall be
due on July 1, 1994.''.
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