[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
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[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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