[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 471 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 471

   To amend the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 to require the 
   Statistics Commissioner to collect information from coeducational 
  secondary schools on such schools' athletic programs, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 25, 2009

  Ms. Snowe (for herself, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Kennedy, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. 
Durbin, and Mr. Bingaman) introduced the following bill; which was read 
 twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and 
                                Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 to require the 
   Statistics Commissioner to collect information from coeducational 
  secondary schools on such schools' 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 Sports Information 
Collection Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. STATISTICS ON EQUALITY IN ATHLETIC PROGRAMS.

    Section 153 of the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 (20 U.S.C. 
9543) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) Equality in Athletic Programs.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Statistics Commissioner shall 
        collect, annually, for the immediately preceding academic year, 
        from each coeducational secondary school that receives Federal 
        financial assistance that has an athletic program, the 
        following information:
                    ``(A) The number of male and female students that 
                attended the school and for each student an 
                identification of such student's--
                            ``(i) race; and
                            ``(ii) ethnicity.
                    ``(B) A listing of the teams that competed in 
                athletic competition and for each such team the 
                following data:
                            ``(i) The season in which the team 
                        competed.
                            ``(ii) 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--
                                    ``(I) gender;
                                    ``(II) race; and
                                    ``(III) ethnicity.
                            ``(iii) The total expenditures for the 
                        team, including the following data:
                                    ``(I) The travel expenditures.
                                    ``(II) The equipment expenditures 
                                (including any equipment replacement 
                                schedule).
                                    ``(III) The uniform expenditures 
                                (including any uniform replacement 
                                schedule).
                                    ``(IV) The expenditures for 
                                facilities, including medical 
                                facilities, locker rooms, fields, and 
                                gymnasiums.
                                    ``(V) The total number of trainers 
                                and medical personnel, and for each 
                                trainer or medical personnel an 
                                identification of such person's--
                                            ``(aa) gender;
                                            ``(bb) 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
                                            ``(cc) qualifications, 
                                        including whether the person is 
                                        a professional or student.
                                    ``(VI) The expenditures for 
                                publicity for competitions.
                            ``(iv) 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.
                            ``(v) 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.
                            ``(vi) Whether such team participated in 
                        postseason competition, and the success of such 
                        team in any postseason competition.
                            ``(vii) 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.
            ``(2) Disclosure of information to students and public.--A 
        coeducational secondary school described in paragraph (1) 
        shall--
                    ``(A) make available to students and potential 
                students, upon request, and to the public, the 
                information contained in reports by the school under 
                this subsection by October 15 of each school year; and
                    ``(B) ensure that all students at the school are 
                informed of their right to request such information.
            ``(3) Submission; information availability.--On an annual 
        basis, each coeducational secondary school described in 
        paragraph (1) shall provide the information contained in each 
        report by the school under this subsection to the Statistics 
        Commissioner not later than 15 days after the date that the 
        school makes such information available under paragraph (2).
            ``(4) Duties of commissioner for education statistics.--The 
        Statistics Commissioner shall--
                    ``(A) ensure that reports under this subsection are 
                posted on the Department of Education's website within 
                a reasonable period of time; and
                    ``(B) not later than 180 days after the date of 
                enactment of the High School Sports Information 
                Collection Act of 2009--
                            ``(i) notify all secondary schools in all 
                        States regarding the availability of 
                        information under paragraph (2); and
                            ``(ii) issue guidance to all schools on how 
                        to collect and report the information required 
                        under this subsection.''.
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