[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 458 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 458

 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

                            January 26, 2011

 Ms. Slaughter (for herself and Mrs. Capito) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the 
                               Workforce

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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 2011''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES.

    (a) 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) Girls who participate in sports have higher levels of 
        confidence and self-esteem, lower levels of depression, are 
        less likely to be suicidal, are more likely to have a positive 
        body image than female non-athletes, and are half as likely to 
        experience an unintended pregnancy as compared to female non-
        athletes. Girls who participate in sports have higher 
        graduation rates, receive better grades, and are less likely to 
        smoke or use illegal drugs.
            (3) Sports participation effectively combats obesity, which 
        is particularly significant given that one in six girls are 
        obese or overweight and African-Americans and Hispanic girls 
        face even greater risks.
            (4) Despite advances in athletic opportunities for women 
        and girls since the passage of title IX of the Education 
        Amendments of 1972, discrimination still limits athletic 
        opportunities for females in interscholastic and 
        intercollegiate athletics. Girls comprise 49 percent of the 
        high school population, but receive only 41 percent of all 
        interscholastic athletic participation opportunities 
        nationwide. This translates into 1,300,000 fewer opportunities 
        to play high school sports for girls than for boys. These lost 
        participation opportunities also result in the loss of athletic 
        scholarships that make it possible for many girls and young 
        women to attend college.
            (5) There is ample evidence that girls' teams often receive 
        inferior benefits and services when they do play, in areas such 
        as overall budgets; travel; equipment; uniforms; facilities, 
        including locker rooms, fields, and practice and competitive 
        facilities; training and medical services; publicity; access to 
        coaches; and scheduling of practices, games, and sports 
        seasons.
            (6) Without information about how athletic opportunities 
        and benefits are being allocated at the elementary and 
        secondary school levels, students may be deprived of 
        opportunities to play sports and to receive athletic 
        scholarships to attend college.
            (7) Students, parents, and schools should be aware of the 
        athletic opportunities and benefits available to male and 
        female students so that they can work to enhance athletic 
        opportunities for all and address any inequities.
    (b) Purposes.--The purposes of this Act are as follows:
            (1) To ensure that information about the allocation of 
        athletic opportunities and benefits at the elementary and 
        secondary school levels is available to all students.
            (2) To promote equal opportunities for both boys and girls 
        to engage in school-sponsored athletics.
            (3) To provide boys and girls with equal access to the 
        physical, psychological, health and other benefits that result 
        from playing sports.

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 students that attended the school and 
        for each student an identification of such student's--
                    ``(A) sex;
                    ``(B) race; and
                    ``(C) ethnicity.
            ``(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--
                            ``(i) sex;
                            ``(ii) race; and
                            ``(iii) ethnicity.
                    ``(B) The year the team began.
                    ``(C) The total expenditures for each team from 
                school and nonschool sources, including a listing of 
                the following data for each team:
                            ``(i) Expenditures for travel.
                            ``(ii) Expenditures for equipment 
                        (including any equipment replacement schedule).
                            ``(iii) Expenditures for uniforms 
                        (including any uniform replacement schedule).
                            ``(iv) Expenditures for facilities 
                        (including locker rooms, fields, and 
                        gymnasiums) and their maintenance and repair.
                            ``(v) Expenditures for training and medical 
                        facilities and services.
                            ``(vi) Expenditures for publicity for 
                        competitions (including press guides, press 
                        releases, game programs, and publicity 
                        personnel).
                    ``(D) The total number of trainers and medical 
                personnel, and for each trainer or medical personnel an 
                identification of such person's--
                            ``(i) sex;
                            ``(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) sex;
                            ``(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) 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.--On an 
annual basis, each coeducational elementary or secondary school 
described in subsection (a) shall--
            ``(1) make available to students, potential students, and 
        the public, upon request, the information contained in each 
        report by the school under this section by October 15 of each 
        school year; and
            ``(2) ensure that all students at the school and members of 
        the relevant community 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 the data required under this section are 
        posted on the Department of Education's Web site 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 
        2011, notify all elementary and secondary schools in all States 
        about the requirements under subsection (c) and issue guidance 
        to all elementary and secondary schools on how to collect and 
        report the information required under this section.''.
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